Carlton gives $48 mil, good will to BSkyB

Stillking gets cash boost

Mexico revises cable auction

TV wounds vid biz

Geddes to program at Toronto

Warner Village fights Italo pic-space claim

U.S. dox clean up awards at Turin Gay/Lesbian fest

Telly growth spurt

Behaviour nabs 'Days'

Atlantis profits rebound

'Les Miz' on B'way bigscreen

American Theatre Wing fetes femme scripters

Endemol posts gain

Odeon stars in Rank's modest first qtr.

UATC builds capital

Projectors boost Ballantyne

'Mononoke' lends Toho coin

NHL Sabres deal cut

Vibe exec to Blaze new trail

FX slates new series

Rodriguez pic cast swells

'Titanic' disc still No. 1

Manzari lands on top

Digital pubcast aid sought

Full plate for Food Net

Moore's sitcom in rewrite

Fisher, Pope toil on nanny script

WB, UNICEF bow program

Pulitzer prized

UTA ups 5 agents

Music censors lose

Parks boost Disney profit

ABC mini to dissect the Nancy Reagan years

Fox keeps busy in 'Idle Hands'

Chitown battle for 'Jerry'

'Artemisia' wins rating on appeal

CBS eyes Gotham studio sites

Brooks to keynote IFP scribe confab

Di Bonaventura goes solo at WB

Euro Disney stays just ahead of ink's red tide

Mizrahi's model film idea

WB net taps Lee

Col Tristar finds 'Savior'

Demme pic in Lions lair

Whitworth sr. VP at CNN

Farrow, Root join Bandeira's 'Soon'

WPA may lose 23rd St. site

'High Art' to open femme fest in Hub

Curious taps Fishman-Cohen

Country hat's off to McGraw

Artisan axes int'l

Showbiz ties electronic equipment at top of Calif. economy

Temple celebrates quiet 70th b'day

No set-top boxes needed with NTL offer

Slovo, Soyuz launch 'Decameron'

Alliance taps Gagnon

Int'l Emmys to honor Sam Nilsson

KCBS leads pack in L.A. Emmy nods

British gov't says BT may b'cast early

World Briefs

From closet to attic: ABC drops the ax on 'Ellen'

No merger, no DF1

Authors, agents move to block Random House buy

Montreal's Cinar posts gains

TV Azteca clipped in 1st qtr.

Poor reviews mean big sleep for 'Bed'

Ship clips Carmike

DeVito, NBA team up

Pixar stocks soar; earnings take dip

Bush addresses H'w'd

'Geraldo' to exit with retro

Spain's Via has Fox pix

H'wood movies extend their credit lines

Fox O&Os chase 'Seinfeld'

'Cauldron' tops Disney vid line

Goldwyn grabs rights to 'Soul' tome

Sutton in 'Wanted' role

'Good' producer to make Mark on Columbia Pix lot

Daylight savings time cuts syndie viewers

Cosgrove cranks up

Fox wins 'Springer'

CBS boosts Botwick, keeps 'Candid,' 'Kids'

CBS hums to ratings win

AFMA ups Wolf

Ansell returns to Gracie

Chancellor taps Marcus

Disney plan to boost ani wows Street

New book for 'Flower Drum Song'

Fox taps Petit

O'Brien beats his own game

'South Park' rating soars

Eureka, Lyons will roll 'Opportunist'

TW Cable, TCI vow to respect HDTV integrity

WB expands sales force

'60 Minutes' honored by O'seas Press Club

Ward inked for 'Best Man'

Complete list of L.A. Emmy nominees

Showbiz delivers big California payoff

'Out-of-Towners' rave about N.Y.

UPN ups Mannina

DirecTV Japan adds capital, investor

Credit Suisse sinking $3 mil into Clearview

CBS kicks off sales

Mori sparks deal with TLC

CBS 'Closer' to finish early

Sundance to get on in NY

DGA takes stand against Prop. 226

Polygram's 'Mad'

Ticketmaster, N2K create online bond

Library dedication, DGA's Wise move

Few spectators for Eye's Ewing 'War'

Hannah takes turn on indie pic 'Speedway'

Must chi-chi TV: E! plans spinoff Style

Miramax gains 'Celebrity'

Stone plots special for ABC in fall

'Boy's' still in ABC hood

Team options King script

'Titanic': $1 bil o'seas

Lopez, Craig join 'Carrie II'

Mouse lets exhibs get peek at pix

'Big Hit' hits big

Parker, Stone make killing with 'Park'

Chancellor jackpot for Ginsburg

Lipsky goes home

McAnuff near 'Rocky' helming post

Gasmer upped at Morris

'Manifesto's' destiny

Coppola, S.F. hosting Classically Indie Fest

Kubrick pic 'Eyes' back for reshoot

NBC Studios pacts Firestein

Disney ups TV animation duo

RAI Trade revises '98 forecast upward

RAI public offer proposed

Canadian TV averts potential funding crisis

Televisa relives history

Sullivan goes back to Avonlea

Grabiner ankles United

Pre-nup agreement

It's tentpole time, much to H'wood's relief

Miramax's 'Doors' opens in exclu penthouse

Vidatron revenues up, earnings off

Fox taps Petit for East Coast publicity

Crix tap Drama Desk noms

New pix thud overseas

'Lion' king at Outer Crix

Telepix run in Fox Family

German SAT1 marks losses, plots upturn

Miramax asks Hallstrom to make 'Rules'

