Sony won't play with pirates

TeleVentures ups trio of exex to sr. VP roles

Media Access noms listed

Golden Bear entries out

Axel Springer taps Fischer for chairman

Gallic telco to buy Dutch cabler Casema

DirecTV ups capital count

Dolby Digital makes PAL

Kilborn suspended from 'Daily' duties

Whoopi making TV

McCain applies pressure for cross-ownership redo

King World stock rises after stock split news

Lee has choice words for Tarantino

Fox units join for 'Letters'

Other 'Titanic' wins

1997 cashing out with Titanic-size B.O.

Atlantis acquires Ironstar

Peacock back in its prime form

Graden's MTV mandate

DTS promotes Nee, Neighbors

Miskowich tied to Sony post

Southeast all Ticketmaster

Hunt snags 'Rock' for shingle's debut

New Line snares Drazen

'Magic' enters Fox O&O den

Times are a-changing ads

Exec Shuffle

Tenpercentaries

Corrections

'Kundun's' double bow

Locations '98 set for Feb.

Exec Shuffle

Lamattina ankles CEO post

McDormand Piper winner

Bow of 'Capeman' delayed

Jurors get 'Melrose' case

Mutual, Becker pact for Oz-Kiwi distribution

No charges vs. 'Apt.' makers

Stubby Kaye

Sally Marr

Dorothy Robinson Blees

William Thomas Brooks

Latino awards to air on ABC

Miskowich gets Sony tech post

Births

Axel Springer taps Fischer for chairman

Atlantis acquires Ironstar

Hungary TV market red hot

Mad Chance taps Hopkins prod'n VP

WBTV names dramatic pair

Home Depot bows series

Showtime offers extreme plan

Palm Springs fetes Stallone

'Wilde' in for 'West' at Taper

Sony sics six suits on pirates

Seligman named assoc. producer for Oscars

Yorn adorns law firm

Fox has 'Frye' in the fire

Winona Ryder

Marsden set for MGM's 'Behavior'

Minnie Driver

BV picks pair to market

Hunt snags 'Rock' for shingle's debut

Corrections

Clarification

Hicks sets $500 mil Latin fund

Julia Stiles

Jeff Gorin

Euro court to rule in ad fight

Hartford house prepping $25 mil add-on for 2000

'Monster' malady

Oz's Bennett snares $7 mil for peroid pic

Lillian Disney dies at 98

Cablers justify rising rates

'Homicide' payback brightens 'Bridges'

Olympic gold

Justice Dept. on warpath against Microsoft

Weekly 'Kombat'

Syndie laugh riot

Judd joins McGregor in 'Eye'

County cookin'

Wells plans run deep

Cable rates under fire

Peacock buys Par pic pack

Silver Cinemas Intl.inks Landmark buy

'Cape' fear

B'Way B.O. even

Wells plans run deep

Judd joins McGregor in 'Eye'

Strand buys Sundancer 'First Love'

NARAS names honorees

Pittleman Par Home Vid VP

Slamdance lineup set

Arquette devours 'Ravenous' role

Cannell giving TV a 'Chance'

Four Media picks up f/x house POP Studios

Justice Dept. fights for Microsoft fine

Sony names Boonshaft senior veep

TNT names Dewey biz affairs veepee

Syndie laugh riot

New Line, Warner Bros. locked in 'Kombat'

Endemol buys stake in Non Fiction prod'n co.

Hallmark speaks German with RTL

Euro Court to rule in ad fight

'MONSTER' MALADY

Oz's Bennett snares $7 mil for period pic

Alliance loses pic license

Next Generation of giving

Venice board delays Laudadio

BIRTHS

CABLERS JUSTIFY RATE RISE

NBC launches Olympics-only arm

Sat sunset in Canada

VH1 fighting MS with PBS-style fundraiser

SPIELBERG STALKER DETAILS

Robb, Asbury joining forces on PR services

IMAX INVADES U.K.

ESPN buys Argentine channel

Discovery nabs 'Lighthouse'

'HOMICIDE' PAYBACK BRIGHTENS 'BRIDGES'

Net prexy is 'McBeal' ally

Bond-ing experience at 'Tomorrow' preem

TIMES ARE A-CHANGING ADS

Unions fight long pre-holiday workdays

Eileen Hatchard Chasin

FCC probes cable rates

Murphy animates Fox 'PJs'

Kidman near 'Magic' pact

Nippon ad house on a roll

Golden Globes

Comic Farley dies

Helmer Smith to milk 'Emily'

Is Evans getting 'Dog'-ged?

ACNielsen takes EDI off the marquee

No 'Morning' glory

Seven stake sold

TW cashes in with Southern

'Titanic' battle

Avary does 'Odd Jobs' for NBC, Spelling

Nicolette Larson dies at 45

Eileen Hatchard Chasin dies at 90

Jonie Taps dies at 89

Jonie Taps

Stallone and U: the $20 mil question

'Nanny' sweeps out 'Dave'

Pollack, Pfeiffer thaw 'Ice'

