Trade Press // Non-Fiction TV
ITV’s CEO earns almost double the average executive pay
Henry Mance, Financial Times ITV’s CEO, Adam Crozier, received £8.4 million pay last year, making his turnaround of the broadcaster one of the most lucrative jobs on the FTSE 100. Nearly half the sum came from a one-off share entitlement that Mr Crozier agreed when he took over in...
Tell Cesar Millan to be a “pack leader” and stick up for ITV producers
Just this week, ITV Studios, the company that produces Cesar Millan’s new show Cesar 911 for National Geographic Wild, reported that in 2013 they posted a 27% increase in profits. ITV Studios says it expects to continue raking in more profits in 2014, even as they look to expand...
ITV posts huge profits. Do they owe you $30,000?
ITV reported last week that in 2013 they posted a huge 27% increase in profits. They say they expect the profits to keep coming in 2014, even as they look to expand through acquisitions. Meanwhile, they recently told many of the freelance production staff at ITV Studios America (who...
WGAE Delivers Petitions To MSNBC About Counting Votes At Peacock
Workers at Comcast / NBCU owned Peacock Productions delivered more than 10,000 petition signatures to MSNBC’s primetime hosts today, urging them to speak out against the company’s anti-worker tactics. The five MSNBC anchors are Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz and Chris Hayes. You can still add...
WGAE Wins Election At Sharp
The WGAE announced today that it has been certified by the National Labor Relations Board to be the collective bargaining representative of the Producers, Coordinating Producers, Associate Producers and Writers employed by Sharp Entertainment, LLC. Sharp produces shows for cable television such as Doomsday Preppers, Property Wars, andCall of...
Sharp Employees Voting in Union Election
Sharp Employees Voting in Union Election The industry-wide campaign to raise standards in the industry may get another boost in the coming weeks. Many former and current employees at Sharp Entertainment are voting in a union election. Winning a union election at Sharp will put producers and APs in...
Producers and APs At Sharp Entertainment File for Union Recognition
In a message to co-workers, the Sharp Organizing Committee said in part: We are happy to report that a strong majority of producers and APs working at Sharp Entertainment have now signed union cards designating the WGAE as our collective bargaining agent. As one of the largest production companies,...
Study Finds Reality TV Industry Steals $40 Million From Writers & Producers
Congressman Jerrold Nadler and NYC Public Advocate-Elect Tish James were on hand today as the Writers Guild released a comprehensive research report on working conditions in the nonfiction TV industry. The report found that a typical nonfiction TV producer loses $30,000 a year in overtime pay, and as a...
Peacock Employees Are Organizing
The following is a letter from the organizing committee of Peacock producers and APs. Dear Colleagues, We are happy to report that a strong majority of producers and APs here at Peacock Productions have signed cards designating the WGA as our collective bargaining agent. This is an important moment....
Senator Franken Joins Our Campaign
Washington, D.C. – The campaign to raise standards and win benefits for writers and producers working in the nonfiction television industry won a very powerful ally today: Writers Guild of America East member and U.S Senator Al Franken. “As a member of three unions myself, I understand that all...