Snag Talks: SAG Negotiations Hit a Brick Wall

Here we go again…?The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Tuesday walked away from the bargaining table, with the AMPTP claiming (in a statement) that “significant differences remain on DVD residuals, streaming, made for new media, and new media use of clips and library material” — discrepancies the AMPTP posits should have been avoided seeing as how brand-new deals with the WGA and DGA would seem to have laid the groundwork. “Under these circumstances, with SAG’s continued adherence to unreasonable demands in both new and traditional media, continuing negotiations at this time does not make sense,” says the AMPTP. SAG’s current pact with the producers runs out June 30. Until those two sides decided to resume talks, the AMPTP will commence negotiations with AFTRA on May 7, as scheduled. — MWM

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