Table of Contents
Week of 07/30/1998

Articles

Expanding Scandi B'casting revs up

 

Bertelsmann posts gains

 

Watts tapped for Disney TV's Euro prod'n arm

 

ChumCity goes to Colombia

 

WLIW will market Beeb reports

 

Alliance bags 'Cat'

 

Colombia crackdown

 

MediaOne earnings jump in 2nd quarter

 

Sony's nice weak yen

 

GCC, Hoyts merge circuits in South, Central America

 

Spelling revs down; cash flow up

 

Clooney joins Soderbergh team

 

Falco flies as Peacock prez

 

Inside Moves

 

Braun, Tudor eye Polygram

 

MGM keeps 007 license

 

MTV enrolls Berezin's 'Yale' for tyro helmer

 

Allen pays $4.4 bil for No. 12 cabler Charter

 

Ephron heads for 'Tails'

 

Botko WBTV longform VP

 

Gate way to Europe

 

Viacom vigorous in quarter

 

U.S. fare plentiful at Venice fest

 

Artisan, Egoyan set for 'Journey'

 

B'way loses a star

 

Smells like team spirit

 

AFI's pic list leaves Duvall cold

 

Jaguar joins exex

 

'Guinness,' 'Hill' put Fox on top

 

Dean Martin bio waits for Hanks

 

Exex climb at Summit

 

'Hard Day's Night' reissued

 

WGAW rejects board's goals

 

New bill offers more choice to cable auds

 

Scotts scrape on repo pic; Wolfe tome up for bids

 

Nick hikes Kay to sr. prod'n VP

 

Artists set to headline City of Hope 'Life' gala

 

Sony Classical appoints Palmer exec veep, G.M.

 

Long re-signs at Fox

 

'Delta' dawn in N.Y.

 

Blacklisted scribes credited on 21 pix

 

Acad plans Sturges tribute

 

Cox feels 'Forces of Nature'

 

Ehrlich to steer 'Motown Live'

 

Beastie Boys still 'Nasty'

 

BSkyB beats the buzzer

 

$10 mil lottery coin given for 8 U.K. pix

 

Filipino censor board loosens up

 

Building boom boosts Gaumont first-half net

 

Labels file suit in Japan

 

Canuck Canal D ads OK

 

BSkyB sports channel set

 

Certifiable winners

 

Lion's shares OK'd

 

Citadel cash flow, revs reflect growth

 

2nd-quarter revs up l0% at Cox Communications

 

Belo posts b'cast gains

 

Miramax ups Reiter to exec VP

 

TW to move from Rockefeller Plaza

 

'Joan' to kick off Preservation fest

 

Cole to 'Crusade' for TNT

 

WB 'Crazy' for remake

 

ShoWest turns 25

 

BET shareholders vote for stock acquisition

 

Burnett, Broadway may reteam

 

Johnson, Loews set N.Y. 9-plex

 

New Alphabet boss

 

P'gram prix wraps first lap

 

Thomas has 'Evel' eye for U biopic

 

D'Works, Scribe pact

 

Inside Moves

 

Reliable trio inks at Touchstone TV

 

Vicinanza launches sci-fi prod'n, management firm

 

'Howdy' host Smith dies

 

USA Networks posts 2nd-qtr. rev, cash gains

 

Preems of 'Paradise,' 'Life' set for Toronto

 

Invasion in Paris

 

WB inks with 'Carey' co-exec producers

 

Bridges will find 'Muse' for October

 

'Parent Trap' opens strong

 

'GMA' fetid; 'Y&R' feted

 

Willis' next pic sounds familiar

 

Dugan to direct Col's 'Guy'

 

License nails docu on perf artist Athey

 

H'wood to buy Reel.com

 

Miramax nabs 'Telling' rights

 

Disney ups Stainton to senior VP

 

Summer sizzles o'seas

 

RAI's Celli drops docs, forces Minoli out

 

Univision stock sale

 

Loews adds $100 mil to debt placement

 

FCC approves Telemundo takeover

 

Distrib TVN raises $200 mil in capital

 

Par preems 'Snake Eyes'

 

MPs accent antics

 

Still going ape

 

Image sues PFE over titles

 

UPN, Sinclair settle

 

Fest sez yes to 'NO'

 

U.S. makes digital deal with Mexico

 

Ex-Imcine boss in at Televicine

 

Endeavor hails BV's Vogel

 

Macy moves to 'Mystery'

 

Schiff bares his pen for 'Chippendales'

 

Record July B.O. up 6%; auds static

 

Fox a mouse for 'Little' pic

 

ABC's Blake takes a.m. shift at KNBC

 

Dearborn inks Nelvana deal

 

Tesh plays healthy tunes for Kellogg's

 

Sofer joins 'Melrose'

 

Wolfe gives Winkler a shot

 

'Ryan' holds B.O. beachhead

 

Exec shuffle looms at Alphabet

 

Figgis' 'Loss' is Sony's gain

 

10 firms bid on Polygram

 

Tripplehorn joins 'Abbie!'

 

Nielsen rival grabs support

 

Kirch may go public

 

Disney may sell German TV stake to Bertelsmann

 

Marie to star in 'Marshal'

 

Azaria lends voice to 'Stressed Eric'

 

Liberty launches pack of Spanish-lingo channels

 

Salenger, Hargitay join 'Lake'

 

TBS ups Barkley-Lewis

 

Resurgent Trinity Rep sets 8 plays for '98-'99

 

Allen to Henson Interactive

 

Writers direct their wrath at possessory credit

 

'Kiss' lingers at peak of exclusive B.O.

