Chandler Cowles

UNITED KINGDOM

Telepiu revamps digital TV plans

U.K. Alliance goes Electric

Argentine cabler seeking partner

Star TV preps music web for Philippines

CHUA WON'T STAND PAT

On trail of a good story, Disney on buying spree

Van Dien is pumped up, ready to take on 'Tarzan'

ALL AMERICAN SPIKES GAMES

PRICE'S 'LIVES' IN U'S HANDS

TENPERCENTERIES

DISCOVERY UPS & DOWNS

CORREX

Astaire won't deal with the Devil

Questions resound on News-Echostar

Indie quality marks AFM '97

POND THRONG MOCKS BIG BUCKS

Cable stocks tumble with onset of Sky TV

Sundance cabler gets BBC mini

HBO LAUNCHES 'MOON'

Exec Shuffle

William Allan Woodfield

Bertye Talbert Bates

AUSTRALIA

TAURUS EXPLORES INT'L TERRITORY

HITCHED

Staffers brace for layoffs

CBS gets KLSX, KRLA

Oscar watch

Balk signs up for 'History'

Helfgott's No. 1

MusiCares fetes Phil

STONE THROWN ON 'BASIC' 2

Corman toasted, roasted at L.A. film crix' tribute

'Conan' a strong go for Western

KMPC starts answering to KTZN in L.A.

Lou Wolf

Tony Williams

Dave Marks

Pubcasters ask EU help

Polygram sets 10 DVD titles

Samuel Lane Fredericks

NBC promotes McGuire to VP publicity

Court invalidates ban on TV casino ads

Action spoof goes up Creek

D'Onofrio makes it four for Linklater's 'Newton'

Judge boosts Marvel Ent. bondholders

Philips sells off cable stake

MANNE HANDLES DOUBLE DUTY

Burns, Holly doing 'Nothing'

Fox slots Hartwick for exec VP, physical prod'n

FILM FLURRY NUDGES NICK TO OPEN L.A. HQ

'FLYNT' SCRIPTERS EARN WGA HONOR

Kaplan to roll Hockenberry pic

Class-action lawsuit over 'JFK' profit leaps hurdle

'Asteroid,' 'Schindler' power NBC

Solon blasts NBC over 'List' content

Pesce takes reins for Fox's 'Ranger'

John Addington

Philip Ritz

Harry Essex

ITALY

ENGLISH LOVE 'PATIENT'

SHORT TAKES

'Susan' tosses 'Guy' from NBC hammock

HorsePower nabs Canin's 'Thief' option

Greene thumbs up on Garden; L.A. uphill

German exhib, Long earn ShoWest honors

CHILE

LATIN AMERICA

UNITED KINGDOM

'Independence Day' leads to Italo vid fuss

Colleran KABC's gen'l sales mgr.

Regan Co. taps Craig development veep

WB UPS CHEAH TO ASIA DISTRIB SR. VP

MGM combines units into one entity

A 'POWER' OF GOOD FOR TBS

Wessler moves 'Bachelor' to Noble House

INSIDE MOVES

CTST gains beachhead in Oz with Network Ten deal

MTM NAMES POWELL SR. PRODUCTION VP

BIRTHS

LEIGH GETS INTO SPIRIT AS IFP AWARDS SPEAKER

SHORT TAKES

SHOPPING PROFITS

'Xena' powers to record rating

LOTS DRAWN TO U.K. PIC LOTTERY

Tolkin shoots '20' under Par

GRAMMY WINNERS '97

PETITTI JOINS CBS SPORTS

Kings Road 'Going Off' with pic

STAR-KISSED TUNERS: UCLA TO BOW MUSICAL REVIVALS

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

COBURN APOLOGIZES FOR BLASTING NBC

'NYPD' is bluer than ever

Judge keeps Mighty Ducks on second Fox sportsnet

Baton picks up CTV web

Veteran talkshows top dayparts in Feb. sweeps

O.J. trial gives 'Angry Men' new appeal

Franklin to play Gotham, co-pen autobiography

BACKSTAGE AT THE GRAMMYS

Mandalay set to stock Sony pipeline

Sabinson exits post at Miramax

NBC takes sweep; nets off overall

POP GOES THE GRAMMY

Exec Shuffle

CORREX

Bill targets music c'right exemptions

State Supreme Court nails industry to casting couch

Mexican movies ready for close-up

MEXICO

MICKEY ON THE MIDI

NO 'TOY' IN DISNEY-PIXAR 5-PACK

'Babylon 5' climbs aboard TNT in 1998

Clear Channel pacts to buy Eller Media outdoor ad biz

'ER' clear to operate in 85% of U.S.

