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Bill extends TV and film production incentives

Pat Dooris , KGW   SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill Thursday extending incentives for television and film businesses who bring their productions to the state. The bill extends the program for seven years. It also expands the pool of funds to $12 million for 2016 and $14 million in 2017. […]

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Oregon’s film, TV workers prepare to celebrate tax incentive win

Andy Giegerich  Portland Business Journal Oregon’s media community is getting ready to celebrate a huge win for the film and television production industry. House Bill 2171, which headed to Gov. Kate Brown‘s office shortly before the session ended on Monday, features a bevy of tax-related initiatives, including an extension of the sunset for the Oregon Production […]

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Facing Gannett, KGW unions pass a test of unity

In a bit of bargaining-table drama, three unions at KGW-TV showed unity earlier this month by attending each other’s contract negotiating sessions, taking a company negotiator by surprise. At KGW, Portland’s NBC affiliate, SAG-AFTRA represents on-camera staff, IATSE Local 600 represents camera operators, and IBEW Local 48 represents control room operators and technicians. Historically, the three […]

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Unions protest anti-union moves by KGW

Three local unions held a public rally April 25 in Pioneer Courthouse Square to publicize their growing dispute with Portland’s KGW television station. KGW is owned by the media chain Gannett, which is proposing to eliminate union jurisdiction in contract bargaining with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 48, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage […]

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Washington film industry fights for business as other states offer far greater incentives

BY JOSH KERNS If you head down to Portland, there’s a good chance you’ll run into the cast and crew of NBC’s hit TV series “Grimm.” It’s one of three big-budget TV shows shooting regularly in Oregon right now, which is seeing far more film and television production than we get here in Washington state these […]

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Gannett pushes an exotic proposal at KGW, KING-TV

By Don McIntosh, Associate Editor There’s labor trouble brewing at Portland’s KGW-TV and Seattle’s KING-TV. The two NBC affiliates are among 46 local television stations owned by media company Gannett, which also owns USA Today and the Statesman-Journal in Salem, Oregon. In bargaining with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), […]

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