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Animation Guild Seeks Enhanced California Subsidy to Combat Outsourcing
The Animation Guild issued a report Thursday arguing that enhancements are needed in the California tax credit to attract animation and VFX jobs.
In negotiations last year, the guild proposed eliminating the outsourcing clause in the contract, but the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers rejected the idea. She said that while the current bills include animation, many children’s TV shows wouldn’t be eligible because they don’t meet the thresholds for budget and episode length. “If California wants to maintain its leadership in entertainment, the state cannot only simply protectlegacy production models — it must invest in the future of the industry,” the report argues.
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