The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees is claiming that the producers of the remake of "All My Children" (and the "One Life to Live" remake, although that show is seemingly not involved in this dispute) is spending more money per episode than the amount they pledged to spend to receive salary cuts for union employees--they're also not happy that the two soaps were sold to FX Canada (which is majority-owned by Rogers TV, not News Corp./21st Century Fox) when they were told that the series would be strictly online in North America (the shows were supposed to start airing on FX Canada last month, but have been put on hold after producers Prospect Park reduced the number of new episodes for each show per week from five to two):
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/labor-fight-brewing-over-all-my-children-exclusive-94811 No indication how this is going to end, but it's definitely an indication of the growing pains for online television program production. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
