Article C7 - Television Magazine Shows

Writers of Television Magazine shows shall be paid at least the following minimum Script Fees (based on the broadcast length of Program):

Script Fees and Production Fees for productions with Budgets of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or less are negotiable between the Writer and Producer.

(the following rates do not include research)

C701

Program Writer (Based on Broadcast length of Program

	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 2015	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 2016	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 2017
15 minutes or less	$1,295	$1,308	$1,321
30 minutes or less	$2,590	$2,616	$2,642
60 minutes or less	$5,179	$5,231	$5,283
90 minutes or less	$7,768	$7,846	$7,924
120 minutes or less	$10,359	$10,462	$10,567
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 2015	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 2016	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 2017
15 minutes or less	$1,519	$1,534	$1,550
30 minutes or less	$3,031	$3,061	$3,092
60 minutes or less	$6,053	$6,113	$6,175
90 minutes or less	$9,083	$9,174	$9,266
120 minutes or less	$12,121	$12,242	$12,365
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

	Budget Over $100,000 2015	Budget Over $100,000 2016	Budget Over $100,000 2017
15 minutes or less	$1,671	$1,687	$1,704
30 minutes or less	$3,353	$3,387	$3,421
60 minutes or less	$6,699	$6,766	$6,834
90 minutes or less	$10,043	$10,144	$10,245
120 minutes or less	$13,414	$13,548	$13,683
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

C702

Program Writer

Weekly rate for a maximum of five (5) thirty-minute programs per week

2015	2016	2017
$3,743	$3,780	$3,818

C703

Contributing Writer

For each item:

	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 2015	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 2016	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 2017
3 minutes or less	$388	$392	$396
Each additional minute	$144	$146	$147

	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 2015	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 2016	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 2017
3 minutes or less	$462	$466	$471
Each additional minute	$158	$159	$161

	Budget Over $100,000 2015	Budget Over $100,000 2016	Budget Over $100,000 2017
3 minutes or less	$604	$610	$616
Each additional minute	$180	$182	$183

C704

Continuity Writer

For up to five (5) minutes of continuity writing per half hour of broadcast:

	2015	2016	2017
$60,000-$70,000	$1,122	$1,133	$1,145
$70,000-$100,000	$1,173	$1,184	$1,196
over $100,000	$1,284	$1,297	$1,310

C705

A Television Magazine Script may be contracted:

i.	as an existing Script;
ii.	as a complete Script with or without right of termination;
iii.	as the following single elements or components of a Script: Polish, Rewrite.

C706

When the Producer contracts for a complete Television Magazine Script with or without the right of termination:

not based on Script Material contracted under this Agreement; or

based on Script Material contracted under this Agreement which is provided by the Producer to the Writer at the time of contracting and from which the Writer is required to provide an Outline, the Script Fee shall be paid as follows:

i.	on signing of the contract	10%
ii.	on delivery of the Outline	20%
iii.	on delivery of the First Draft Script	50%
iv.	on delivery of the Second Draft Script	20%

C707

When the Producer contracts for a single element or component of a Television Script, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:

i.	on signing of the contract	25%
ii.	on delivery of the material	75%

C708

For Magazine Format Programs, the Production Fee shall be calculated as follows:

If the Budget is:	The Production Fee payable is the following percentage of the Production Fee as calculated in Article C1005
$60,000 to $70,000	43%
$70,000 to $100,000	47%
Over $100,000	50%

C709

A Producer may engage a New Writer at fifty percent (50%) of the applicable Script Fee. Use of this provision is limited to one New Writer per cycle of a Series.

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