SHORT TAKES

HBO upended in largely familiar TV tallies

FCC JAMS CABLE LOCK

Blasts from the past, courtesy Golden Globes

Perelman outfit takes control of Panavision

Exec Shuffle

Fox/Liberty, Rainbow joined

BIRTHS

Cablers bow pay-per-pix

Germans prep free TV sports list

Mexico ups film funding

ITN inks PBS news pact

Azteca pre-sales increase by 30%

Nippon ad house on a roll

SEVEN STAKE SOLD

EU to extend pay TV probe in Germany

Hallmark, Live subsid ink vid distrib'n deal

TW cashes in with Southern

'LOVE' AUTHOR WINS DOVE SUIT

FCC to set a price for digital profit

FCC probes cable rates

NO 'MORNING' GLORY

Norman Flicker

Ned Rosen

Charles D. Webster

Sheila Barnes

Edward Walsh

HAMMOND JOINS VARIETY

Engel Prods. adding pair of creative exex

Lansing puts 'Ashes' on fast track for Par

CBS' Eye on Frost series

Jet-powered 'Lethal' pic ready to roll

Jet-powered 'Lethal' pic ready to roll

COMIC FARLEY DIES

Smith mooved by 'Emily'

HUME TOPS FOX NEWS D.C.

Freeman feeling 'Blue' at Sundance

Tripplehorn takes turn for 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

'Titanic' tops Globe noms

Kidman near 'Magic' pact

Murphy animates Fox 'PJs'

Frank takes control of C3

Frank takes control of C3

BIG BOAT VS. BOND

EDI makes tracks for ACNielsen

Sony asks court to stop 'Wheel,' 'Jeopardy'

Duo inks TV deal with Par

HSX creates indie studio

ZDF to supply DF1 with PI shows

Kids' WB to preem 'Hysteria!'

TCI trims red ink

Casting of Sciorra ends long search for femme lead

Crawford attempts to end News, Time war

B'way buys into the goods life

'Park' ploy pooh-poohed

KNBC News ups Harris

Browser beef brews

Chinese sat war looms

A lit vet vents

CLT-UFA's '98 loss may reach $311 mil

Inside Moves

Ivey picked to head NEA

Deejay signing off

Imcine pulls topper switch

It's Fulle speed ahead for Sony Imageworks

HBO's Euro expansion reaches to Romania

Wolpers go long

B'way rules rewritten to heed 'Lion's' roar

NBC toasts Lane with prime night

Fonda has 'A Simple Plan'

Ordering the court

Faustino joins 'Lovers'

Torme sells pilots in Warners TV deal

'Tomorrow' focus of suit

Searchlight lensing 'Lees'

U, Fraser huddle on 'Mummy'

Japanese sat players to merge

'Scream 2' debut coin overstated

Boat, Bond buoy boffo B.O.

Xmas party o-seas

China gets 1st arthouse chain

Brit Digital B'casting cleared for takeoff

Dawn Steel dead at 51

NOW push smacks vid off MTV

Mouse's top cheese gets hefty raise

Juzo Itami

Flicker service

Exec Shuffle

CLT-Ufa's '98 loss may reach $311 mil

Col bows German prod'n arm

Janklow decries book leaks

Hollywood ends year of living anomalously

Digital boom booting Sony workhorse Beta

'Jerry' tough on 'Winfrey'

Fox's Dodgers plan miffs KTLA

Jam TV adds 'Smack' to Web lineup

Anti-drug effort set

Norstar moving on

'Harry' and 'Will' ride high atop exclusive B.O.

Miramax dogs 'Roofus'

Dunaway gets 'Class' rights

WGA's 'Dog' days

KW keen on 'Rascals' redux

Job grant to target film work

Hollywood eyes Tylo verdict

Fonda gets $10 mil birthday gift

'Titanic,' 'Tomorrow' steamroll o'seas posts

Mann CEO Goldwater exits post

Sunday punch for 'Titanic'

Priority high for Capitol

Oz's Optus takes over cable net

CORRECTIONS

Inside Move: Bandai cranks up 'Movioke'

Radio's Barkley dies at 61

Kodak posts film vet Lohan

Bob Dylan; Beck

The Dandy Warhols

Mouse Hunt

The Postman

The London Suede

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Anthem

The Glory of Christmas

The Dandy Warhols

Bob Dylan

Daft Punk

Spice World

Oz

The Blind Man Who Shouted Light

The Boxer

The Education of Little Tree

The Boys

On Guard (Le Bossu)

Arguing the World

Caravan

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love

Random Acts

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Christmas at the Ritz

Milk

Men Will Be Boys

Pride's Crossing

Landscapes of Memory

The Dream of the Child Acrobat

Challenge to Forgetfulness

Tarry Flynn

The Saltmen of Tibet

Stomp Out Loud

Portishead

Barbecue: A Love Story

Some Birds Can't Fly

The Year After Dayton

Drive, She Said

Through the Door of No Return

The Duo

Dust Off the Wings

Fix

Fools

Gipsy Magic

In with the New

A Midwife's Tale

Made Men

Mauvais Genre

Old Man Dogs

Mordburo

The Setting Son

Splash Hatch on the E Going Down

Tiny Island

The Third Moon

Tired Companions

One Life and Two Trails

Univers'L

Transatlantique

The Venus of Willendorf

Voices of the Children

Mouse Hunt

Mud, River, Stone

O'Carolan's Farewell to Music

Savion Glover's Nu York

Heritage

Goose-Pimples

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Rhodes

The Sunshine Boys

The Rats

Siestas & Olas: A Surfing Journey Through Mexico

Mr. Magoo

Wild Games

Gerrie & Louise

Hudson River Blues

Moving in Moving Out

Rhodes

Savion Glover's Nu York