2008 Freelance Live and Tape Television Agreeement (PDF 1MB)

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DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. FREELANCE LIVE AND TAPE
TELEVISION AGREEMENT OF 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. A. Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
B. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2. A. Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B. Associate Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
C. Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
D. Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3. RECOGNITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4. GUILD SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5. REPORTING OF EARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6. BASIC MINIMUM COMPENSATION AND CONDITIONS FOR
DIRECTORS
A. Dramatic Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B. Variety Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
C. Quiz and Game Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
D. Strip Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
E. All Other Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
F. Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
G. News and Commentary Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
H. Local Freelance Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I. Budget Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
J. Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
K. Lead-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
L. Talent Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
M. Intended Broadcast Pattern and Adjustment of Director's Salary . . . . 42
N. Pilots, Presentations and Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
O. Additional Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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P. Special Provisions Applicable to Serials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Q. Compensation on Recall for Particular Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
R. Double Length Episode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
S. Payment for Combined or Extended Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
T. One Director to a Prime Time Dramatic Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
U. Literary Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
V. Director Residency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
7. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR RERUNS, SEGMENT
RE-USE AND FOREIGN USE PAYMENTS
A. How Paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
B. Additional Compensation for Reruns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C. Rerun Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
D. Additional Compensation for Foreign Telecasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
E. Basic Cable Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
F. Copyright Royalty Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
G. Residual Audits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8. COMMERCIALS AND PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Commercials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
B. Promotional Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
9. GENERAL CONDITIONS
A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
C. Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
C. ISAN Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
10. BASIC MINIMUM COMPENSATION AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS
Part 1. Prime Time Dramatic Programs
A. Minimum Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
B. Other Working Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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10. BASIC MINIMUM COMPENSATION AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS
Part 1. Prime Time Dramatic Programs (continued)
C. Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
D. Budget Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
E. Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
F. No Credit or Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Part 2. Programs Other than Prime Time Dramatic Programs
A. Associate Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
B. Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
C. Associate Director/Stage Manager Combination (when permitted) . . 110
D. Hours of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Part 3. Provisions Applicable to All Associate Directors and Stage
Managers
A. Employment Criteria for Associate Directors and Stage Managers . . 116
B. Preparation Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
C. Cancellation of Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
D. Vacations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
E. Meal Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
F. Confirmation of Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
G. Production Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
H. Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
I. Elimination of Duplicate Contributions for Associate Directors/
Review of Associate Director Rest Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
J. Work in the New York Metropolitan Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
11. PENSION AND HEALTH AND WELFARE
A. Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
B. Health and Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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12. PENSION, HEALTH AND WELFARE -- TRUST FUNDS AND
DELINQUENCIES
A. Trust Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
B. Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
C. Delinquent Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
D. Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
E. Loan-Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
F. Claims Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
13. MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
14. CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT
A. Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
B. Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
C. Individual Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
D. On or About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
15. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTORS
A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
16. CREDITS
A. Television Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
B. Guild to Determine Controversy Over Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
C. Notice of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
17. STAGING
A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
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18. STRIKES - UNUSUAL DUTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
19. NON-DISCRIMINATION
A. Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
B. Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
C. Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
D. Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
E. Diversity Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
20. ARBITRATION
A. Matters Subject to Grievance and Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
B. Grievance Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
C. Arbitration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
D. Expedited Arbitration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
E. Arbitral Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
F. Court Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
G. Withdrawal of Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
21. WAIVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
22. POSTING OF BOND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
23. OTHER USES OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS
A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
24. SUPPLEMENTAL MARKETS
A. Programs Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
B. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
C. Supplemental Market Distribution Other Than by Cassettes . . . . . . . 174
D. Supplemental Market Distribution on Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
E. Participating Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
F. Reports and Manner of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
G. Assumption of Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
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24. SUPPLEMENTAL MARKETS (continued)
H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
25. RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
