Directors Guild, studios reach contract deal
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The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios on Thursday in a move likely to renew momentum for settling a 10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry and clouded the year-end Oscar season.
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The Hollywood directors' union  reached a contract deal with major film and television studios  on Thursday -- a move likely to turn up pressure to settle a  10-week-old strike by screenwriters.
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The striking Hollywood writers guild remained on track for a possible deal with studios, but specific language of a new contract was still to be resolved, two people familiar with the negotiations said Monday.
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Hollywood's two major actors unions announced late Thursday they have agreed to a new contract with film and TV producers worth &#36;200 million over three years.
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The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and television studios on Thursday, Daily Variety reported, in a move that could hasten the settlement of a 10-week-old screenwriters' strike.
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The Directors Guild of  America has begun casual contract talks with the studios, and  an announcement of formal negotiations appears likely within  the coming week, a step that ensures the writers strike will  persist for some time.
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US film and TV writers approve a deal struck by union leaders at the weekend, ending a three-month strike.
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With a new labor  contract for the Directors Guild of America expected to be  announced imminently, Hollywood's top screenwriters could turn  up the heat on their union to end its 11-week-old strike.
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Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday. The agreement puts pressure on striking writers to end their walkout that has lasted more than two months and idled work on dozens of TV shows.
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The governing boards of the unions representing movie and television writers unanimously approved a tentative three-year deal.
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LOS ANGELES  Â A breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday.
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Contract negotiations  between Hollywood's directors and studios represent the  industry's best shot at getting back to business as usual, even  as the writers strike enters its 11th week Monday.
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Movie and TV directors tentatively agreed to a new contract with production companies, sending a message to striking screenwriters.
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Hollywood writers have approved a three-year, &#36;58 million contract with studios, producers and TV networks, union officials said.
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The DGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers tentatively agreed to a new three-year contract Thursday that brought significant gains in health care but abandoned the fight for DVD residuals.
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Writers Guild of America  members overwhelmingly have approved the guild&#39;s formal list of  demands circulated recently as a prelude to the launch of  negotiations for a new film and TV contract.
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The head of the Motion Picture  Association of America said on Saturday a recent labor contract  between major studios and film and TV directors offers a  template for deals with striking writers and other guilds.