Hundt hot on digital trail at NCTA

DISCOVERY KEEN ON BEEB

ABC lets 'Port' out of 'Hospital'

GLAAD HAND FOR 'SPIN'

PHYSICAL PROD'N HEADS TAKE IT ON THE CHIN

STUDIOQUEST DVDHL:Par, Fox, Disney, U skipping March 24 bow

Publicists Awards presenters set

SBS posts heavy '96 losses

JUDGE SACKS PARRETTI

OSCAR WATCH

Licata to exit Fox B'casting

CLARIFICATION

ABC sked slates 'Soul,'return of 'Wonderful'

U.K. BIZ SMASHING

Matassino exits UIP for Filmauro slot

MURDOCH BOARDS DISKERY

D'Works digs Gotham

Henson takes 6-figure bite on 'Miller' spec

Harkness tapped veep at U Studios

'Chicago,' 'Funk' to Ahmanson

U ups Naraghi to sr. VP post

Atlas snags date pitch

Eye not rushin' in on TV deal

POINTCAST: NO DEAL

JUDGE SACKS PARRETTI

INSIDE MOVES

TENNEY HITS 'BROOKLYN'

CORRECTIONS

New Blake company to back 'Stair'

TV SKED-FLIPS FLOP

BV wins 5 Reel nods

Japan sat-TV scene produces rosy view

Weaving signs up for Southern Star's 'Interview'

U TV taps Hlade strategic VP

V2 taps Sanders G.M.

New Line buoys four business exex

Lemmon honored at L.A. Crix fete

KTTV announces Tinney veep

Sands to join Porizkova for 'Long Time'

H'w'd Online adds sr. VP

INSIDE MOVES

Licata to exit Fox B'casting

Tele 5 inks output deal for D'Works pix, shows

AUSTRALIA

SOUTH KOREA

EU media law back-burnered

WGA scripts forum

Five docus up for new IFP/West award

CINEPIX TAKES 'SUNDAY'

'Rough Draft' moves through smooth shoot

UCLA sets Culture confab

UA adopts 'Son of Santa' from Clarke

Lynch taps Rogers development VP

DVD-making gets Technicolor boost

Team shifts roster, preps 'Total'

INSIDE MOVES

Eye on people, pens & more

PASQUIN PUTS 'FIRST' THING FIRST

BV wins 5 Reel nods

Reynolds keeps passing down showbiz bug

'SUNSET' SULLIES LIVENT QTR.

BEAR STEARNS MEDIA TAPS BARRON

BOARD RULES 'BASTARD' OUT OF CANADA

GAUL'S 75% SOLUTION

UNITED KINGDOM

ITALY

BIRTHS

Affils just say no to NBC cable recycling program

Bruckheimer names Littman sr. veep, TV

Flynts print rebuttal to Steinem

CANAL PLUS REPORTS '96 PROFIT UP 11.3%

TCI Intl.reports 4th-quarter loss

TURNER RALLIES CABLERS IN ASSAULT ON MURDOCH

MIRON TO CHAIR NCTA BOARD

ABC axes 'Spy Game'

Keystone cops to Florida fund flap

'Tambourine' pitch plays for TriStar Pix

INSIDE MOVES

EVERGREEN DEAL REVEALED

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

Fox Kids UK taps chief

Dutch giant won't exit TV

Denzel dons 'Shades'; Lane gets 'Gunshy'

RYSHER RATIONING

Nets bet inhouse for '97-'98 shows

'ET' to enter 2nd century; 'Copy' iffy

Sundance eyes exhibition foray

Fox 2000 takes plunge on 'Fly'

INSIDE MOVES

COPYRIGHTS: CASH COW

Wood to make 'Impact' for Paramount

Del Toro set for Stine pic

Scripter Goldsman signs on with CAA

McKellen inks for Whale of a biopic

CORRECTIONS

Confab to fete animation

SYNDIES LOSE STEAM

Cowles folds Inside Media trade mag

BIENNALE TABS MICCICHE

U.K. GIVING 'CRASH' TENTATIVE GREEN FLAG

Boom in biz jobs seen in '97

Eyemark, 20th ax 'Elliott'

