Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the advertising industry’s Association of National Advertisers (ANA)/American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Union Relations (JPC) have selected global firm Booz Allen Hamilton, headquartered in McLean, Va., as the independent study consultant to examine alternative methods of performer compensation in light of a changing advertising/marketing landscape.
The study will examine performer compensation models for commercials appearing on television, radio, and the Internet, as well as the growing array of existing and yet-to-be-developed media. The findings will be considered by the performers’ unions and advertising industry in negotiating new Commercials Contracts when the current two-year extension agreement expires October 28, 2008.
The study is to be conducted with the understanding between the unions and the industry that the purpose is not to reduce the aggregate compensation historically paid to performers.
Booz Allen Hamilton was chosen from nine leading consulting companies that responded to a request for proposal to conduct the study. An effort to identify productive solutions to changing industry business models in advance of the ’08 negotiations, the study is a collaborative endeavor by the unions and the JPC.
Work on the study began on May 31 and is expected to be completed in 21 weeks.
SHOOT’s 22nd Annual New Directors Showcase Event Features Insights From IDA Honoree Dawn Porter, A Cross-section of Industry Pros
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