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Article C7 - Television Magazine Shows

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):

Script Fees and Production Fees for productions with Budgets of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or less are negotiable between the Writer and Producer.

(the following rates do not include research)

C701 Program Writer (Based on Broadcast length of Program)
 
  Budget $60,000 to $70,000
July 1, 2019
Budget $60,000 to $70,000
July 1, 2020
Budget $60,000 to $70,000
July 1, 2021
15 minutes or less $1,374 $1,415 $1,457
30 minutes or less $2,748 $2,830 $2,915
60 minutes or less $5,496 $5,661 $5,831
90 minutes or less $8,243 $8,490 $8,745
120 minutes or less $10,993 $11,323 $11,663
Over 120 minutes calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

 

  Budget $70,000 to $100,000
July 1, 2019
Budget $70,000 to $100,000
July 1, 2020
Budget $70,000 to $100,000
July 1, 2021
15 minutes or less $1,613 $1,661 $1,711
30 minutes or less $3,217 $3,314 $3,413
60 minutes or less $6,424 $6,617 $6,816
90 minutes or less $9,640 $9,929 $10,227
120 minutes or less $12,864 $13,250 $13,648
Over 120 minutes calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

 

  Budget Over $100,000
July 1, 2019
Budget Over $100,000
July 1, 2020
Budget Over $100,000
July 1, 2021
15 minutes or less $1,773 $1,826 $1,881
30 minutes or less $3,559 $3,666 $3,776
60 minutes or less $7,109 $7,322 $7,542
90 minutes or less $10,657 $10,977 $11,306
120 minutes or less $14,235 $14,662 $15,102
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

July 1, 2019 July 1, 2020 July 1, 2021
$3,972 $4,091 $4,214
C703 Contributing Writer

For each item:

  Budget $60,000 to $70,000
July 1, 2019
Budget $60,000 to $70,000
July 1, 2020
Budget $60,000 to $70,000
July 1, 2021
3 minutes or less $412 $424 $437
Each additional minute $152 $157 $162

 

  Budget $70,000 to $100,000 July 1, 2019 Budget $70,000 to $100,000
July 1, 2020
Budget $70,000 to $100,000
July 1, 2021
3 minutes or less $490 $505 $520
Each additional minute $168 $173 $178

 

  Budget Over $100,000
July 1, 2019
Budget Over $100,000
July 1, 2020
Budget Over $100,000
July 1, 2021
3 minutes or less $641 $660 $680
Each additional minute $191 $197 $203
C704 Continuity Writer

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

  July 1, 2019 July 1, 2020 July 1, 2021
$60,000-$70,000 $1,191 $1,227 $1,264
$70,000-$100,000 $1,244 $1,281 $1,319
over $100,000 $1,363 $1,404 $1,446
C705 A Television Magazine Script may be contracted:
i. as an existing Script;
ii. as a complete Script with or without right of termination;
iii. 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:
a. not based on Script Material contracted under this Agreement; or
b. 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:
i. on signing of the contract 10%
ii. on delivery of the Outline 20%
iii. on delivery of the First Draft Script 50%
iv. 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:
i. on signing of the contract 25%
ii. 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
$60,000 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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