Agents and Indie Producers Argue Incentives Alone Won’t Fix Hollywood’s Ills

Agents and Indie Producers Argue Incentives Alone Won’t Fix Hollywood’s Ills hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 19, 2026 10:04am PT Agents and Indie Producers Argue Incentives Alone Won’t Fix Hollywood’s Ills A coalition hopes to build on momentum behind a U.S. tax incentive to restore a version of ‘fin-syn’ rules By Gene Maddaus Plus Icon Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer @GeneMaddaus Latest Timothy Busfield Indictment on Child Sex Abuse Charges Thrown Out by Judge 3 days ago Katie Zacharia, Trump’s Press Secretary, Is Out After Five Days 3 days ago Steve Hilton, Republican Candidate for Governor, Rolls Out Expanded Hollywood Plan 5 days ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments It doesn’t mean much to anyone under 45, but for older folks in Hollywood, the term “fin-syn” evokes a golden age of mansions, yacht parties and cutting-edge TV.

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The FCC’s “financial interest and syndication” rules forced TV networks to buy shows from superproducers like Norman Lear and Grant Tinker rather than making them in-house. And ever since the FCC did away with fin-syn 30 years ago, producers and agents have been longing for its return.

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Cities (EXCLUSIVE) Now, with momentum building behind a U.S. film incentive, they are hoping the moment is ripe to recreate fin-syn for the streaming era.

They argue it would bring a jolt of creativity and a spirit of enterprise to a business stuck in a creative slump. Popular on Variety The major agencies — WME , CAA and UTA — announced last week that they are forming a coalition with production companies including Imagine Entertainment and Legendary to push for legislation that would force streamers to buy at least 50% of their original content from independent producers.

The legislation would also limit the length of licensing terms, reviving secondary markets that have largely withered away. Their message is that Hollywood ails not only from runaway production, but also from a consolidated ecosystem that limits creativity and makes it harder for producers, writers and actors to profit from their labor.

“The tax incentive may change where the production shoots, but it doesn’t change who owns and profits from it,” argued Ken Ziffren, co-founder of Ziffren Brittenham LLP, who has been campaigning for a restoration of fin-syn for decades. “We think the tax legislation only goes so far to help our industry and it’s not a complete effort, and it can’t be a complete effort, unless it’s paired with a modernized ownership framework.” Jeff Sagansky, a producer, investor and longtime fin-syn supporter , argued that overseas incentives are not the only reason that U.S.

production jobs are going away. “They’re also going away because of the way the streaming business has consolidated around four players,” he said.

“They act as an oligopoly. They’ve got incredible pricing power,” saying the streamers are ordering 30-40% fewer hours of programming than they were a few years ago.

Getting the idea through Congress will be an uphill battle, and will face adamant opposition from Netflix, Amazon and the other streaming platforms. The effort also has the potential to sow division within an industry that has united behind the goal of passing the first-ever federal film incentive.

Supporters wanted to some version of their ideas into the tax credit bill that was introduced to much fan

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