Director and Producers Deal Doesn't Spell End to WGA Strike

Progress has been made in Hollywood, though the writers strike has yet to spell the end to its 2+ month-long strike. Forbes and MarketWatch have reported on the deal reached today between the Producers Guild and Directors for the next three years. According to Forbes, the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers agreed on a three-year deal in which there will be a higher amount of revenue coming in for the viewing of television and movies on "new media." The article quotes the chairman of the guild's negotiation committiee, Gil Cates, as calling the tentative agreement "groundbreaking and substantial." According to the article, some writers on strike said they would look at the facts of the deal, and make a decision after the tentative agreement was "carefully analyzed and evaluated." However, the fact that the agreement was reached between the directors and producers does not mean the Writers Guild of America will be throwing in the towel anytime soon. Forbes reports that today's new deal "doubled compensation for television shows that are downloaded on the Web, and raised the rate for movie downloads by 80%." Will this soon spell the end to the writers strikes? Stay tuned!