Local 44 agent re-elected

Strand nabs pair of French-lingo pix

Alphabet staff in soup

Judge upholds Tylo ruling

A flexible future

Big bow for 'Big One'

Primestar makeover

Mixed fortunes for NBC Tuesday rookies

Paramount ups Badagliacca

Polygram, DNA pact

House committee OKs c'right proposal

ABC makes 'Right' move to add 'Soul'

Greensboro dances to Nielsen meter

Telescene ups N.Y. presence

Reid rolls 'Asunder' thriller

CNN first with Jones news

Iwerks merger voted down

Dr. Laura making 'air' waves

Hungary ratings-hungry

A&M, Kurupt launch hip-hop label Antra

Nwave, Iwerks see 3-D future

CBS O&Os sked Stern vs. 'SNL'

TenPercenteries

'Titanic' disc nearing record

Busey enlisted as WB 'Soldier'

NBC adding 'One World' to Saturday ayem sked

Canada media giant takes poison pill

ABC pilot adds Eigeman

Clear Channel firms Outdoor pact, makes billboard swap

Indie vets set trio

Strong '97 results for Germany's Kinowelt

Miramax paying up for overtime

Jones in 'Jeopardy'

Biz anxious as SAG talks near end

DreamWorks buys 'Second'

Betty Thomas moves to CAA

Baseball pitch caught by UA

Exec Shuffle

'Simpsons' voices heard

Saudi prince raises Planet H'w'd stake

Atlantis enters 'Amazon' syndie skein with Benchley

Verne adventures come to TV

Quebec Oks break for foreign prod'n

Frankenstein in toon turn; Regan booking pic

Dumontet joins Si TV

Hong Kong MGM Gold fades out

Goodwin, other 'X-Files' staff won't make move to L.A.

Euro media posts trade deficit

ABC spins deal with Lawrence

MGM nabs 'Scalper'

Prince cracks down on alleged Internet piracy

Graham set for USA's 'Sins'

'Jerry' springs ahead of 'Oprah'

Headliners slated for Essence telecast

Luft rift opens over memoir

Hallmark inks four

French pic twist

ABC, CBS announce HDTV plans

Paxson, DIC in kidstuff deal for Pax Net

Live gets new name, investors

DeGeneres goes 'Mad' in finale

American Lawyer in Philly deal

Nicholson may back up Antonioni in 'Together'

ABC asks NABET to revive stalled bargaining talks

ABC cuts 50 staff

2001: Oscar's space odyssey finds a home

New Line signs Dorfman

Force returns to Fox field

Pelligrini to helm interactive 'Aunt'

Imagen nods honor Latino roles

Galli ankling Telefe for Libertad G.M. slot

Showbiz architect

Sony's Idei: 'Cost does matter'

Spielberg eyes sky

Actors, producers in quest to avoid strike

'Simpsons' thesps reach deal

U.S. distribs rule at Mip

Associated Press TV and GRB team up

Docu-mania grips pre-Mip gathering

Oz gov't steps into drama fray

P'gram's Kuhn pitches Euro Oscars, school

UCLA's Royce revamp unveiled Sat.

McCartney's 'Stone' lifts off H'wood Bowl season

Dolby is digital leader

Appeals court upholds judgment vs. Hopper

Leno leads 'Tonight' to big first quarter

Buena Vista ups Glass

Exhibs expect flat quarter

Rogue of October

Amick joins in 'Fantasy'

Two stations re-up 'Seinfeld'

Benigni's 'Life' sweeps Italo pic nods

S.F. Fest sets lineup

Trautmann opens Mip '98

Showtime firms novel idea

Model deal: Atlantic Group inks pact with Wilhelmina

Spider-Man caught in legal web

Spielberg scans 'Notebook'

CGE becomes Vivendi

Cineplex exec exits

Exec Shuffle

Foley heads House biz panel

Barrymore to get 'Kissed'

Lost among the stars

'Aunt' bows in May

Telefe show is localized

Exec exodus at Mip

Oscar pix buoyed

Schultz leads 'Lions' pack

Branson plans U.S., Japan plexes

Arledge exit nears at ABC

Ship sunk by 'Lost' crew

Scorsese, ABC pact

Digital day dawns at NBC

Lewis leaving NPR post

MGM TV ups exex

Banderas drawn to 'Phantom'

The show goes on in Hollywood

'Wizard' travels to TBS

'Mad' exec Levin in 3-yr. Col TriStar pact

Broadcast central

Mad Dow disease afflicting

'Spice World' on vid in June

World Business Briefs

Consolidation part of CME's new plan

World Briefs

'Cybill' yanked

Oz distribs, exhibs get new code

'Ryans' to star Postlethwaite

Williamson sets U pic

Alphabet, BGE settle deal

TNT doubles original prod'n

ABC's talking tough

D'Works tags Pryor's 'After'