ShowBiz City by the Bay

TV Acad tribute overhauled

Swatch watches Fessenden

NBC Ent. ups Gadsden

Taurus inks digital vid pact with 4MC

'GUIDE' TO NEW LINE

3 Arts' Miner heading east

HSN folding Telemation

'Spot' firm gets 2nd shot

INSIDE MOVES

Kaufman inks to helm 'Shepherd'

Gail Davis

Italo pix up local B.O. share to 30%

KOREA SLAMS 5 MAJORS

All American taps Salob for production veep post

Beland, Davon join WB Intl. TV

Journos fete KTTV's Rios

TNT buys Pollock book for Weinstein

Production spending up 13% in New York

NBC exex, affils air cable views

CINEPLEX OWE-DEON

ASkyB seeks support from TV station org

Mouse House will absorb Cinergi

John W. Stepan

OZ THESP TAKES 'LETTERS'

Brolin lands 'Pensacola'

Eisner to pen his story

CHAN AND FANS PUMMEL PIRACY

Cuddihy nabs Burke novel

Fete makes 'Liar' out of U

Calvin J. Clements Sr.

Carolco liquidation plan OK'd despite Live beef

Parachute, Viacom bring 'Fear' to TV

Panel backs TrizecHahn's Chinese plan

SAN BERDOO SCRUM

Ford set for sign of 'Aquarius'

Movie biz on ad binge

HITCHED

Cecchi Gori, RAI ink football rights deal

'Martin,' Campbell reconcile

Oz's Energee wins 'Magic Pudding' rights

Czech conglom Bonton going public

ABC, Big Ent. ink mall kiosk dea

Central Casting calls foul play in name game

Carolco liquidation plan OK'd despite Live beef

Fox Sports net inks Scully team

B'casters up digital date

CRAVEN PACTS WITH MIRAMAX

SAG members' earnings jump

Thomas C. Fichandler

In like Flynt? Not at Oscars

Semler inks with Morris

BRANDO, NORTON, DEPP WOOED FOR BIO LEADS

Oscar watch

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

NBC up-front about Fox's upfront threat

INSIDE MOVES

Kosinski ankles WMA

BOHBOT STAR SEARCH

Hayek to play 'Frida' for Trimark

Coppola: Driven by debt into greatness

Faust-Krusi joins Brooks

Busy February for film work

'Love Boat' sails for Holland

'LUNA' NABS ITALO RIBBON

Grace Hefner

Chuck Green

Lorrayne R. Jurist

Nick tooling ad-free tyke pike

CANWEST LOSES WIC OWNERSHIP RULING

Analysts downplay impact of Vogel leaving EchoStar

Ontario auds ample for multiplex mania

Nick tykes hit big screen

New Larson toon takes walk on 'The Far Side'

Spicy toons spawn life on HBO

Judge rules in favor of 'King of the Hill'

A toon freak's paradise

A whole new world for Walt Disney

MacCurdy's cartoon empire skyrockets

Exec Shuffle

NEW LINE PICKS 'BONE'

IFP LAUDS 'FARGO'

On pressing the stars into service

Fox 2000 toeing 'Red Line'

