Virtual reality gets real

DBS signals new threat to cable TV business

Expo moves into the big leagues

Two keynoters to mark Expo's 10th anni

Talk shops offer offbeat, tame, traditional

Theater's role boosted at '93 ShowBiz Expo

Themed entertainment moves into spotlight

Exhibs upbeat about 'Action'

Salhany: keep it in-house

Fox News Service doomed

New bill would permit telcos to offer cable TV

HBO pix to film 'Conduct'

Cinema Line taps Ruskin as veepee of production

Lurie sues HarperCollins over axed book

Strips stumble in sweeps

TW and TCI to create joint cable venture

Szurley joins Cosgrove/Meurer

Live proxy hints at Carolco merger

Capcities/ABC pushes pact

Exec Shuffle

Financial Briefs

GCC parent back in black

Sidney Poitier honored

Songwriters sue Jade over tune

TBS docu 'Hot' on prod'n trail

FTC fines infomercialer $ 3.5 mil for false claims

Who's Where

A.I.P. Home Vid set to appeal 'Cabaret' ruling

Burbank vacancy rate on the rise

Vox program exec ankles

MGM's 'Slate' wraps

Fox woos affils on retrans

Canada draws line in air

German Film Prizes have blahs

Norton Simon

Richard T. Heffernan

Patrick W. Norman

Craig Pike

James Wayne Martin

Deep focus

CES charts H'w'd-software plans

TVN, EDS ink package to market ppv

Technology is bright spot at NCTA

Births

ABC, QVC to open 'Children' shop

'The Firm' gets R verdict; 'Murderer' pulls a PG-13

Conrad, 16 orgs hype TV violence summit

Hitched

Short Takes

Actioner gets 'Hero'-ic f/x contributions

Child actor legions swell, jobs hold steady

Behind the camera a tough nut

Stage mom's work never done

Twins peak brief, though demandhigh

F/X biz is getting artsy

Music vid on Philips CD-I

Disney inks deal for new 'Jungle Book'

TriStar ups Smith to senior VP

'Short Cuts' to open N.Y. fest

Canada's Power Corp. reveals TW stock buy

Image predicts profits

DirecTv adds five basic channels

Former Fox owner Davis forms investment firm

Turner confirms two new channels

'Urban Cowboy' helmer Bridges dies

Top Emmy totals: KCAL, KABC

S-A, Motorola & Kaleida form cable-box venture

Tilton seeks 'Live' ban

Aerial alights at Fox, ends deal at Colpix

Tonys go to 'Kiss,' 'Angels'

Country music star Twitty dies at 59

Taurus sets Euro sat service

Wharf pacts with HutchVision

TCI acquires an 18% stake in Sumitomo's cable unit

'Falling' is on its feet in Euro B.O.

'Dave' leads May B.O. to 4% increase

Evans called lawsuit 'Misleading'

'Men' tops MTV Movie Awards

Two mil for two from KCET

Forsythe nabs lead in 'Direct Hit'

NEAwill pay $ 252,000 to grant applicant rejects

New World buys assets of Reeves

'Cliffhanger' clinging to B.O. lead

O'seas report

U.S. box office report

Agents move out from shadows of showbiz news

'Angie' rushes to put Davis in Oscar contention

Pachino chosen for a 'Bit' part

Cablers vent ire at reps

Vision head Damon has new firm

Task force set to battle TV violence

'Cliffhanger' rock solid as competition scarce

NEA decency furor lingers

Dwyer-Dobbin upped to exec VP, ABC daytime

Goldwyn ups Bornstein, two others

More cable operators in telco joint ventures

Par's Wentworth pr veep

MTA hires Morris agent Kelly to bolster literary unit

'Batman' gets 3-yr pact

Dolan supports Mooney

Mooney urges end to battle with D.C.

