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| Film directors in the US have reached a contract deal with film and TV studios after five days of negotiations, the Hollywood directors' union said. | Film directors in the US have reached a contract deal with film and TV studios after five days of negotiations, the Hollywood directors' union said. |
| It could put pressure on striking writers to end their 10-week walkout. | It could put pressure on striking writers to end their 10-week walkout. |
| The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike since November over "residuals" - royalties for work distributed online or on DVD. | The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike since November over "residuals" - royalties for work distributed online or on DVD. |
| The dispute has brought to a standstill the production of nearly all TV comedy and drama shows. | The dispute has brought to a standstill the production of nearly all TV comedy and drama shows. |
| Their writers' strike has already forced the Golden Globe film and TV awards to be scaled back to a news conference after actors said they would not cross the WGA picket line. | |
| 'No rollbacks' | |
| The tentative agreement between the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers follows just five days of formal talks. | |
| "Two words describe this agreement: groundbreaking and substantial," said the chairman of the DGA's negotiating team, Gil Cates. "There are no rollbacks of any kind." | |
| The deal includes increases in both wages and residuals for each year of the contract, the union said. | |
| Leaders of the WGA welcomed the talks but said they would resist any industry effort to force screenwriters to accept a deal which they considered unsatisfactory. |