SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement on successor agreements to the 2020 Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Television Animation Agreement and the 2020 Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Basic Cable Agreement for Animated Motion Pictures.
Full details of the agreement will not be provided until after the tentative agreement has been reviewed by SAG-AFTRA leadership in the coming weeks. The tentative agreement will be sent to the affected SAG-AFTRA membership for ratification upon leadership approval.
The 2020 agreement, which was to apply from July 1 of that year to June 30, 2023, made gains for union performers working in animation produced for network and cable television as well as streaming platforms. Notable gains of the agreement included a 26% improvement in residuals for high-budget animated programs made for SVOD as well as a reduction in the “high-budget” threshold for half-hour streaming shows, from $550,000 to $500,000.
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists, influencers and other entertainment and media professionals.
