Griffith TV bound in fall

Sony to bow prod'n unit in Germany

Pearson joins scene at Telescene

AOL pinkslips 40 at Asylum

Press pack sparks interest

'Titanic' hits Baltic port

Par ups Gardner

Business Briefs

Music Boosts PFE

Primestar sets to go public

Spelling TV taps Taylor

'Card' opens N.Y.'s Israeli film festival

Paragon sale eyed

McLachlan, Our Lady top Juno noms

RAI's African adventure

Buddy enters big doghouse in the sky

Exec Shuffle

Pairs boost Eye ratings

Turturro gets into the Spirits

Clintons OK, Thomason reports

TV Azteca finishes with strong 4th qtr.

King to pen 'Storm' mini for ABC

Ship's disc endures

U TV home at last

Brown tops D'Works vid arm

Donny & Marie show taps Wilson

Aguilar upped to prod'n exec

Risky Business

World Briefs

D'Works picks up Drosnes' 'Ice Age'

'Titanic' powers Polish tix prices

Col taps Sogabe Asia VP

S. African Sat Crash

Addy daddy for 'Frost'

Brill to direct two pix for Screenland

Mamet, Pacino to 'Hyde'; Iscove's 'All That'

Donors rescue Disney Hall

Vertigo opens U.S. unit to remake French pix

CNBC taps Goldfarb

MacFayden into HBO's 'Rat Pack'

NABET to rally over non-pact

Kids upfront market on hold

Hester to consult for MGM

Brazil to auction off ATC frequency

Cecchi Gori wraps equity sale of films

RAI invests in Beeb's 'Fair'

Band Apart inks helmers for ad unit

Berlinale bows with Sheridan's 'Boxer'

Coppola joins MGM board

WB ups Sagal

Polygram Television taps Danaher-Dorr

Miramax 'Dancing' with Intermedia

Trauma settling down with Restless pact

WB has 'Devil' to pay

Biz tome spotlights drugs

Babelsberg home to SPE unit

US West Posts Rise in Revs

Exxel buys Musinmundo music chain

U.S. money courted by Cecchi Gori Group

Cinecitta revamp revitalized

ShoWest to showcase indie titles

Par TV up Stark to senior VP

Easter Seals go syndie

Cable helps save music

Guild Honors Producers

Showtime skeds ATAS nods

Scorsese, Ufland bet on bookie pitch

Falcon bows Walker plays

Will schmooze 4 pix

Hopkins ShoWest's best actor

Mosfilm gets coin from Moscow gov't

Golden Bugs honor Swedish filmmakers

Sandler to topline Col's 'Guy Gets Kid'

'Courtney' sets San Fran date

Greenfield keynotes at cable workshop

'Park' duo set for fest

B.O. Forecast

Sony covers assets

Col TV looks to double fee for Fox's 'Party'

Letterman leads Leno with Olympics boost

Hollywood hoops fans tell all

Selloffs help revitalize profits for Philips

O'seas looks to homevideo

Mille Baron dies at 81

Kenneth Frankel dies at 56

New Disney tuner to bow in Ga.

Mix clicks for internet pix tix firms

Bronfman says no U role for Diller in wake of deal

PrimeStar launches restructuring plan

ABC's Sternfeld ankling

'Murphy' salute a sellout

Lions Gate creates global arm

Sony nabs 'Wilde' rights

Poirier gets WGA Selvin Award

U to invade Spain

CBS games get cold reception from auds

Royal Ties in Check

Cher, Eye prep Sonny tribute

U taps Huntsberry

Trimark Ink Redder

Mooove to Texas boosts Oprah

Norwegian TV ups soap quotient

Reynolds to do 'Time'

Branagh to join 'West' cast

Fox orders 'Soul Food' pilot

Writers fete Sayles

Gold Coast starts up management arm

'Titanic' leads pack as Oscar gloss gilds B.O.

CBS Olympics ratings ski uphill

Claman opts for more Fox

Olympics get '90s twist

Helmer opts for do-it-yourself preem

'Lear,' 'Chicago' top Olivier choices

Coppola's 'Contact' claim is dismissed

PFE adds to stable

Court affirms $11 mil Harrison judgment

New pix tally jumps at AFM

Banderas to helm TriStar's 'Alabama'

Miramax wraps 'Life' deal

Berlin's Buzz Mild

Media excess: Putting the hex on sex

BMG ups Wilson

White lends his squeak to 'Sonic'

A&E discs its 'Biography'

Viacom bumps Bakish to sr. VP

'Titanic' claims $440 mil overseas

October taps Ostrow

Fox Children's Net affil deal nears

Bucks for Canucks

Quinn to make 'Magic' for WB

Berlin Briefs

McNamara pacts with WB TV

Settlement reached in 'Devil's Advocate' case

Sayonara Sony

Di Nova renews deal with Warner Bros.

Phoenix inks deal with Nova

'Go' means greenlight for TriStar

Sundance honors int'l filmmakers

Canal Plus revs up 17% in 1997

BVI ponders Finney for Aussie post

Schwalm to WB sr. VP

U Pix ups Martinez to VP

Babelsberg taps 2 managing directors

Miami given the business

Arculus ankles COO post at United News

Canal Digital adds SBS, CanWest taps Noble

New Line's 'Corrupter' tempts Mann

Alphabet, NABET in Oscar fight

E! has web wedding

Morales inks for indie 'Cross' pic

Finney BVI Australia/N.Z. VP

Olympics still disappointing CBS

Court partners plan to continue TV case

Now at Sony, Woo, Chang reap 'Spoils'

Berenson sr. veeped

Rather's King for a day

Fox takes 'Wing' after Sony exit

Quadra ups Beadleston

Reiner tunes into Imagine's 'Ed TV'

Hurricane tops exclusives

Hoyts honcho targets U.S.

Brazil eyes bird invasion

Another Lewis laffer set for redo

Directors suit tossed

L.A. gets digital break

'Judy' hits WNBC in '99

Heckerling honored with AFI alum medal

Directors exit pair of pix

Loews looks for bigger screen play

Universal polishes Silver deal

Seagal spawn signs pic pact with Miracle

Kirkland, Murphy take New Path to 'Island'

Rose poised to exit Australis

Rosie and Tony reteam

Corradina joins BNN

Ad sales soar in Japan

PBS taps disc prez

Alonso takes talk with Telemundo

Miramax taps two Teutonics

'Godzilla' duo Devlin, Emmerich ink 3-year SPE pact

Trident rides 'Cyclist'

Nets prep for action in Baghdad

Rosenblum exits 'Sally' post

'Rugrats' redux

UPN picks up pair of ethnic sitcoms

Quebec plans tax break

DGA sets doc award nominees

WB punches up Liston biopic

Miami given the business

Bill pops paparazzi

Col TV, Fox near deal for 'Party'

Motown 40: The Music Is Forever

The Perfect Getaway

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

Oregon

Max Carl and Big Dance

Jimmy Tingle's Uncommon Sense

Search & Destroy

Bondage: A Night in the Life of a Prostitute

The Wedding Singer

Palmetto

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

Hurricane Streets

Men Are From Manhattan . . . Women Are From Saskatchewan

John Entwistle

Freak

Senseless

Mizlansky/Zilinsky or 'Schmucks'

Labor Day

Left Luggage

One

Mizlansky/Zilinsky or 'Schmucks'

Labor Day

One

Left Luggage