SAG-AFTRA Launches Verticals Agreement for Microdramas

SAG-AFTRA has unveiled the launch of the union’s Verticals Agreement, a new media contract created for the needs of serialized micro and vertical dramas.

The agreement will cover various productions with budgets under $300,000, and offer protections and flexibility for creators, actors, and producers in SAG-AFTRA.

“We’re thrilled to introduce an agreement that reflects the way today’s audiences consume content while ensuring performers are protected and supported. This agreement works for the realities of these productions — their pace, their budgets, and their creative ambitions, while upholding the union’s core standards of actor protections,” said Chief Negotiator and…