the attitude that we encountered in the attitude that we encountered in the negotiating room made it pretty clear that they want to impoverish u5, clear that they want to impoverish us, they want to impoverish the writers guild, so that we will be so desperate we will take any deal and continue to maximise their profits. help us to understand the impact of streaming because one would imagine that with much more content than ever that should be much more work for writers and actors. why then are writers and actors not getting an increased amount of pay from the increased amount of pay from the increased amount of content? yeah, ou will be increased amount of content? yeah, you will be shocked increased amount of content? yeah, you will be shocked to increased amount of content? yeah, you will be shocked to know - increased amount of content? yeah, you will be shocked to know how- increased amount of content? ie u you will be shocked to know how much we paid for these streaming shows
the next five, ten years when it comes to what writers are expecting to be paid. let me ask you about streaming. a lot of this comes down to what writers feel like they re not fairly compensated for, and that s part of because streaming doesn t have the same pay structure that the cable bundle did or broadcast tv did with advertising and syndication and just the cable carriage fees. is there a chance that with this with the action force joining the writers actors joining the writers and streaming still not making money the way that other industries are, their versions of this has in the past, that these studios start to pull back from that and maybe go back to the old ways? well, you re already seeing that. i mean, we re seeing that these companies that were hoarding content on their own streaming services are now retreating to selling it off to other companies which we never saw. hbo is selling content to
already, even in the nascent stage. wejust already, even in the nascent stage. we just want to make sure the studios don t impinge on our rights and copyrights, and used ai services, let s say, to reproduce a writer s worked in their own network without the writer s consent. and for them to have a share in the creation of content with al. it s early days, in 2007 it ai. it s early days, in 2007 it was about internet rights and getting a share of media on the internet, wejust want getting a share of media on the internet, we just want to make sure we are not abused by new technologies. technologies. you said you are ho eful technologies. you said you are hepeful a technologies. you said you are hopeful a deal technologies. you said you are hopeful a deal is technologies. you said you are hopeful a deal is reached, - technologies. you said you are hopeful a deal is reached, but| hopeful a deal is reached, but if not, people are worried about their favourite shows. how will this im
of streaming and pay tv occurred, the studios changed how the shows were made. it was no longer 22 episodes broadcast series that were able to provide a middle class and stable lifestyle to writers, instead its six or eight episodes where writers are working ten to 20 weeks out of a year for a season of tv. and with the loss of residual pay, when episodes went to streaming as opposed to broadcast tv, it s gone from a stable middle class lifestyle to a very unstable almost a gig economy, and that s what the strike is about, if we have to strike, but hopefully we will reach an agreement by midnight. i understand one of the issues is the use of ai. how has ai changed the writing process? that s a great question. it s very early to say. all i can say is the writers
because the writers will not be able to write each night s episodes. also a lot of broadcast tv, a lot of beloved shows like ncis. they should be writing right now for a return in a couple of months, but it the strike happens, shows will be indefinitely delayed. and very quickly, do you think a strike is imminent or a deal will be reached, what are you hearing? i sincerely hope a deal will be reached, it always comes down to the 11 hour, so i m confident we can get there in the next few hours. the uk s royal college of nursing says its members will continue to campaign for a better pay deal, and that tuesday s planned talks with the health secretary appear to be a foregone conclusion. health unions are meeting ministers and leaders from the country s national health service, to discuss the dispute that s led to thousands of nurses