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Golf Channel Cameramen, Audio Workers To Vote On New Contract This Week

The union that reps Golf Channel’s cameramen and audio workers -- who went on strike the day of the final round of the PGA Tour Sony Open last week -- will "vote on a new contract" early this week, according to a memo cited by Martin Kaufmann of GOLFWEEK. Details on the new contract were "not immediately available, but the employees were encouraged to approve it." Int'l Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Dir of Broadcast Sandra England "instructed the union members to suspend picketing" at tournaments. The strike began when the workers were "unhappy with changes to their workweek, healthcare and other benefits." They also "wanted to negotiate higher wages for audio and utility crafts workers and eliminate a two-tier wage system." Coverage of the PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open that begins on Thursday will be "handled by CBS, whose technicians are represented by a different union." There is "no indication" that coverage of that event will be impacted (GOLFWEEK.com, 1/20).

MAKING IT WORK: Kaufmann in a separate piece writes Golf Channel for this past weekend's CareerBuilder Challenge had to "implement its 'contingency plans,' cobbling together a crew to produce the tournament." The tournament is played across three courses and the "most significant problems were evident at the Nicklaus Tournament Course." During the second and third rounds, players "looked as if they were being shown on a bad streaming connection in a web video." Images "appeared washed-out -- roughly low-definition quality," and some images "weren’t properly framed." Kaufmann: "I don't recall any on-course audio during the second and third rounds" (GOLFWEEK.com, 1/21). In California, Larry Bohannan wrote Golf Channel's broadcasts since the strike began "have been up to standards." But that "doesn’t mean that everything has been perfect, and there is no way for most of us to know exactly what is going on behind the scenes." For now, Golf Channel is "getting the broadcast on the air, and it’s much better than it was in Hawaii" for the Sony Open (Palm Springs DESERT SUN, 1/20).

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