tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post4960106587997084819..comments2023-08-28T01:47:52.421-07:00Comments on United Hollywood: DGA Not Giving In to ConglomsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-40171207606788423822008-01-11T12:45:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:45:00.000-08:00Sadly, they are ALREADY getting barely any pay whi...Sadly, they are ALREADY getting barely any pay while the companies roll in dough!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13228106742903552975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-77896715441876550832008-01-10T22:47:00.000-08:002008-01-10T22:47:00.000-08:00I was reading a post about the internet being 'mor...I was reading a post about the internet being 'more valuable than we may think', and then something clicked in my mind: <BR/><BR/>*Months* ago, Microsoft released the plans for technology that would allow people to watch tv from all around the world over the internet (and right on their living room tv set). This would not allow people to watch normal television as they do now, but tv channels from just about anywhere in the world -including making their own channel that airs content right from their home. <BR/><BR/>Now reports say that because of the amount of traffic on the internet, within the next 5 years it will become too much for the 'Internet Service Providers' (ISPs) to handle, and the internet would crawl to the same speed as the old days of 56k dial-up (in other words, *Really* slow). However, this would bring global economy to a crawl, and the outcry from business alone would motivate ISPs to upgrade their servers to handle the traffic load. Which can easily be done with 64bit processors (which recently came out). <BR/><BR/>The result? The internet should be able to handle -with no problem- the type of technology Microsoft currently has at it's disposal. Apple, I do believe, has something similar cooking. <BR/><BR/>Then we have the fact that many big corporations are global (like McDonalds and Wal-Mart, to name a few). As I understand it, networks charge these big companies a certain amount of money for ads while promising a certain number of viewers. <BR/><BR/>Now provided the law allows this, think of how much money a network could get in ad revenue from global viewing. Remember also that English is a global language, and that many people in non-English countries have a good grasp of English from using the internet alone. Also keep in mind that many countries (especially in the East) have large populations. China holds a 3rd of the world's population, and Japan is overcrowded. Then we have South Korea. English-speaking nations would include the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, etc. Just about everywhere the internet is popular, there is a potential viewing market. <BR/><BR/>Then we also have accessibility: Many people right now watch shows recorded by someone, turned into a torrent, and illegally available for download by the rest of the world. People also wouldn't have to choose between watching a show on one channel or another because -unlike the tv- the internet can very easily allow for picking which episode to watch any time during the time frame in which that episode is available. It pretty much renders time-shifting obsolete. Which means potential new viewers who either could not -or chose not to- watch a perticular show in favour of another or in favour of a different activity. With this technology, people could watch pretty much what they want when they want. <BR/><BR/>Conclusion: If the content creators don't get a fair deal on the internet and dvd sales, within a few years they may get barely any pay at all while the companies role in dough.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17479131071226195390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-17832086030170395812008-01-10T22:01:00.000-08:002008-01-10T22:01:00.000-08:00Evan, I think maybe you give THEM too much credit....Evan, I think maybe you give THEM too much credit. What they're doing now is a clusterfuck, not a strategy. The sure-fire battle plan Nick Counter laid out for them hasn't worked and doesn't look like it's GOING to work, so now we're down to raw egos. Trying to break the unions? Maybe, but not because it's a good business plan -- because they're angry kids who want to break some toys. At some point we can only hope they'll wake up, grow up and realize that the only way to get their businesses back on track is to save as much face as they can while making a fair deal with us. That's why I don't like all the mocking and nose-thumbing (t-shirts about some high-school comment an executive made..?). Let's let them save a little face, tell them they're our partners, our brethren and cistern. That'll do more to budge this thing off top dead center than making fun of their unfortunate statemnents.JimBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243598532867625750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-23680180732893298332008-01-10T19:08:00.000-08:002008-01-10T19:08:00.000-08:00There's something vaguely comforting about knowing...There's something vaguely comforting about knowing that the AMPTP are being jackasses when it comes to everybody, not just the writers.