SAG/AFTRA commercials strike looms
hollywoodreporter.com 3/18/2009 — As if actors needed more bad news about labor talks, there's this: SAG and AFTRA leaders are considering sending out strike-authorization ballots unless negotiations with advertisers on a new commercials contract improve quickly.

The Super Bowl Commercials: The Worst - VIDEOS
tvsquad.com 2/2/2009 — (Editor's Note: In anticipation of editing the Best/Worst Super Bowl ads, I paid close attention to the ads while I was watching and decided that some could go either way. Sure enough, Rich and Bob picked a couple of the same ads - Cash4Gold and CareerBuilder. Check out Rich's Best Super Bowl ...

Do TV Commercials Make You Happier?
time.com 2/27/2009 — A still from a Geico commercial featuring one of its caveman characters

SAG, studios finally reach a deal
tvsquad.com 4/18/2009 — It's been so long that we've heard anything about a possible actors strike that I kinda forgot all about it. Now it looks like we don't have to worry about it. The Screen Actors Guild has made a tentative deal with producers and studios, so there ...

RSA - Film + Television + Video + Commercials
rsafilms.com 6/4/2009 — Scott Free

What AFTRA Isn't Doing For Members...
deadlinehollywooddaily.com 8/10/2009 — ... It's not supporting the effort to stop the closure of the long term and intensive care facilities at the Motion Picture And Television Fund. Today's official AFTRA statement declared, "Convention delegates also expressed deep concern over the ...

USA puts characters in commercials
variety.com 2/20/2009 — TV News: Network engages in unique cross-promotions -- Already one of the most aggressive product integrators in the TV business, USA is now putting its series into its clients' commercials. "We've worked with Nielsen on this, and our studies have ...

Final Figures Confirm AFTRA Affiliated in 66 or 70 Pilots
welovesoaps.net 3/11/2009 — The digital revolution that swept TV production this pilot season also has swept AFTRA into place as the dominant actors union. The looming possibility of a SAG strike and the lure of the less-expensive and more-flexible digital production has accelerated the transition from film to digital. The ...

I'm Voting Yes - SAG Contract Vote Yes (video)
youtube.com 5/27/2009 — Screen Actors Guild members have joined together to support a "Yes" vote on SAG's TV/Theatrical Contract. See the video featuring Adam Arkin, Amy ...

SHOCKER: 73% of TiVo viewers skip commercials in dramas; most-watched shows have least-watched commercials
tvbythenumbers.com 9/28/2009 — The New York Times has a story up on how people with TiVos mostly don’t watch commercials and even more skip commercials in hit dramas. But I had to smile at the show they used in the graphic, especially since the story was titled “Hit TV Shows Have Most-Skipped Ads: The most ...

SAG-AFTRA commercials contract expires — Hollywood Reporter
Another deadline has come and gone, and SAG has another expired contract.

SAG focus back on TV-theatrical deal — Hollywood Reporter
Any sense of victory or relief stemming from a tentative deal for a new commercials contracts between performers' unions and the ad industry may be short-lived. The focus is already swinging back to the impasse facing SAG and the AMPTP over a new ...

SAG, AFTRA reach ad deal — Variety.com - TV News
TV News: Pact accepted by negotiators after expiration -- The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists have reached a tentative three-year deal with the ad industry on a commercials contract, a few hours after the ...

SAG, AFTRA Reach TV Ad Contract Deal — In Depth
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Screen Actors Guild have reached a tentative contract agreement with the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Association of National Advertisers. The new three-year ...