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It is interesting to see how all of these folks are out of main work and doing gig work instead, with productions being moved to Canada and other places abroad.

It is interesting to see how all of these folks are out of main work and doing gig work instead, with productions being moved to Canada and other places abroad. I wonder why. All of the strikes?

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ido 6mo ago
Cost
spwa4 6mo ago
The writer's guild and other striking organizations put it to: 1) general decline in wages 2) only short-term work being available 3) streaming platforms never pay the way Hollywood/Broadcast TV did: bad pay, but with a share of show profits for decades afterwards. Now just bad pay So it was generally about getting their pay increased. Instead, the strike lead to a big decrease in pay that Netflix and Skydance (Paramount) are blamed for.
- doitLP 6mo ago
  Not just writers…there’s unions for every piece of the pie and they all have members and pensions and have to justify their existence. There’s the ever-increasing restrictions and cost of shooting in California and the huge incentives other localities offer to film and even commercial (advert) projects. My friend just flew the whole production to Louisiana to shoot a 30 second commercial because of the incentives. There’s the fact that even if a new show or movie is good, it is competing not only with other new stuff but also with the entire back catalogue of everything ever made that is instantly available for viewers. There’s streaming rights, that never paid as much as traditional TV even though it had broader reach. There’s competition with phone / social platforms that continue to optimize their content and algorithms with shorter feedback loops and more additive content, against trad production which takes a ton of money and time and upfront cost.
vrganj 6mo ago
The very AI they have been reduced to training. What a wonderful dystopia we're building.
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fullshark 6mo ago
A lot of money was thrown around the last 10 years trying to pump up entertainment companies in a bid to either take over the industry in a winner take all streaming world or get acquired. Now that the consolidation has finished, it's about cutting back. How Paramount has managed Star Trek, and where it is now is informative in my opinion here.

It is interesting to see how all of these folks are out of main work and doing gig work instead, with productions being moved to Canada and other places abroad. I wonder why. All of the strikes?

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ido 6mo ago

Cost

spwa4 6mo ago

The writer's guild and other striking organizations put it to: 1) general decline in wages 2) only short-term work being available 3) streaming platforms never pay the way Hollywood/Broadcast TV did: bad pay, but with a share of show profits for decades afterwards. Now just bad pay So it was generally about getting their pay increased. Instead, the strike lead to a big decrease in pay that Netflix and Skydance (Paramount) are blamed for.

doitLP 6mo ago
Not just writers…there’s unions for every piece of the pie and they all have members and pensions and have to justify their existence. There’s the ever-increasing restrictions and cost of shooting in California and the huge incentives other localities offer to film and even commercial (advert) projects. My friend just flew the whole production to Louisiana to shoot a 30 second commercial because of the incentives. There’s the fact that even if a new show or movie is good, it is competing not only with other new stuff but also with the entire back catalogue of everything ever made that is instantly available for viewers. There’s streaming rights, that never paid as much as traditional TV even though it had broader reach. There’s competition with phone / social platforms that continue to optimize their content and algorithms with shorter feedback loops and more additive content, against trad production which takes a ton of money and time and upfront cost.

vrganj 6mo ago

The very AI they have been reduced to training. What a wonderful dystopia we're building.

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fullshark 6mo ago

A lot of money was thrown around the last 10 years trying to pump up entertainment companies in a bid to either take over the industry in a winner take all streaming world or get acquired. Now that the consolidation has finished, it's about cutting back. How Paramount has managed Star Trek, and where it is now is informative in my opinion here.