Productions Made for New Media a) New Media, as defined for the purposes of this Collective Agreement, applies to the production of content available through the internet or accessible on any digital device, including, but not limited to, on-demand networks, online newspapers, advertisements, blogs, wikis, mobile apps, set-top apps, social media, and any other current or future means of mass communications using digital technologies with the exclusion of “Derivative New Media Production” as defined below.
Productions Made for New Media a. Delete the following language from the preamble to the Sideletter re: Productions Made for New Media to the Basic Agreement and Videotape Agreement: “When the parties entered into the 2015 negotiations, they mutually understood that the economics of New Media production were uncertain and that greater flexibility in terms and conditions of employment was therefore mutually beneficial. The parties understood that if one or more business models developed such that New Media production became an economically viable medium, then the parties would mutually recognize that fact in future agreements. “During the 2018 negotiations, in recognition of emerging subscription video-on-demand services exhibiting mid-budget and high budget dramatic productions, the parties agreed to modify the terms and conditions for “mid-budget” dramatic productions made for subscription video-on-demand consumer pay New Media platforms as provided in Paragraph D. below and the terms and conditions for “high budget” dramatic productions made for subscription video-on-demand consumer pay New Media platforms as provided in Paragraph G. below.”
Productions Made for New Media h. Update the reference to the Producer-IATSE Basic Agreement in footnote 3 to Sideletter No. 3 as follows: “The Sideletter re Productions Made for New Media to the 20152018 Producer- IATSE Basic Agreement applies to one-half hour dramatic productions of the type traditionally considered “prime time” if produced for television.”
Productions Made for New Media a. Modify the preamble to the Sideletter re: Productions Made for New Media as follows: “This Sideletter confirms the understanding of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (hereinafter “the IATSE”), on the one hand, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, on behalf of the Employers listed in Exhibit “A” which it represented in negotiations for the IATSE Theatrical and Television Motion Picture Area Standards Agreement of 20182021 (hereinafter “the Area Standards Agreement”), on the other hand, (collectively “the parties”), concerning the terms and conditions applicable to the production of dramatic, scripted motion pictures that are made for the Internet, mobile devices, or any other new media platform in existence as of August 1, 2009 (hereinafter collectively referred to as “New Media”).[footnotes omitted] “With respect to such productions intended for initial use in new media, the parties agree as follows: The parties mutually recognize that the economics of New Media production are presently uncertain and that greater flexibility in terms and conditions of employment is therefore mutually beneficial. If one or more business models develop such that New Media production becomes an economically viable medium, then the parties mutually recognize that future agreements should reflect that fact.”
Productions Made for New Media. Provisions agreed to by the parties regarding Productions Made for New Media in the Productions Made for New Media Sideletter in the 2015 IATSE Basic Agreement and Sideletter N in the 2015 Local 839 Agreement are deemed to be incorporated into this Agreement.
Productions Made for New Media. This Sideletter confirms the understanding of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (hereinafter "the IATSE"), on behalf of itself and The Animation Guild and Affiliated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts, Local #839, on the one hand, and the Producers signatory to the successor agreement to the 2012 Agreement between Producer and The Animation Guild and Affiliated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts, Local #839 (collectively "the parties"), on the other hand, concerning the terms and conditions applicable to the production of entertainment motion pictures of the type that have traditionally been covered under the Local #839 Agreement (hereinafter "the Local #839 Agreement"), that are made for the Internet, mobile devices, or any other new media platform in existence as of August 1, 2009 (hereinafter collectively referred to as "New Media")1 With respect to such productions intended for initial use in new media, the parties agree as follows: 1 This Sideletter applies to the production of certain types of programs intended for initial use in New Media and does not cover work involved in the selection of content for, design or management of any website or any other New Media platform on which productions made for New Media appear.
Productions Made for New Media. The parties hereby confirm that the Basic Crafts Unions do not have jurisdiction over productions made for new media. [Note added by Local 399: Local 399 will organize new media and negotiate terms comparable to the Black Book.]
Productions Made for New Media a. Delete the second and third paragraphs of Exhibit C re: Productions for New Media to the Local #798 Major Film Theatrical and Television Series Agreement and of Sideletter No. 5 re: Productions for New Media of the Local #798 Supplemental Digital Production Agreement.
Productions Made for New Media a. Modify Paragraphs D. and E. of the Sideletter re: Productions Made for New Media as follows:
Productions Made for New Media a. Revise the opening paragraphs and Paragraphs D. and E. of the Sideletter re: Productions Made for New Media to the Master Agreement as follows: “This confirms the understanding of the British Columbia Council of Film Unions (‘BCCFU’) and the Negotiating Producers concerning the terms and conditions which the Employer may elect to apply to the production of entertainment motion pictures of the type that have traditionally been covered under the Master Agreement or the Supplemental Master Agreement which are made for the Internet, mobile devices, or any other new media platform in existence as of March 29, 2009 (hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘New Media’).1 “The parties mutually recognizeWhen the parties entered into the 2015 negotiations, they mutually understood that the economics of New Media production are presentlywere uncertain and that greater flexibility in terms and conditions of employment iswas therefore mutually beneficial. The parties understood that Ifif one or more business models developed such that New Media production becomesbecame an economically viable medium, then the parties would mutually recognize that fact in future agreements should reflect that fact.
