AFTRA, AMPTP Seem To Have Reached Agreement in Three Year Deal

AFTRA and AMPTP seem to have come to an agreement over various issues and will sign a three year agreement, ending the possibility of a long strike, such as the one that ensued after the Writers Guild could not reach an agreement last year. AFTRA did not get everything it wanted with regard to DVD royalties, but did get AMPTP to agree that performers will retain control over use of their clips used other than in promotional contexts. Next up: negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild. Read more here in a Hollywood Reporter story.