1,000 kudos before the grandest of all

RAI, Telepiu, Stream talk Italo digital alliance

Jose Daire Cortes

Miramax gets rights to pic pair

LIT PICKS

WNBC OKs 'Sally' through 2002

MARVEL BONDHOLDERS MAY BE GETTING BOARD

Christie's East goes west

Sending toons to cyberspace

Recruiters and talents are drawn to ASIFA expo

Event founder's dream springs to life

Film fest unspools amazing animation

Consolidation brings isolation

Herzig named news director at KCAL

Blum boosted to veep at U

Gomez, Telefonica ink pact

INSIDE MOVES

Publicists give lifetime nod to Wasserman

HUGHES BROS. STALK RIPPER

La famiglia reunion

5th Brit web launch stirs status quo

Joseph H. McConnell

Allan H. Kalmus

Affinity clears 'Bounty' hour

ABC ADDS TO CLUTTER

MIFFED OVER MIAMI

TEE-COMM LOSSES CLIMB

CORREX

Zipping to TV

Portrait of an intergalactic salesman

TV biz conference animates issues

Jumbo plays in Mouse's house

FIRM PLANS CGI PIX FOR INFINITY AND BEYOND

Real-time toons come to life

FOX PHOENIX HOPES TO RISE WITH HOLIDAY PIC

U Studios Florida taps Mercandante

Bruckheimer, Sager ink deal

B.O. HIGHLIGHTS

'LIAR' TELLS $32 MIL WHOPPER

GERMANS TOON UP

Spanish digital web takes fast track

O'SEAS B.O. SPRINGS AHEAD

York lands KTLA anchor slot

Analysts downplay impact of Vogel leaving EchoStar

DIC eyes Euro market

An unlimited seller's market for limited-edition cel art

Have animated shorts, will travel

Seibert plays in MTV's creative lab

World Animation Celebration Highlights

Students arrive for animated Woodstock

Students arrive for animated Woodstock

Timing is everything for studio's program

Vidgames energize animators

Harry Love

Clark to WCBSanchor team

THE WINNERS

THE WINNERS

Gooding shows them the thank yous

BACKSTAGE AT THE OSCARS

U.K.'S FERGUSON TO LEAD CINAR EUROPE

High court: Playboy must block totally

Demystifying net profits

Twentieth taps promo director

Digital Magic expands dept. for graphics

Roth, Steiger feed Di Jiacomo's 'Animals'

France's CDR set to sell Epic library

Pastorelli in 'Cracker'

Jeffrey C. Ingber

Ramona Gerhard Sutton

Wally Rose

Shochiku, Cinemark bow first plex

TVDANMARK BOW SET

Clark to WCBSanchor team

Jackson still fighting H'wood minority battle

Flynt fires flare outside Shrine

'Evita' win proves Acad must love Rice

Binoche as surprised as everybody else

Guild gifts golden; crix' pix take licks

PATIENT'S' REWARDED

Miramax scores with heavy marketing push

Japan gov't to aid jump to digital

Moretti ruffles rights again

BMI, local TV stations reach rights agreement

Court to be grossed out by oral pacts

Camera local OKs dues plan

Matthew Pearson

Zoya Leporska

HITCHED

VIRGIN BURGEONING

VIRGIN BURGEONING

'Patient' win thrills Piccadilly

A mixed track record for first-time winners

'ENGLISH' CHANNELS 9 OSCARS

U.K. Cable expanding

Friscia joins Metromedia

Schulhof to aid tech firm

BIRTHS

Fox yanks 'Lawless'

ONE HAPPY FAMILY ENT.

Exec Shuffle

France's CDR set to sell Epic library

Joseph Bassett

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Tom Egan

Tracy Lamb

Bert Henrikson

Diane Betty Abramson

Gallic fare toplines Unifrance festival

VIRGIN BURGEONING

Aliens defeat the Force

'Blade' cuts through competish

Leo Kirch to take large loan

Tony demos favor 'Regis & Kathie Lee'

Fairchild to host cablenet

'Crash' slams into B.O. exclusives' lead slot

G.M. shuffle at 2 CBS O&Os

French pic expo set for L.A.

'STAR' SHINES O'SEAS

Sandra Beaver

Leonard Altman

Oscar aud greets winners warmly

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

National Geographic Explorer: Killer Wave

Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow

The Wedding Dress

Fire from the Sky

National Geographic Explorer: Killer Wave

Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow

Chick Corea & Friends

Blur

The Wedding Dress

Fire From the Sky

Play On!

Cats Don't Dance

Inventing the Abbotts

Liar Liar

For Roseanna

Too Much Sleep

Heads or Tails

Traveller

Fleas Bark Too, Don't They?

My Secret Cache

Wittstock, Wittstock

A Little Life-Opera

A Girl Called Rosemarie

Balkanisator

Wednesday

The Killer Condom

Mendel

The Cow's Orgasm

Everything Must Go

East of War

Fine Powder

Tupamaros

Passage

My Heart Is Mine Alone

The Unfish

I Am Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

I Am Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

Tunnu's Tina

Green Chimneys

Violet

Antony and Cleopatra

One Flea Spare

Tap Dogs

Lady In The Dark

Three Days of Rain

The Positive Hour

The Singing Weatherman

Maggie and Pierre

Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow

The Second Civil War

Death in Granada

The Designated Mourner

Grosse Pointe Blank

Grosse Pointe Blank

Talked to Death

The 69th Annual Academy Awards

Donovan

All Grown Up ... and no place to go

The 69th Annual Academy Awards

Sheryl Crow

Donovan

Equus

Talked to Death