26. NOTIFICATION – USE OF FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
27. AGREEMENT TO BE INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
28. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM
A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
29. MINIMUM SALARIES AND RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR
DIRECTORS OF PROGRAMS PRODUCED MAINLY FOR THE
PAY TELEVISION AND VIDEODISC/VIDEOCASSETTE MARKET
A. Applicability of this Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
B. Directors' Minimum Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
C. Residual Compensation for Pay Television and Videodisc/Videocassette
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
D. Residual Compensation for Pay Television, Excluding (i) Pay-
Per-View and (ii) Sports and Non-Staged Event Programs . . . . . . . . 200
E. Residual Compensation for Pay Television Exhibition (Including
Pay-Per-View) of Sports and Non-Staged Event Programs . . . . . . . . 211
F. Residual Compensation for Pay-Per-View Exhibition Other Than
Sports and Non-Staged Event Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
G. Residual Compensation for Videodiscs/Videocassettes . . . . . . . . . . 212
H. Residual Compensation for Exhibition of Covered Programs in
Other Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
I. Miscellaneous Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
J. Application of Free Television Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
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30. RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESIDUAL PAYMENTS
A. Distributor’s Assumption Agreement - Television Reruns, Basic
Cable Exhibition, Foreign Television Exhibition, Theatrical
Exhibition and Supplemental Markets Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
B. Financial Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
C. Qualified Residual Payors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
D. Buyer’s Assumption Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
E. Security Interests – Effect on Buyer’s Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
F. Qualified Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
31. PROGRAMS MADE PRIMARILY FOR THE BASIC CABLE
MARKET
A. Terms and Conditions for High Budget Dramatic Programs
One-Half Hour or More in Length Made Primarily for the
Basic Cable Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
B. Terms and Conditions for Low Budget Dramatic Programs One (1)
Hour or Longer Made Primarily for the Basic Cable Market . . . . . . 249
C. Terms and Conditions for Other Entertainment Programs Made
Primarily for the Basic Cable Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
32. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR NEW MULTI-CAMERA PRIME
TIME DRAMATIC PILOTS, PRESENTATIONS AND SERIES . . 251
Exhibit 1 - Qualified Residual Payor Letter of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Exhibit 2 - Standard Letter of Guaranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Exhibit "A" - Instructions; Employment Data Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Exhibit "B" - Pay Television and Videodisc/Videocassette Payments Fund
Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Exhibit "B-1" - Instructions to Pay TV Fund Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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Exhibit "C" - Part I - Subscriber Rates For Programs Made For Pay Television
Services with Fewer than 6,000,000 Subscribers in the
First Exhibition Year of the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Exhibit "C" - Part II - Subscriber Rates for Programs Made for Pay Television
Services with 6,000,000 or More Subscribers in the
First Exhibition Year of the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Exhibit "D" - Accountable Receipts Plateau
A. High Budget Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
B. Dramatic Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
C. Variety Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
D. Quiz and Game Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
E. Strip Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
F. All Other Programs (Including Segments of Reality-Type
Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
G. News and Commentary Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Exhibit "E" - Associate Director and Stage Manager Deal Memorandum . . . . . 293
Exhibit "F" - Director Deal Memorandum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
SIDELETTERS:
No. 1 re “Included Days” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
No. 2 re Employment on Commercials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
No. 3 re Assignment of UPMs on Tape Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
No. 4 re Testing of Television Tape and Film Programs on CATV Systems . . . . 301
No. 5 re Network Prime Time Dramatic or Variety Summer Programs . . . . . . . 302
No. 6 re Programs Produced Primarily for the Basic Cable Market . . . . . . . . . . 303
No. 7 re Peremptory Challenges to Arbitrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
No. 8 re Pay Television and Videodisc/Videocassette Payments Fund
Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
No. 9 re Security of Employees Working at Film Lots or Network Facilities
in Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
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SIDELETTERS (continued)
No. 10 re Modifications of Article 29 for Programs Made Primarily for
Pay Television Services with 6,000,000 or More Subscribers in
the First Exhibition Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
No. 11 re New Residual Formula for One-Hour Network Prime Time
Dramatic Series in Article 7.B.1.(c)(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
No. 12 re Distributor’s/Buyer’s Liability for Residuals; Notice and
Opportunity to Cure Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
No. 13 re Employment Criteria for Associate Directors and Stage Managers . . . 316
No. 14 re Exhibition of Programs Transmitted Via New Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
No. 15 re DGA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
No. 16 re Los Angeles Panel of Arbitrators for Major Studios and Networks . . 334
No. 17 re Arbitration of Disputes Concerning Tri-Guild Residuals Audits . . . . . 336
No. 18 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
No. 19 re Experiment in Syndication of Half-Hour Series in Markets
Representing 50% or Fewer of U.S. Television Households . . . . . . . . . 350
No. 20 re Terms and Conditions for New Non-Prime Time Multi-Camera
Dramatic Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
No. 21 re Address Verification / Local Hires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
No. 22 re Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
No. 23 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
No. 24 Diversion of Pension Plan Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
No. 25 re "Supersized" Episodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
No. 26 re Directors Guild of America-Producer Health Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
No. 27 re Alternative Digital Broadcast and Cable Channel Committee . . . . . . . 369
No. 28 re Programs Produced for New Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
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DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.
FREELANCE LIVE AND TAPE TELEVISION AGREEMENT OF 2008
_______________________________
AGREEMENT entered into as of this first day of July, 2008 by and between the
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC., a corporation duly organized
under the laws of the State of California, having its National Office at 7920 Sunset
Boulevard, Hollywood, California 90046 (hereafter referred to as the "Guild") and
AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC
AJA Productions, Inc.
Alive and Kicking, Inc.
Allenford Productions, Inc.
Alpine Productions, Inc.
Am Glad Productions
Andalasia Productions, Inc.
Arlington Productions, Inc.
Ashland Productions, Inc.
Auckland Productions, Inc.
The Avnet/Kerner Company
Avoca Productions, Inc.
Bell-Phillip Television Company
Belleville Productions, Inc.
BL4 Productions, Inc.
Blue Diamond Entertainment Inc.
Bob Weis Design Island Associates Inc.
Boss Productions, Inc.
B.O.T. Productions, Inc.
Bruce Nash Entertainment
BWDI Battlestations, Inc.
Califon Productions, Inc.
Canterbury Productions, Inc.
Category 5 Productions, Inc.
CBS Films Inc.
CBS Studios Inc.
Charles Evans
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Colony Way Productions, Inc.