SAG, AMPTP set to talk Tuesday

February 16, 2009 With negotiators from SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers scheduled to gather Tuesday morning to iron out the niggling details of a new TV/theatrical contract, the entire industry can -- failing an unexpected glitch -- breathe a sigh of relief. The immediate conflict over whether to follow through on the threat of a strike-authorization vote was settled once the anti-strike forces removed national executive director and chief negotiator Doug Allen from his positions and replaced the negotiating committee with a new task force. To get there, long-contested issues of new-media jurisdiction and residuals, DVD residuals, product integration and force majeure protections, among other sticking points, will have to be resolved.

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