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Local TV to profit from writers' strike

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:29 PM EST
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The US strike, where writers are demanding payments from major studios for internet and DVD broadcasts, has been running for more than two months. All scripted Hollywood shows have shut down production, meaning that Australian networks are receiving vastly reduced numbers of episodes of first-run American programs than in previous years.

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