Solon wants star power for TV ratings roadshow

Kodak puts stock in Image Bank unit

Oscar watch

Hit-maker Kadokawa back in film business

Pathe lotto bid detailed

Gen Art fest taps Juras, Mansfield

Danes, Linz picked out for ShoWest Star honors

OSCAR WATCH

UA pockets Zeik's 'Ronin' for half a mil for Mancuso

Unknown gets 'Postman' lead

Valenti eases ratings stand

U's Climan adds duties

Money trains

Regent Entertainment:Buy a theater, get a playdate

Bonds are agents of quick change

Bankers fish for upscale indies

Abe's bedroom guests say all was Honest

14 theaters stage strike in Slovakia

London fest ready to reel

Aussies get tough on feevee sports

Wood honors for Thornton

MPAA RATINGS

Fox Sports Net ad post for LaTorre

3 new strips score in 2nd week of sweeps

Musicland posts $194 mil loss for '96

O'Neil to helm 'Wars' for HBO Pix

Chi crew hails 'Hellcab'

TV'S FOREIGN AFFAIR

INSIDE MOVES

NPR GAME FOR TV TRY

Invest with perks

Find financing on the web

No 'Tomorrow' for lead 'Annie' thesp

'Mummies' hits 85% clearance

Grammys a winner for CBS

Malofilm doubles yield, halves profit

All American profits jump

H'W'D REVAMP NEAR

Mallon goes indie PR route

New Latin Pix eyes Spanish-lingo fare

Pair exit Carlyle to start firm

Viacom inks telepic deal with Hartbreak

CORREX

Pic pacts unveiled at AFM

Indie number crunching

Braving startup waters

FORMULA FOR SUCCESS, CZECH-STYLE

Japan ready to OK digital sats

Alphabet outlet's 'Rosie,' 'Oprah' strong in sweeps

SPAIN FILM ALLIANCE?

Primestar beefs up its dial

Fleder takes 'Seconds'

INSIDE MOVES

GOV LOVES THE BIZ

'Rosie' crowned queen in L.A. sweeps

AUCTION ON ELM ST.

Kingman Films: Win a contest, sell your script

GLOBAL DEALS

CNNfn-Court TV courtship annoys NBC

MDP, Diamant set pic Van Damme in action on 'Knock Off'

ShoWest opens on upbeat note

HBO's Comedy Arts Festival draws SRO crowd

In this corner, Mailer helming 'Ringside'

Fishermen try to hook 'Titanic'

'Legacy' to live on at UA

LIT PICKS

Inscape to Graphix Zone

Actors, blurb reps recess pact talks

'20' bigger than '60'

Plug pulled on 'Rolonda'

EU OKs joint control of HSCo

Players plans 13 new plexes

JAPAN ADVISED TO DIGITIZE

Liquor lobby blasts plan

Variety taps Thea Kapwald

DISNEY NET SIGNS UP KEATON

Oscar watch

EXPANDING VIEW OF LARGE-FORMAT BIZ

PARTNERSHIP PROSPERS

A WOMAN'S TOUCH

More Magic theaters due

Outside money: passing the hat for H'wood

H'wood fast track

Sci-Tech awards given out

Gotham gilds Goldie

'Seinfeld' lawsuit is nothing very serious

'Due South' wins drama Gemini

B.O. highlights

Turner grabs 'Fargo'away from networks

Three native pix top German chart

Warner Int'l in pact with HTV

2 Icelandic nets merge

Euro TF1 ruling due in April

Runtagh named senior VP at U Studios

TBS POISED TO CHANGE

Michigan's massive modern multiplex

CUSTOMER COMES FIRST

A WOMAN'S TOUCH

Rhino, Summit near 'Fear'

February B.O. record shattered

SPE going global, widening pipeline

Tenpercenteries

L.A. indie fest sked set

'The Empire' holds on

Vaughn inks a 'Cool' deal for Fox 2000

Corrections

Calvin joins Turman-Morrissey

Phoenix taps Garinger VP

'Boat' sails next on Web

'Commissioner' catches Krige

Death Row prexy gets 9 years

'SPACE JAM' HOOPS IT UP

JAPAN'S SCREEN TEST

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

Heist rivets TV stations

DISNEY NET SIGNS UP KEATON

40 ACRES & A MULE TO COL

Big plans in Berlin

AFM briefs

Tauzin raises fin-syn ghost

Soderbergh to helm Clooney

River of coin roils over summer pix

'Vital,' 'Crisis' may need help

Outside money: passing the hat for H'wood

Hollywood is taking Stern look at Howard

Judge nixes 'Home' restraining order

CONCEPTUAL COMPLEX

Cusack, Arkin ink for Tradewinds pic

Exec Shuffle

Carole Panucci

Leo Zabelin

Eleanor Prescott

TeleNoticias takes its act Stateside

BVI'S WORLDLY WAYS

Coachella screens OK'd

TCI stresses cost cuts, decentralization for '97

FCC OKs 4 bidders for digital radio rights

Dukakis heading for TV 'Heaven'

