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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Yeah, Kristen, it was pretty funny.
PC, have you been reading Variety? They have given up all pretense of actually reporting news.
They are now saying there is a "tentative deal", but are providing no details.
Kevin, my guess is that seasons won't be released until there are more episodes or the price will be reduced just like Firefly or Wonderfalls was never posted at the same price as a full 22 episode season of Buffy.
Thanks T, makes sense. It's an interesting one really - those home entertainment execs must be pissed off.
I really hope the DGA deal is a sensible one.
PC, have you been reading Variety? They have given up all pretense of actually reporting news.
Heh, I don't read it regularly or anything. Just when it's linked.
I don't know about "pissed off". Home entertainment operates on a lag just like features. TV folks are still the only ones really feeling it from my limited perspective.
The L.A. Times says:
In a new three-year contract, directors negotiated a better deal than what studios had initially offered writers, including higher royalties for online sales of their movies and TV shows.
But still no specific details.
Interesting. So what is the catch?
They don't go on strike.
bah-dum-bum.
NY Times says:
The accord achieves a breakthrough for union members by doubling compensation for television shows that are downloaded via the Internet, and raising by 80 percent the rate for movie downloads. In addition, directors — for the first time — will be compensated for advertising-supported streaming of shows.
Over all, the agreement was designed to reflect the directors’ belief, bolstered by an independent study of industry economics, that digital media will render the companies a negligible amount of revenue during the life of the contract, and will become significant only after 2010.
Um, isn't that the sort of thinking that ended up getting everyone fucked over by VHS/DVD?
Um, isn't that the sort of thinking that ended up getting everyone fucked over by VHS/DVD?
Seems that way. I don't think I'm going to actually get anymore work done today.