<BR/><BR/>As much gets said about the WGA's tactics and jurisdictional issues and so on, I think this makes it clear that it wasn't reality or animation that stalled the talks, it was and is the fact that the AMPTP just does not want to budge on this. Not for the writers, not for the directors, probably not for the actors either. <BR/><BR/>Which means that they're not just trying to break the WGA but the DGA as well, and that makes their job harder.Evan Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263250766060234515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-53069606780897737082008-01-10T17:45:00.000-08:002008-01-10T17:45:00.000-08:00We keep mentioning the $250/year offer. It's even ...We keep mentioning the $250/year offer. It's even worse than that. It's $139 for half-hour episodes, zero for films, and zero for everything if they want to call it promotional.<BR/><BR/>In all articles, we should say that they have yet to offer us any money for the Internet, which, with that promotional clause, is true.MrKlaatuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840879266965112499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-50716244429341734862008-01-10T17:18:00.000-08:002008-01-10T17:18:00.000-08:00I just posted here yesterday that if you don't hea...I just posted here yesterday that if you don't hear from the DGA by the end of the week that talks with AMPTP are beginning on a set date, there would be cause for concern because they are far apart which would not be good for the WGA or SAG. As I said a couple of weeks ago, the studios will implement Force Majeure within the next two weeks and go to the table with the DGA just after that. <BR/><BR/>The AMPTP is intentionally stalling for a couple of reasons.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912297460234720088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-45454145718963300322008-01-10T17:11:00.000-08:002008-01-10T17:11:00.000-08:00Can this now end the constant ridiculous comments ...Can this now end the constant ridiculous comments I've had to hear on the picket lines from day one that the DGA is going to cave and "get a crappy deal"?<BR/><BR/>We're all in this together and we always have been. So, let's stop accusing each other and concentrate on the real enemy in all this - the AMPTP.WGA/DGA/SAG memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133303002127770007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-1692855865500593052008-01-10T16:48:00.000-08:002008-01-10T16:48:00.000-08:00Good point, jimmy. I'll fix it right now.We're ha...Good point, jimmy. I'll fix it right now.<BR/><BR/>We're hamstrung by the fact that they congloms won't give us any real numbers -- which is the way Hollywood accounting works over all platforms, not just digital -- so we find ourselves having to guess at what the real #s are. But you're right, I misstated, and it's bad to confuse the two. Thanks!Laeta Kalogridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01825832152079871768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-26373884445597017262008-01-10T16:12:00.000-08:002008-01-10T16:12:00.000-08:00I'd be careful of blurring "digital" and "streamin...I'd be careful of blurring "digital" and "streaming" as the same thing. $1 billion in digital is not all streaming. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure it includes all revenue from their websites, including online DVD and merchandise sales, downloads, and other things that are not "streaming."<BR/><BR/>The thing is, it doesn't matter if the streaming number is only like $250 million. It ain't zero. That's the point. <BR/><BR/>But by overstating the number by using the wrong definition, you open yourselves up to be called "misinformed" and "incorrect" and all the stuff that still doesn't change the fact that they are projecting to make millions and millions of dollars on the very thing they are claiming needs more study before they pay the people helping to make the products they will sell for those millions.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought.jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09996799501347272328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-3125474678829426802008-01-10T16:07:00.000-08:002008-01-10T16:07:00.000-08:00Mwahaha. Go DGA, go!I've always thought that if AM...Mwahaha. Go DGA, go!<BR/><BR/>I've always thought that if AMPTP was really worried about the short term, that it was easy enough to make a deal where internet residuals kick in, say, in year three.<BR/><BR/>But the thing is, a reasonable deal is always in reach when reasonable people sit down with the determination to make one.<BR/><BR/>This isn't about being reasonable, or even moderately cautious in the near term, for AMPTP. It's about achieving another 20 year screwing of the writers much like the DVD screwing. Until they give up on that dream, no progress is possible.Geo Rulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854351487508000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-24208626573500055322008-01-10T16:02:00.000-08:002008-01-10T16:02:00.000-08:00So.... how exactly do they intend to make movies w...So.... how exactly do they intend to make movies without scripts actors or directors?hollarbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759689530670606301noreply@blogger.com