The board of directors of the Directors Guild of America has voted unanimously to recommend ratification of a deal with Hollywood studios. The three-year collective bargaining agreement reached Jan. 17 establishes key provisions involving compensation for programs offered on the Internet. "We achieved our three primary goals: jurisdiction in new media, which was absolutely essential; compensation for the use and reuse of our work in new media; and significant gains on issues of real importance for our work in traditional media," DGA President Michael Apted said in a statement Sunday.
See "DGA Board Unanimously OKs Labor Deal", Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, January 28, 2008