Snyder says he'll exit CBS' 'Late' a bit early

Winslet takes 'Plunge'

'Billy's' Rowe nabs indie, TNT projects

Lensers fete Green with lifetime award

GRP jazzes LiPuma's title

Fox B'casting shuffles exex

Euro digital digs in

Argentine CEI seeks partner

Telepictures courts Queen

TenPercenteries

China adds muscle to its film industry

Shaw going to court over WIC

World Briefs

Brit WMA taps Roeg

Nick to pitch Noggin at Nat'l Cable Show

Mortensen in talks to join Cuaron pic

Film fest to fete Lenfilm

Sony Wonder brings Sunbow into the fold

Acad Foundation doles out film school grants

Cosby set for USC address

Kaye sets sites on tragedy; Lane enters 'Door'

S.F. runs 'Wilde'

Satcaster sees red

'King' crowns Fox

Dow fall takes biz stox on rocky ride

B'way video opens in Harlem

Hoop drama 'Trillion' set to pay at NL

Pearson taps three exex

Reed Elsevier buys legal pubbery

Much music for Liberty

'Merlin' magical

Mizrahi sews 'Wild' designs

Frank folds C3, mulls next step

'Godzilla' duo make 'Mark' at U

Stern voice for 'Dilbert'

Col lassos McCarthy's border trio

B'way auds dry up

Cox, TCIC in joint venture

Exit of Zaks tops 'Epic' headaches

3D 'Dino II' sets bows

Technicolor has Scandi video plans

Smokler made big gun at WB

Car satcast service set

WB opens new Gotham studio store

Showtime inks script pact with Taper

Redstone honors draw Diller quips

Disney launches a jumper for 'Game'

Spielberg latches on to 'Geisha'

Temple vid sales dance on

World Briefs

'Thief' steals show at Russia's Nika Awards

N. Korea opens doors to filming

Mex pic biz seeks B.O. tax subsidy

WB mulls Moscow

Monicelli's 'Dirty' pic

Byrnes exits Sydney fest

'Merlin's' sweeping numbers

'Live' beats 'Jerry' in NYC

East OKs SAG contract pact

Composers honor their own

Kamen to conduct benefit for Young Musicians org

Sky subs closing in on Galaxy figure

Copyright ruckus

New A&E vidpix born in the USA

SPE bags Teleuno

Betty Boop back in loop

Basinger eyes 'Africa,' 'Prime'

Three 'Bloom' in NBC sitcom pilot

EMI U.K. taps new prexy

Trimark nabs vid rights to Puzo, Koontz minis

Kids upfront moves

'Access' ruffles Peacock's feathers

Phaedra nabs 'Soul'

Summer's 'Girl' heads to B'way

Diaz near 'Sunday' deal

Summer sked wars

Josh Brolin gets MGM 'Mod' nod

Fiscal woes hit O'seas Filmgroup

Eureka finds 'Opportunist'

New Line taps Holmberg senior VP of production

DirecTV, Echostar pact for ESPN West

Gibson firmed for unnamed ABC duty

Spielberg to helm 'Geisha' next

MTV uses Nick's Noggin as new net

Cox, TCI ink joint venture in Oklahoma

Docfest set for Gotham

Lauer joins Disney's 'Home for Christmas'

Wolper, NBC set 'Will' mini

Northwest passage

Orion fuels Lion's loss

Business Briefs

Auds, screens send Regal profs up

Miami-USA taps Binke

Continental team unites

CBS selling telecom net

Magic Hour lines up coin

Meyer, Fichtner get 'Go!'

Buzz word: Gone

NBC lets Halmi eat cake

Mark Eitzel

In God's Hands

Bongwater

Starf*cker

Merlin

The Big Hit

Serial Lover

Scotch and Milk

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Stuart Bliss

God Said, Ha!

God Said, Ha!

Tarzan and the Lost City

Les Miserables

He Got Game

The Truman Show

In God's Hands

Painted Lady

The Big Hit

Frank, Dean & Sammy: An Evening with the Rat Pack

Merlin

Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God ... Be Back by Five

He Got Game

The Word Love Exists

Tarzan and the Lost City

The Truman Show - Weir Looks Through a Glass, Lightly

Ronnie Larsen's Peep Show

Geometry of Miracles

Uncle Vanya

From Above

Honour

Give Me Your Answer, Do!

Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know

Il Trovatore

High Society

Give Me Your Answer, Do!

The King and I

Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know

Il Trovatore

Moment of Impact

The Cream Will Rise

O.K. Garage

Claudine's Return

Waiting for Sunset

LeAnn Rimes; Bryan White

Cheap Trick

Around Ligeti

The Last Don II

Healing by Killing