TW exec endorses world African net

VH1 buys 45 episodes of 'WKRP in Cincy' II

Lucas hails new film outlets

Corea cancellation stirs flap

Budapest media center a boost to deregulation

U.S. TV exex scout Oz in marketing push

U.S. big at BANFF fest

Gray premiere, Korean fest highlight UCLA perf season

Cinefile

Christie, Rabbitt new Showtime veeps

DMX , Bose Corp. form alliance

Hitched

Eagle's 'Raging Earth' lands Bergin & Mirren

Lancit Media elevates Berger, Rothenberg

Hollywood honchos on Hill

ABC closes in on CBS in day ratings

A fall kickoff set for ESPN 2

Short Takes

Rock Hall of Fame rolls

'Glory' duled a dove tale

Fox TV Stations ups two

Revolution boosts cable

Macy's, HSN in operations talks

TW calls on SGI to help design set-top boxes

'Hiver' warm in N.Y. exclu bow

Daily Variety Film Box Office Report

U's Citywalk off to running start

'Joy,' other India pix on vid in Aug.

Henley tour kicks off June 18

Actors Equity elects 22 to governing council

Snyder named WB veep

Album Spotlight

Chasen's chasin' new clients on Mondays

Hitched

RHI, Thompson ink pact

'Falling Down' on vid Aug. 11

Birth

Costner goes to 'War' for U

H'w'd theater district info center set

Fox shopping for an agency

QVC teams with BSKYB

Screen-savers hit it big on German TV

W. McNeil Lowry

Leon Selditz

Jayne Durant

Bob Fitzsimmons

Thomas Patrick Leetch

Michael P. Schoenbrun

Richard MacDonald

Changing channels

BMG creates new tech division

Lightstorm prez exits

IA offers wage deal to AMPTP

Top cable webs may tier up

TV exex defend product against violence claims

Telepictures nabs Fortson

'Dracula' wins big at Saturn Awards

Group W, Tribune pair on 'Energy'

Cleese to have frog in throat

Who's Where

Short Takes

Settlement is expected in cable antitrust probe

Cablers may get reg delay

Picketers protest Viacom service

60,000 pirated tapes seized in May

CTV schedule has U.S. flavor

ARD to get news from Kiev

Germans crack down on TV violence

Canadian 'Boys' grabs top prize at BANFF fest

Bird to helm New Line 'Crime'

NBC to offer Spanish feed for NBA finals

Prince axes his band -- and name

PBS to air new 'Fly Away' film, rerun series

Multimedia revs up longform

Par moves fiscal year-end

Exec Shuffle

Doelp named Epic sr. marketing VP

ITA opening new offices

Pacific Bell improves its vid service

VSDA unveils Retailer of the Year noms

Farrow-Allen battle continues

Arthur joins Evans, de la Torre

Saban sued over '80 Dreams'

ABC bounces past NBC's b'ball to score ratings win

Willis gets different type of action in 'Night'

Triton Pix to bring 'Twist' docu to U.S.

Dish

Phones fossil-itate 'Jurassic' B.O.

ABC affils hear chief exex

Island takes 'The Cure'

DIC forms new education unit

Tech News

Film and legit actress Alexis Smith dead at 72

TW cable chair pro-ppv preems

Labatt hoists banner for prod'n firm

'Cliffhanger' in Aussie limbo

Rereg coin for FCC in the works

Alexander to lead 'Brown'

On music

Correction

Orion results look good

Settlement forces cable giants to share programs

Chrysalis taps Brabec biz VP

Financial Briefs

'Buy' rating boosts Marvel stock 15%

Exec Shuffle

Birth

Hitched

Restored 'El Cid' kicks off 7th AFI/LA fest

Agent gets 5 years for assaults

Short Takes

'Willy' music launches MJJ/Epic

...makes symbolic gesture

Multimedia plans 24-hour cable talk channel for '94

State Senate OKs Ch. One ban

Garth Brooks plans second TV special

Showbiz family will miss Alexis Smith

Guilty As Sin

The Heartbreak Kid

Showtime Original Taking the Heat

South Beach

What's Love Got to Do with It

Jurassic Park

Crazy for You

Tina Turner; Lindsey Buckingham

Route 66

Cbs Tuesday Movie Deadbolt

Clive James' Fame in the 20th Century

Sleepless in Seattle

See How They Run

Fortinbras Gets Drunk

La Muerte Y la Doncella Death and the Maiden

The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band

In Their Own Words

Dazed and Confused

Louis, Enfant Roi Louis the Child King

The Nostradamus Kid

Younger and Younger

Every Breath

Frankenstein

Great Performances in the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway

National Geographic Explorer Volga, the Soul of Russia

The Hidden Room Dangerous Dreams

Troubadours of Folk

Cyndi Lauper