Streaming Boom Keeps TV Salaries at Heady Levels: Here’s What Kate Winslet, Jason Sudeikis and More Are Earning
variety.comNetflix deal, that kind of accomplishes everything,” says another agent. Or if the studio has leverage, it can “bifurcate the deal” and hold on to some rights. “In those deals you take the top dollar that networks provide, you try to get some back end, and you call it a day.”With so little transparency in the streaming world — who knows what a show is worth without ratings or an off-net marketplace? — it’s more difficult than ever to grasp whether talent has been compensated fairly. “I think you’re going to see every single package that comes up in the next five years get audited,” says an agent, “because there’s still so much inside dealing.” But proving malfeasance may be tough in an age without all of those benchmarks.Complicating deals.
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