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entertainment28 days ago•16 min saved

DGA Pact Reserves TV Directing Slots as Slump Pinches Jobs

The Directors Guild of America struck a tentative four-year contract with AMPTP that includes a provision to limit episodic directing to members with directing experience, in an effort to protect career TV directors amid a roughly 40% downturn in TV production jobs. The deal also boosts health-plan contributions, increases streaming residuals, and adds AI safeguards (including director control over AI-generated footage and required transparency). It calls for a committee to study non‑North American production and for top studio executives to help lobbying for a federal production tax incentive, while continuing to support directors building AI skills. The contract still needs member ratification.

via Variety|

#amptp #artificial-intelligence #dga

entertainment1 month ago•16 min saved

DGA Reaches Four-Year Deal With Studios, Aims for Stable Labor Peace

The Directors Guild of America has reached a tentative four-year agreement with major studios, ending this round of negotiations; terms remain private until reviewed by the National Board and ratified by members. Like the WGA and SAG-AFTRA deals, the pact is expected to address the health fund and add AI protections and hiring commitments for DGA members, signaling a broader push for long‑term labor peace in the Hollywood industry.

via Variety|

#ai-protections #amptp #dga

business1 month ago•17 min saved

Directors Guild Sets Four-Year Tentative Pact With Studios

The Directors Guild of America announced a tentative four-year contract with the AMPTP after about a month of bargaining, extending the current deal to four years and awaiting review by the DGA National Board and member ratification; details will be released after the board’s review.

via Deadline|

#amptp #business #dga

entertainment1 month ago•17 min saved

SAG-AFTRA Ratifies Four-Year Pact With AI Guardrails and Pension Merger

SAG-AFTRA members approved a four-year contract that includes new guardrails on AI usage, a merger of the union’s pension funds, and improved wages and residuals, with arbitration provisions designed to curb synthetic performances; while leaders say the deal protects performers, some members warn studios may push AI limits and it requires further approvals from employers for the pension merger.

via Variety|

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entertainment1 month ago•16 min saved

SAG-AFTRA Ratifies AMPTP Pact, Bolstering AI Protections and Pension Merger

SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly ratified the 2026 TV/Theatrical Agreement with the AMPTP, voting 91.42% in favor with a 19.25% turnout. The deal tightens AI and digital-identity protections, restricts synthetic performances, and creates a path to merge the SAG-Producers Pension Plan with the AFTRA Retirement Fund, while delivering wage and health-benefit gains and streaming residual improvements that run from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2030.

via Deadline|

#ai-protections #amptp #entertainment

business2 months ago•17 min saved

SAG-AFTRA Board Backs AMPTP Deal With Pension Merger and AI Protections

SAG-AFTRA’s national board decisively approved a four-year tentative contract with the AMPTP and sent it to members for ratification. The agreement includes merging the SAG-Producers Pension Plan and AFTRA Retirement Fund with an additional 1% contribution by January 1, 2028, stronger AI guardrails around consent and compensation, and minimum-rate increases, following resumed talks that preceded the WGA deal earlier in the year.

via Deadline|

#ai-protections #amptp #business

entertainment2 months ago•17 min saved

SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Four-Year Pact With Major Studios

SAG-AFTRA has struck a tentative four-year deal with the major studios’ AMPTP for a successor contract covering film, scripted primetime drama, streaming content and new media, extending the term by one year in exchange for longer labor peace; terms will be reviewed by the union’s board before a member vote. The pact follows the Writers Guild of America’s tentative agreement and includes protections around AI and digital replicas and other streaming-related issues, with the board expected to review details in the coming days and the Directors Guild of America set to begin negotiations soon.

via Variety|

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business2 months ago•15 min saved

SAG-AFTRA & Studios Strike Tentative Four-Year Deal With AI Protections

Deadline reports SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have reached a tentative four-year contract covering motion pictures, scripted primetime drama, streaming and new media, including AI guardrails and a pension fund boost; the deal heads to SAG-AFTRA’s national board for review before a membership vote by about 160,000 actors, with details held until the board review. Negotiations began Feb. 9, paused for the WGA deal, then resumed and concluded May 2; the DGA is up next in line.

