The WGA says that it is now “prepared to agree” to the AMPTP’s proposal that they extend the May 1 expiration of the guild’s current film and TV contract to June 30, and has offered to begin negotiations via video and telephone conference during the week of May 11. But WGA West executive director David Young told Deadline that “There is no agreement with the AMPTP in place, and you can quote me on that.”
In an April 15 letter to AMPTP president Carol Lombardini, Young wrote: “I am writing in response to your April 8 letter concerning minimum basic agreement negotiations. I thank you for your letter. You’ve expressed frustration that it has taken until now to provide you with a response to the AMPTP’s proposed contract extension and dates for commencing negotiations. But I hardly need to remind you the Covid-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to the conduct of meaningful,...
In an April 15 letter to AMPTP president Carol Lombardini, Young wrote: “I am writing in response to your April 8 letter concerning minimum basic agreement negotiations. I thank you for your letter. You’ve expressed frustration that it has taken until now to provide you with a response to the AMPTP’s proposed contract extension and dates for commencing negotiations. But I hardly need to remind you the Covid-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to the conduct of meaningful,...
- 4/17/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Bollywood hero Shahid Kapoor Saturday flew in an American F-16 fighter at the AeroIndia 2011 military-cum-civil aviation trade expo on the outskirts of this aerospace hub..It was a thrilling experience, which will help me in the role as a fighter pilot in my forthcoming film .Mausam.,. a beaming Kapoor told reporters after a 40-minute sortie at the Indian Air Force (Iaf) air base near Yelahanka, about 20 km from the city.The F-16In Super Viper was flown by Lockheed Martin.s test pilot Paul .Bear. Randall on mission mode and was escorted by another F-16 flown by test pilot Jim Hedges and a Us Air Force pilot..Though Kapoor didn.t take controls of the aircraft mid-air, the flight was operated on mission mode for about 40 minutes with Aesa (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar,. a company spokesperson told Ians.Prior to the flight on the fourth day of the five-day biennial mega air show,...
- 2/13/2011
- Filmicafe
ABC is challenging the decades-old system of how networks and its affiliates share ad revenue with the launch of Inventory Exchange System. Traditionally, the networks sell the majority of their ad inventory nationally on the upfront and scatter markets, while their affiliate stations get a fixed small number of units. With Ies, ABC will become the first network to break the pattern by exchanging additional ad inventory with its 200 affiliates throughout the year. For now, the exchange will only go in one direction - from the network to the affiliates who will be able to buy additional ad units to sell locally at a profit. The original idea for the initiative came a couple of years ago from ABC CFO Jim Hedges who argued that the current system does not follow the basic principle of supply and demand. Under it, in periods when there is great demand in local markets,...
- 9/30/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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