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With SAG still reeling from an internal power struggle and engaged in protracted contract negotiations with producers, AFTRA is making big gains on its rival actors union in prime-time television.
Once the odd man out during broadcast networks’ winter pilot season with an occasional multicamera pilot, AFTRA is dominating the field this year with at least 50 of the 70-plus broadcast pilots to be produced coming under its jurisdiction.
If the trend continues, it could increase AFTRA’s clout in the TV biz at SAG’s expense, and it will give a shot in the arm to digital production because AFTRA projects are required to be shot on means other than film.
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