New Line lines up $350 mil in financing

Tax rap for Japan b'caster

USA calming 'Springer' smacks

It's a Big 3-0 party for New York mag

MCA gets groovier

Global TV leaders lose market share

WB ups distrib staffers

'Titanic,' 'Kenan & Kel' top Nick's kids kudos

Reality series boost ratings

Money in demand

Bergin joins 'Beholder'

Polygram makes vow on 'Pledge'

Mutual Film taps Patmore

Supplying demand

Primedia invests in net

EC prexy gets behind Euro film, TV awards

Pittard Sullivan expands reach

Allen acquires Marcus Cable

MGM in 'Job' market with Kennedy novel

Strauss is in with Outlaw

Image ups trio of exex

Boyle part of Landis' 'Plan'

B-way sees 4% drop

More write stuff

Peacock magic act

'Butcher Boy' cuts up at the box office

World Briefs

Canal Plus cries foul in Cup dispute

New Hungarian op may threaten TW

Raycom inks Malrite deal

Lewis ankling Trimark

Lott moves to EMI

TenPercentaries

TW dials $175 mil for telecom arm

Col Tristar taps Dixon sr. VP of publicity

Out of strike zone, H'w'd back to work

'Civil War' fires in New Haven

B'way Gotham haul $2.7 billion a year

Third Gen Art Fest opens on 'Sunday'

Barnathan upped at ABC

To Russia with MTV

Kodak bows preview unit for lensers

ABC's Iger calls for new economics at TV confab

Myers gets $10 mil for 'SNL'-derived pic

CBS taps Reisfeld

Pay TV pact cloudy

IBM handles distrib'n for WB WeB wing

Bulls rally to record

Weitzman exits U

TBS,TNT get 'Good'

Exec Shuffle

Heston to visit '7 Isles'

Tucci's 'Dream' role: Puck

'First lady of country' Wynette is dead at 55

Vidpic to shoot back at NRA

Foreign B.O. slows

NBC going digital in fall

Unite or perish, Braun warns

Homegrown TV edges U.S. fare

Matlin in trio of deals

Paris fest pix please but jury prexy Penn aloof

BVTV ups Karzen

HBO, Cinemax find increased plex drive

Peacock renews 'Suddenly Susan'

Rupert rips pubcasters

'Evermere,' quoth Goyer and Robinson

Ciszewski takes the top at Alliance

Fox Intl. taps Clark

Unifrance pumps up Euro TV coverage

Women in Film, TV set b'day bash

BSkyB, Scottish Media give soccer the boot

Exec Shuffle

Hoopcast helps CBS score win

'Lion's' lair expanding

Par splits Purcell job 3 ways

McGuire named sr. VP at UPN

Pacific/Mirage taps two vet execs

Fox 'Burn'-ing for Landau

Hollowell joins Miramax

Judge imposes fine, no jail for Hoffman

MCA getting with it

HBO moon mini opens with beaming ratings

Motown tuners ink novel pact

Dr. Laura shrinks from deal

Mendelsohn buys his way into 'White House'

Crix nix Stern, Springer

Disney ups Hallet to senior veep post

BVI, Col TriStar Intl. mingle in Mexico

Minority position

Hall of Fame rushes Limbaugh

SGI creates consulting team

Shubert, ETM to sell legit tix via machine

Reality bites Mip

Mixed signals for ABC 'football' play

October finds Penn in 'Villa'

'King' scribes ink deal

Karmazin's the guy at Eye

Innovative taps 2 to beef up lit arm

'Judd' now in 'Jeopardy'

Brothers Weitz feeling 'High'

HBO's 'Reverb' rocks on

Tarantino rolls 'Beyond'

Bows on tap for Taos fest

Sundance taps 15 tyros for summer Lab session

Bradbury's 'Martians' to reach Earth

'Ladies' to lense April 13

Sky, Fox box rights to Chilean soccer

Blockbuster strength boosts Viacom stock

Polygram pubbery taps Gatfield prez

ABC and Fox fare hit rough Monday

ABC, Acad extend pact

CableAce Awards unplugged by exex

Moonves will need a hand with his new role

Paving electric ave.

Tool

The Chairs

Mercury Rising

Thesps Reupholster an Absurdist Classic; The Chairs

Mercury Rising

Assassinated: The Last Days of King & Kennedy

Tempting Fate

The Patron Saint of Liars

Golden Child

My Giant

Lost in Space

My Giant

The Patron Saint of Liars

Tempting Fate

Follow the Bitch

Lost in Space

Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II

Teletubbies

Radiohead

Getting Personal

Wait Until Dark

City of Angels

Croupier

Who Am I?

Best Men

Half a Chance

Encore: Celebrate the Return

Kim Wilson's Blues Revue

Brecht On Brecht

The Tiger Woods Story

The Staircase

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Aprile

The Players Club

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Kim Wilson's Blues Revue

The Reverend Horton Heat

The Staircase

The Tiger Woods Story

The Players Club