. The guild has released details of its tentative agreement with Hollywood studios and streamers and will now give its 11,500 members until October 9 to vote on whether they want to ratify the contract.
Since the beginning of the strike, writers have been asking for more transparency about viewership for their shows on streaming services like Netflix and Disney+, and for bonus payments when their shows perform well. As part of the deal, companies that operate a streaming service will provide the WGA with the total number of hours viewed, both domestically and internationally, of original streaming series.
The WGA and AMPTP also reached an agreement on establishing minimum staffing for writers rooms, which became a hot-button issue during the strike, particularly for less established writers who were worried that the increasing use of shorter, smaller rooms known aswould limit job opportunities. Under the new contract, the number of writers will increase in proportion to a show’s number of episodes—unless a single writer is hired to write all episodes.