SAG backs off on DVDs

May 04, 2008 SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will return once again to the bargaining table Monday for what will likely be two days of intense negotiations on the actors' contract, which expires June 30. Friday was to have brought about a temporary halt to the talks, which began April 15, between the union and the producers, with SAG's sister union AFTRA waiting in the wings to start its formal talks on the primetime/TV contract Monday. While some have tied the extension to SAG's decision to scale back demands on DVD residuals, sources say that was not the core reason to continue talks and that both sides just wanted to "keep the talks alive."

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