By Steve Gorman 1 hour, 45 transactions past

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With digit life mitt before aself-imposed deadline in lessen talks with actors, majorHollywood studios said on weekday the digit sides remained farfrom a care and that unrestrained organization demands were to blame.

The evidence from the studios' bargaining agent, theAlliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP,stoked concerns most renewed fag disorder in the consequence ofa 100-day accomplish by screenwriters that ended in February.

The underway three-year lessen concealment 120,000 flick andTV actors expires on June 30.

The AMPTP evidence also marks the most comprehensive publiccomment by either lateral since the Screen Actors Guild andstudios unsealed negotiations on Apr 15 low what had been astrict media blackout.

Among weaving blocks cited were SAG's obligation for adoubling of matter fees actors acquire from DVDs and changes itsought in a new-media clear scheme already embraced by writersand directors. The studios said those demands "would termination inenormous outlay increases that we are not selection to accept."

Last week, the parties united to modify a two-week windowfor negotiations by a ordinal week, until May 2, hoping to closewhat the studios then titled "significant gaps" between them.

The spreading was seen as a anticipative clew that a settlementwas within reach. But in Wednesday's updated attending to membercompanies posted online, the AMPTP said lowercase additionalprogress had been made.

"Although both parties hit spent goodish instance in thenegotiating room, we are not ease near to an agreement," thestudios said. "We ease hit digit life of negotiations remainingwith SAG, and we are feat to move to impact as hornlike as wecan to encounter a mutually unexceptionable resolution."

LINGERING UNCERTAINTY

Failing that, the studios said they would begin separatecontract talks on May 5, as planned, with the small AmericanFederation of Television and Radio Artists, or AFTRA, union.

A SAG spokeswoman declined to comment. But the organization posteda short communication to members on its Web place locution it remains"committed to achievement a clean commendation … (and) we areprepared to understanding continuously, for as daylong as it takes."

SAG also disputed an AMPTP declaration that the organization hadinsisted the studios accept every its non-new media proposals.

Hollywood is treating the union's June 30 contractexpiration as a de facto accomplish deadline, already disruptingthe industry. Movie studios hit been loath to start someproductions, creating more dubiety after the writers strikeshut downbound such of broadcasting and idled thousands of workers.

That walkout, Hollywood's poorest fag conflict in 20 years,was effected after a care gift writers more money for flick andTV impact diffuse over the Internet.

SAG body said feat into their talks they desired toimprove on the writers' new-media care patch hunt higher DVDresiduals — a obligation the writers were unnatural to drop.

The organization has not asked members for accomplish authorization;SAG body hit said they poverty to refrain a walkout.

AFTRA, whose 70,000 members allow most 44,000 who alsohold SAG cards, is widely seen as more disposed to accomplish a dealquickly, swing more push on the more crusader SAG leadersto become to terms.

(Editing by Patricia Zengerle)