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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):
(the following rates do
not include research)
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 107 | 109 | 111 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| C705 |
A Television Magazine Script may be contracted:
- as
an existing Script;
- as a
complete Script with or without right of termination;
- as the following single elements or components of a Script:
Polish,
Rewrite.
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| C706 |
When the Producer contracts for a complete
Television Magazine Script with or without the right of termination:
- not
based on Script Material contracted under this Agreement; or
- 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 | 20% |
| ii) | on delivery of the Outline | 20% |
| iii) | on delivery of the First Draft Script | 40% |
| iv) | on delivery of the Second Draft Script | 20% |
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| 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% |
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| C708 |
For Magazine
Format Programs, the Production Feeshall be calculated as follows:
| If the Budget is: | The Production Fee payable is the following percentage of the Production Fee as calculated in Article C1004 |
| 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% |
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| 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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