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Guardian, Aug. 18/06
The issue of the rights clearance for TV content on the internet has reared its head in the US, with a row between NBC and the American screenwriters union over online "webisode" spin-offs from shows including the network's remake of The Office.
NBC Universal, the NBC network's parent company, is in dispute with the Writers' Guild of America after the union told showrunners - senior creatives who oversee long-running US series - on shows including The Office, Heroes, Crossing Jordan and Battlestar Galatica to refuse to provide extra material for webisodes, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The media firm has responded by making a formal complaint about the WGA to the National Labor Relations Board, which rules on employment practice.
NBC wants the NLRB to force the showrunners to resume making extra content for its webisode spin-offs.
Disputes of this kind look likely to continue as broadcasters expand the amount of TV-related content they put on the internet.
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