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May 1, 2008 10:55 am US/Pacific

AFTRA Members Ratify New Contract

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists says its members have ratified a contract covering TV shows such as "Oprah" and "Entertainment Tonight."

The 70,000-member union says 93 percent of its members approved the deal reached in March during talks with major Hollywood producers.

Most performers will receive a 3.5 percent pay increase retroactive to last November. New provisions were also set up for Internet content.

Approval of the pact was announced late Wednesday. It will run until November 2010.

On Monday, the federation is set to start talks with studios on a separate contract involving a handful of primetime TV dramas, including "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

The talks follow three weeks of negotiations between the studios and the Screen Actors Guild, which were not expected to result in a deal when the talks temporarily end on Friday.

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