 

Given fair warning

 

Kirch files suit on blocked TV merger

 

Svensk topper ankles his post

 

C4 will launch movie channel

 

Puppeteer Lewis dies at 65

 

Lawrence back in 'Blue'; big Wolfe call

 

YCTV goes belly up

 

Toback's back in 'Black'

 

Fox TV inks Judge to four-year deal

 

Pearson has interest in Polygram's library only

 

A new Golden rule

 

B'way orgs split over Tony role

 

'Hill' fits bill for fall 2001 syndie mill

 

Nielsen rival targets cable

 

Michigan development costs chip Granite's 2nd qtr. profits

 

Eye, Pennzoil ink slick multimedia campaign

 

Peacock online again

 

Operating funds

 

Donen to rep writers, helmers through CAA

 

Tibbets gets VP stripes

 

Dekel tops Fox products arm

 

Younger upped to Alphabet CFO

 

Gerber nabs 'Lighthouse'

 

Fest revels in rediscovering gems

 

'Town' stars know who's in charge

 

Rainbow files FCC complaint

 

'Personal' low for Fox Friday

 

Barbie toplines as MGM's 'Golden' girl

 

Leary will police 'Crown'

 

Emergency sesh skedded at WGA

 

Par beams up 'Trekkies'

 

Fox deal lures Perry back to '90210'

 

New Line vows to make 'Pledge'

 

Meteoric B.O. rise

 

Gotham's Univision O&O ups newscasts

 

Matsushita ups DVD prod'n

 

Kiwis pack festival halls

 

'Smoke' reopens at Lambs

 

Walker joins 'That' pic cast

 

K-Tel tunes up online site

 

'Bittersweet' wraps lensing

 

Scott ready for 'Mission'

 

Trio tops White Barn sesh

 

Geva Theater lures Sherman for top spot

 

Kelly scores Quality nods

 

WTVJ exits Miami

 

Eight pics vie for H'w'd Digital nod

 

ShowEast to honor Zanuck and Brown

 

Silver selling landmark home

 

Vid Hall of Fame salutes Cameron

 

Master P is hooking up with 'Takedown' cast

 

Rankled at Rank

 

SFX drumming up earnings

 

MTV targets two markets for Russian bow Sept. 25

 

Satcasters handed bittersweet message

 

TenPercenteries

 

Dow has a cow

 

Verhoeven takes on Phoenix 'Assassins'

 

CBS heads households; NBC grabs 18-49 demo

 

Ex-CBS exec Campbell tops Miramax TV

 

Disney hopes China will welcome 'Mulan'

 

U.S. nearer to int'l c'right standard

 

John Bradford

 

Best suit of 20th

 

Rights no shoe-in

 

Czech helmer Jansy returns with 'Lost'

 

Azteca deal leaves CBS status up in air

 

Most makes 'Best' pic bow

 

'Antz' to close Toronto

 

Tisch promotes Payne to veepee

 

Petrie's promise

 

World Briefs

 

Fiscal future bright for Russian media company

 

Scottish media chair exits for pol post

 

Pax TV gets 'Reel' with new gameshow

 

Murray on the mark as Shooting Gallery sr. VP

 

New King prez is Friendly

 

Stern cleared in 70% of U.S.

 

Sano spins up at NL music

 

Goldwyn nabs 'Dwarf' rights

 

Fox/Liberty taps cable net topper

 

007 up for Apted

 

Maysville will add 3 exex to expand bill

 

Myriad Pix opens 'Door' to distrib'n

 

Taylor Thomas exits 'Home' for school

 

Richdale tapped for 'Benben Show'

 

Emmy watch

 

Hill in 'Space' with Muppets

 

Arquette inks for 'Kali'

 

Citing Tower power

 

Peacock pic to reteam Edwards and Stringfield

 

Dimond fits 'Upfront' anchor slot with Rivera

 

Allen's 'Celebrity' to lead N.Y. fest

 

Sony Pictures Japan set to get into DVD rentals

 

Blake is shuttling to Disney's 'Max Q'

 

ESPN scores outside the house

 

USA Nets ups Hoffman to sr. VP posts

 

East-West taps new chair

 

Cooking with MSG

 

Team scores $7.6 mil with IPO

 

Bob McAllister

 

Don Dunphy

 

John R. Hopkins

 

John F. (Jack) Rayel

 

Reviews

Linc's

Rude Awakening

Linc's

Rude Awakening

BASEketball

KREMERata BALTICA

Kremerata Baltica

Full Tilt Boogie

The Wall

Laughing Dead

Detention

To Hell with Love

Maximum Bob

Forever Fever

Indemnity

God's Got My Number

Inner Traveler

Let There Be Light

Hurricane Festival

Fifth Ward

The Making of Steel

Return to Paradise

Going Nomad

In Our Own Hands

Heart of Light

Eileen Is a Spy

The Insurance

Halloween: H20 Twenty Years Later - Echo of a Scream, 'H20' Holds Water

No Exit

Pure Killjoy

Knock on Wood

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Lincoln Center Festival 98; The Street of Crocodiles; Village, Adam Resurrected; F@ust: Version 3.0 - 'Street' Walk Proves Entrancing

The Old Neighborhood

Cumberland Blues

Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Mamaloshen

Halloween: H20 Twenty Years Later

Maximum Bob

Snake Eyes

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Indiscretions

A View From the Bridge


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