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Residuals, royalties and an end to “exploitative practices” should be enshrined into UK law, according to the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), which has issued a manifesto for the incoming government. Alongside demands around AI and fair treatment, the WGGB’s ‘Putting Writers at the Heart of…

EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who, the long-running BBC sci-fi series, has shifted away from a residual model for its writers since Disney+ came on board as a partner, we understand. The series, which is currently celebrating its 60th anniversary with a trio of specials from returning showrunner Russell T…

The hard fought SAG-AFTRA agreement with the studios is threatening to open a rift between actors and their representatives as a new provision designed to provide more clarity for actors on residual payments has created “an additional layer of confusion” among agents and managers, as one of them put it…

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