Backstage: Online companies such as Netflix, Google, and Amazon have made clear they are interested in developing more original programming, but another trend we may see is one of canceled network shows finding homes online. Both kinds of programming would challenge the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists because new media provisions in the collective bargaining agreements weren’t established to support that type of work. Last week’s buzz about Netflix picking up the canceled Fox show “Terra Nova” is the most recent possibility of seeing a network production shift to online.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
SAG, AFTRA Weigh In on Possible New Media Contracts for ‘Terra Nova’
Backstage: Online companies such as Netflix, Google, and Amazon have made clear they are interested in developing more original programming, but another trend we may see is one of canceled network shows finding homes online. Both kinds of programming would challenge the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists because new media provisions in the collective bargaining agreements weren’t established to support that type of work. Last week’s buzz about Netflix picking up the canceled Fox show “Terra Nova” is the most recent possibility of seeing a network production shift to online.
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