The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)[a] is
a trade association based in Sherman Oaks, California that represents
over 350 American television and film production companies in
collective bargaining negotiations with entertainment industry trade
unions that include, among others, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of
America, the Writers Guild of America, West, the Writers Guild of
America, East, the American Federation of Musicians, and the
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.As the
entertainment industry's official collective bargaining
representative, the AMPTP, like the Motion Picture Association of
America (MPAA), is a key trade association for major film and
television producers in the United States. The AMPTP currently
negotiates 80 industry-wide collective bargaining agreements on behalf
of over 350 motion picture and television producers. AMPTP member
companies include the major motion picture studios (including
Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney
Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures), the principal broadcast television
networks (including ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC), certain cable television
networks, and other independent film and television production
companies.The AMPTP was founded in 1924 as the Association of Motion
Picture Producers, or AMPP. According to The Film Encyclopedia, "it
was renamed the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers
in 1964 to reflect its merger with the Alliance of Television Film
Producers.[b] In 1975, two members of the Association, Paramount and
Universal, left to form a new organization, the Alliance. In 1982, the
Alliance and AMPTP. merged to form the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers."
a trade association based in Sherman Oaks, California that represents
over 350 American television and film production companies in
collective bargaining negotiations with entertainment industry trade
unions that include, among others, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of
America, the Writers Guild of America, West, the Writers Guild of
America, East, the American Federation of Musicians, and the
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.As the
entertainment industry's official collective bargaining
representative, the AMPTP, like the Motion Picture Association of
America (MPAA), is a key trade association for major film and
television producers in the United States. The AMPTP currently
negotiates 80 industry-wide collective bargaining agreements on behalf
of over 350 motion picture and television producers. AMPTP member
companies include the major motion picture studios (including
Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney
Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures), the principal broadcast television
networks (including ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC), certain cable television
networks, and other independent film and television production
companies.The AMPTP was founded in 1924 as the Association of Motion
Picture Producers, or AMPP. According to The Film Encyclopedia, "it
was renamed the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers
in 1964 to reflect its merger with the Alliance of Television Film
Producers.[b] In 1975, two members of the Association, Paramount and
Universal, left to form a new organization, the Alliance. In 1982, the
Alliance and AMPTP. merged to form the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers."
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