Online Content Causes a Stir with NBC
It seems that the production of online webisodes has caused a little bit of drama over at NBC Universal.
NBC Uni said the WGA has asked showrunners on “The Office,” “Heroes,” “Crossing Jordan” and “Battlestar Galactica” to refuse to provide materials for use in show webisodes or for other Web-based content. NBC Uni is asking the NLRB to force showrunners to provide the requested materials and argues that such cooperation is mandatory under existing guild contracts.
This bit of news affects our beloved Heroes as well. I guess it was only aa matter of time before this type of situation came to a head. With Television shows becoming more multimedia to reach out to the largest possible audiences, some one was bound to get bent over potentially lost money. Hopefully this won’t affect us as viewers or cause any interruption in our regularly scheduled programming.
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