Hollywood's screenwriters on Tuesday formally approved the contract that ended their bitter 14-week strike, union officials said in a statement.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said members had overwhelmingly ratified the new pay deal, two week afters voting to end the strike, the US entertainment industry's most damaging dispute in 20 years.
The WGA said 93.6 percent of 4,060 votes cast in Los Angeles and New York were in favor of the three-year deal, which runs from 2008 to 2011.
"This contract is a new beginning for writers in the Digital Age," said WGA West president Patric Verrone.
"It ensures that Guild members will be fairly compensated for the content they create for the Internet, and it also covers the reuse on new media platforms of the work they have done in film since 1971 and in TV since 1977.
Writers downed tools on November 5, a move that sent shockwaves through the industry, forcing the postponement or cancellation of several television shows and movies, and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.
Contract talks between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) had collapsed over the issue of payment for content broadcast free or bought over the Internet.
The new contract establishes a scale of royalty payments for writers whose work is sold over the Internet or streamed for free. Previously writers received nothing for online sales.