WGA to honor Estrin, List

Roar of the crowd greets hearing on U expansion

Eye moves dates for May minis

Twentieth pacts for Magic TV

Milchan's eclectic mix

'Shaft' director Parks feted at DGA gathering

Coachella screens OK'd

Ellroy's dark places on film

Euro commish to mull media ownership rules

Penn inks D'Works deal

SHORT TAKES

Panel probes indies' future

CBS plugs into online sports service

'Beguine' begins Meyers' AFM slate

Marcello Danon

Tim Bowman

ART AUDS MOB LYNCH PIC

Brooks & Dunn top CMA noms

ShoWest coverage on Web

'Wind' of change shakes Irish film

LOW BID ON AUCTION

'Empire' still on top; 'Brasco' with a bullet

'Titus' fit for Taymor, screen

Brawls K.O. 'Brawler'

Czechs Lionize 'Kolya' pic

Saban Pix slate gets $40 mil boost

Film marketers jaw on pix

Creative Arts Emmys moved up

RUPE, SON SET IN EAST

Televisa's chairman Azcarraga resigns

Larry Stewart

Louise Jellen

Lewis Jacobs

Barbara Cornett

CSN tells of intent to protest

Developing countries pique exhibs' interest

Green groups putting pressure on Viacom

F/X FIRM IN SHUFFLE

Oscar watch

Miramax catches comic pitch

'Mars' attacks o'seas; Til vs. Tom in Germany

Belushi opts for 'Security' over 'Good'

Silver adds homevid duties at Universal

Collaborators enjoy latitude Milchan offers

Risktaker

Births

37 bids in U.K. lottery running

Nat'l Geo. TV taps topper

Euro Academy awards Felix PR job to Davidson

SHORT TAKES

KEYSTONE COPS PIC

'Ellen' seeing red over scripts

Trident spears foreign on 'Sings,' 'Paradise'

Concorde taps O'Shea VP, worldwide distrib'n

David Doyle

Richard X. Slattery

Rosalie C. Garber

Bill Holland

Morisette, Braxton, Prince hit milestones

HECHTMAN EXITS KING WORLD

New Regency nabs 'Breaking Up' rights

'MAYDAY' SIGNAL SET

Spectra value overestimate $24 billion

Bigger not better

Boutique vision in focus

Buck stops here

L.A Chamber Orch sets silent gala

To Take Arms

Asteroids: Deadly Impact

To Take Arms

Don't Buck with Me

Crisis Center

Vital Signs

39th Annual Grammy Awards

Don't Buck With Me

Crisis Center

Vital Signs

Future Fantastic

Journey of the Heart

Psychopathia Sexualis

Future Fantastic

Journey of the Heart

Psychopathia Sexualis

Fish Tale Soup

The Truce

A Queer Story

Young and Dangerous 3

The Eighteenth

2 Duo

Bastards and Bridesmaids

R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman

Whisper

In Memoriam Imre Gyongyossy

Gulls and Gangsters

Last Seen Wearing a Blue Skirt ...

Stanley

Jeanne La Pucelle

In-Betweens

Dying to Belong

Night Sins Pts. I & II

Crisis Center

Robbers

The Death of Papa

Ivanov

Surveillance

A Bit of Scarlet

God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage

Three Friends

[Focus]

Party at Sam's

The Burning Snail

The Devil's Colors

Missing Leading Man

Blossom Time

Witness in Danger

Frozen

Everybody is Afraid of the Dwarf

Genealogies of a Crime

Lucie Aubrac

Port Djema

Jump The Gun

Secrets of the Heart

Mission

Belated Full Moon

The Prosecution

East Side Story

Day and Night

Mr. Vincent

Labyrinth of Dreams

100 Proof

Viva Erotica

The River

Blacks and Jews

Booty Call

Donnie Brasco

Spy Game

Calling the Ghosts

The New Adventures of Robin Hood: Witches of the Abbey

The New Adventures of Robin Hood: Witches of the Abbey

Pauly

The New Adventures of Robin Hood: Witches of the Abbey

Pauly

Fighting Over Beverley

Just Shoot Me

Pavement

When the Cradle Falls

The Practice

The Practice

When the Cradle Falls

Blossom Dearie

Just Shoot Me

Pavement

Fighting Over Beverley