via Deadline|

#ai #amptp #business

business2 months ago•15 min saved

Hollywood Labor Pact Deepens: SAG-AFTRA Reaches Four-Year Deal With Studios, AI Protections

SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have reached a four-year contract that includes a sizable pension-fund contribution and new AI guardrails, signaling a bigger deal that follows the WGA’s recent agreement. With the DGA set to meet AMPTP on May 11 and no official comment yet, an announcement is expected later today or over the weekend.

via Deadline|

#amptp #artificial-intelligence #business

entertainment2 months ago•16 min saved

WGA Approves Four-Year Deal Amid Health-Coverage Changes

The Writers Guild of America ratified a four-year contract with major studios, agreeing to significant cuts in the writers’ health plan—including higher premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket maximums—and a rollback of the extended coverage points system. The health fund is being stabilized with about $321 million in contributions over four years. The deal preserves most staffing rules and increases in residuals, with AI talks continuing; SAG-AFTRA negotiations are expected to follow.

via Variety|

#amptp #contract #entertainment

entertainment2 months ago•19 min saved

WGA Seals Four-Year Pact With AMPTP, Averting Short-Term Disruption

Writers Guild of America members approved a four-year contract with the AMPTP by 90.38% amid a turnout lower than 2023. The deal includes a $321 million infusion to restore the Writers Guild Health Fund’s solvency, employer-contribution boosts, and gains in wages and residuals, plus limited AI safeguards, in exchange for some health-policy rollbacks and a longer term than the guild initially preferred. With SAG-AFTRA and the DGA still negotiating, and WGA staff continuing their strike, the industry remains in a charged negotiating climate.

via Deadline|

#amptp #contract #entertainment

entertainment3 months ago•20 min saved

WGA Strike Deal Details: Health Plan Funding, Four-Year Pact, and AI Talks

Deadline reports that after board approvals, the WGA revealed a tentative deal with studios and streamers. Key elements include a record $321 million infusion to shore up the union health plan’s solvency, a four-year minimum basic agreement (instead of five), increased employer contributions with 2027 health-plan changes to keep costs manageable, higher streaming residuals including a 75% base for top shows, and ongoing negotiations on AI use. The deal awaits ratification by members in a vote running April 16–24, while WGA West staff remain on strike and some members scrutinize concessions.

via Deadline|

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entertainment3 months ago•19 min saved

WGA Deal Pumps $321M into Health Fund, Uplifts Residuals, and AI Talks

The Writers Guild of America struck a four-year agreement with AMPTP that injects $321 million into the health fund to shore up coverage amid rising costs, boosts streaming residuals (with a higher 75% “success bonus” for top shows), raises minimum rates, and adds an AI-usage framework while preserving most staffing terms; writers will face higher premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs, a reform of extended coverage, a new Centivo option, and a higher earnings threshold for coverage, with ratification votes running April 16–24.

via Variety|

#amptp #artificial-intelligence #entertainment

labor4 months ago•28 min saved

WGA West Sets Bargaining Compass: Healthcare, AI Rules, and Residuals in Focus Ahead of AMPTP Talks

WGA West leaders outline bargaining priorities ahead of AMPTP talks—sustainable healthcare funding, AI protections, improved streaming residuals and backend pay, and expanded employment protections (including writers’ rooms and against unpaid work)—while stressing ongoing member outreach, opposition to longer contract terms, and concerns about the Warner Bros. Discovery merger amid the staff strike.

via Deadline|

#ai #amptp #healthcare

business4 months ago•15 min saved

WGA Lays Out Demands as AMPTP Talks Loom

The Writers Guild of America released a Pattern of Demands for its upcoming MBA negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, urging higher health/pension contributions, higher minimum compensation and residuals, expanded AI protections, and strengthened professional standards across areas like post‑production, comedy/variety, and development deals. Negotiations start March 16 with the current contract expiring May 1, following broad member approval of the MBA and a staff union vote authorizing potential strike actions.

via Deadline|

#amptp #business #health-and-pension