Know Where and How your Voice and Image is Going to be Used..
The folloing is a great lesson for any voice or on camera talent. Do your research on who you are providing your voice acting skills. Please feel free to share your thoughts on the following….
CBS SPORTSCASTER Greg Gumbel was recently in a Fort Lauderdale courtroom.
Gumbel is suing TV producer Paul Douglas Scott, owner of Encore Television Group, claiming Scott tricked him into hosting a series of Internet infomercials.
The suit charges that Scott told Gumbel he would be announcing introductions for educational programming. Instead, Gumbel says his introductions were used in infomercials for time-shares, magnet therapy and other products.
Gumbel wants money and the videos’ taken down.
According to the Miami Herald, Gumbel claims he did not see any script for any of the content that appeared with his introductions. He just got paid to read intros – five hours work, $50,000, he alleges.
Gumbel should count his blessings then that his talk leading into “The Economic Report” didn’t take viewers to a money shot.
“It’s not anything that our company has breached or done wrong,” Scott said. “It’s just a contract he wants to get out of.”
Scott approached Gumbel and his agent, Barry Frank, in 2007, the suit says. Gumbel did not know, however, that the Florida Attorney General’s Office had recently reached a settlement with Scott and his companies prohibiting them from “making false representations regarding programming, sponsorships, affiliations and airtime.”
In 2008 Gumbel says he was paid $60,000 more for an additional day of work.
