ARTICLE C7 - TELEVISION MAGAZINE SHOWS

 

Writers of Television Magazine shows shall be paid at least the following minimum Script Fees (based on the broadcast length of Program):
(the following rates do not include research)

C701
Program Writer (Based on Broadcast length of Program)

	Budget under $35,000	Budget under $35,000	Budget under $35,000	Budget $35,000 to $50,000	Budget $35,000 to $50,000	Budget $35,000 to $50,000
	2003	2004	2005	2003	2004	2005
15 minutes or less	614	626	639	876	893	911
30 minutes or less	1,226	1,251	1,276	1,752	1,787	1,823
60 minutes or less	2,453	2,502	2,552	3,506	3,576	3,647
90 minutes or less	3,681	3,755	3,830	5,258	5,363	5,470
120 minutes or less	4,908	5,006	5,106	7,010	7,151	7,294
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

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	Budget $50,000 to $70,000	Budget $50,000 to $70,000	Budget $50,000 to $70,000	Budget $70,000 to $100,000	Budget $70,000 to $100,000	Budget $70,000 to $100,000
	2003	2004	2005	2003	2004	2005
15 minutes or less	1,051	1,072	1,094	1,234	1,259	1,284
30 minutes or less	2,103	2,145	2,188	2,461	2,511	2,561
60 minutes or less	4,207	4,291	4,377	4,917	5,015	5,115
90 minutes or less	6,309	6,436	6,564	7,377	7,525	7,675
120 minutes or less	8,413	8,582	8,753	9,845	10,042	10,243
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

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	Budget over $100,000	Budget over $100,000	Budget over $100,000
	2003	2004	2005
15 minutes or less	1,357	1,385	1,412
30 minutes or less	2,724	2,778	2,834
60 minutes or less	5,441	5,550	5,661
90 minutes or less	8,158	8,321	8,487
120 minutes or less	10,895	11,113	11,335
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

C702
Program Writer - Weekly rate for a maximum of five (5) thirty-minute programs per week

2003	2004	2005
3,040	3,101	3,163

C703
Contributing Writer

For each item:

	Budget under $35,000	Budget under $35,000	Budget under $35,000	Budget $35,000 to $50,000	Budget $35,000 to $50,000	Budget $35,000 to $50,000
	2003	2004	2005	2003	2004	2005
3 minutes or less	204	208	212	245	250	255
Each additional minute	82	83	85	111	113	116

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	Budget $50,000 to $70,000	Budget $50,000 to $70,000	Budget $50,000 to $70,000	Budget $70,000 to $100,000	Budget $70,000 to $100,000	Budget $70,000 to $100,000
	2003	2004	2005	2003	2004	2005
3 minutes or less	315	321	328	375	382	390
Each additional minute	117	120	122	128	131	133

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	Budget over $100,000	Budget over $100,000	Budget over $100,000
	2003	2004	2005
3 minutes or less	490	500	510
Each additional minute	146	149	152

C704
Continuity Writer
For up to five (5) minutes of continuity writing per half hour of broadcast:

Budget	2003	2004	2005
under $35,000	642	655	668
$35,000 to $50,000	730	745	760
$50,000 to $70,000	911	929	948
$70,000 to $100,000	952	971	991
over $100,000	1,043	1,064	1,085

C705
A Television Magazine Script may be contracted:

1. as an existing Script;
2. as a complete Script with or without right of termination;
3. as the following single elements or components of a Script:
   Polish, Rewrite.

C706
When the Producer contracts for a complete Television Magazine Script with or without the right of termination:

1. not based on Script Material contracted under this Agreement; or
2. based on Script Material contracted under this Agreement which is provided by the Producer to the Writer at the time of contracting and from which the Writer is required to provide an Outline, the Script Fee shall be paid as follows:
   1. on signing of the contract 20%
   2. on delivery of the Outline 20%
   3. on delivery of the First Draft Script 40%
   4. on delivery of the Second Draft Script 20%

C707
When the Producer contracts for a single element or component of a Television Script, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:

1. on signing of the contract 25%
2. on delivery of the material 75%

C708
For Magazine Format Programs, the Production Fee shall be calculated as follows:

If the Budget is:	The Production Fee payable is the following percentage of the Production Fee as calculated in Article C1005
Below $35,000	35%
$35,000 to $50,000	40%
$50,000 to $70,000	43%
$70,000 to $100,000	47%
Over $100,000	50%

C709
A Producer may engage a New Writer at fifty percent (50%) of the applicable Script Fee. Use of this provision is limited to one New Writer per cycle of a Series.

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