DGA and AMPTP Agree to Media Blackout During Talks
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced a joint media blackout on Wednesday, as the two sides met for their first day of collective bargaining.
The DGA negotiators are convening at the AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks to present their proposals, which include a hike in international streaming residuals and an increase in scale minimums to account for inflation.
The talks are beginning on the ninth day of the Writers Guild of America strike. Talks with the writers broke down on May 1, after the studios rejected WGA demands for a TV staff size minimum, a minimum number of weeks worked and a viewership-based streaming residual, among other issues.
Though communications from both the WGA and AMPTP were generally limited during the six weeks of WGA talks, the two sides never agreed to a formal media blackout.
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