All eyes are on the actors this week, as the entertainment industry anxiously watches a cliff-hanger play out.
Gigs on streaming projects—which are classified as “new media,” and held to different standards than broadcast or cable TV shows—generally pay less than broadcast networks and run for fewer episodes. Residual payments are also much lower than the industry standard.recently posted a video on Instagram of a residual check she received for the show for a whopping $27.30.
SAG-AFTRA is now asking that residuals be based not just on the size of a streamer but how many viewers a project attracts. According to a new report in , the guild has proposed that actors on the most-viewed shows would get paid a bonus on top of the standard residual. That might be tricky in practice because every streamer measures a show’s success in different ways;reports that SAG has suggested using third-party data from Parrot Analytics, which measures the social chatter and search activity around a project.
Other important issues for the actors include limiting the use of artificial intelligence, increasing salary minimums, and upping contributions to the union health care plan. SAG is also pushing to establish rules around the use of self-taped auditions, which proliferated during the pandemic but have put extra strain on working actors.
earlier this month. “I think it’s not far-fetched to say that they’re not going to offer much more than that.”
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