MaryAnne Kasica-Scheff

ESPN adds Nielsen rival

Scottish Media bids on VCI

Disney downgrade

Digital duties stump panel

Packer PBL stock dips despite profit

German govt. threatens Premiere

Fox TV ups Levisetti

WB's 'Jamie Foxx' moves into top syndie markets

Warner-DirecTV Japan deal includes new pics for PPV

Wald to ankle ABC News

Cunningham options 'Ex'

Livent sues over 'Annie'

Hill still at peak

UA buys 'Devil' of a pitch

Sony plants Birch as sr. VP for theatrical marketing

Bleeth joins 'Nash' skein

NBC Studios ups DiCanio to sr. VP, prod'n operations

Cameron turns eye to TV

'Violin,' biz buzz tuned for Toronto

Fontana-Levinson pact with UPN

McGwire HR scores record ratings at Fox

Digital Theater layoff

'Violin,' biz buzz tuned for Toronto

ESPN scores big with NFL opener

L.A. Opera bows with terrif 'Carmen'

It's a Republic wrap

Big Monday pushes NBC to ratings peak

Sony Classics picks up Quinns' 'Father'

Fields fills out top rank for E!'s Style

Indianapolis saga snagged; ABA hoopla

U mad for 'Max'

WB to open 'Shut' in July

Alabama sings PPV tune

Off B'way swingers

Shticking it to B'way

Cruising the 'Limits'

EMI inks Iglesias

Weil joins Bacon in new Koepp pic

Miramax duo get Deauville fest fete

'Roseanne' gets up at 10 a.m. for KNBC

WICT gala to honor McEnroe

Thesps join Dreyfuss in 'Lansky'

Sky Chile to bow in October

CBS News taps Leissner for D.C.

Weak pix, legit perfs push Shochiku loss

'Angel' opens German fest

United News earnings up

Big Argentine chain Coll goes on block

New Star Media shifts ownership, taps chair

U.S. editors anticipate 'Game'

CBS, NBC, PBS top news, docu Emmys

Hirsch services

James E. Henry

As Dow falls, so do showbiz stocks

Oz's Roadshow ups net profits by 16%

Marquee Group buys U.K. soccer-talent firm

Emmys to incorporate historic newscasts

Young stock collapses

'Titanic' hits $1.2 bil o'seas B.O. mark

Argentine soccer calls for more TV $

Gran Canal Latino taps Testa

Trautmann sez 'no'

WIPO gains erased?

On a soccer kick

Crowe girding for 'Gladiator'

Perenchio eyeing share of Lion

Famous Players bows Imax spots

Leo Penn

Venice hopes best is last

7 Arts closing in on 'Onegin'

Cannes sidebar taps new Fortnight topper

Starr treatment

Infoseek does WebTV

'Brimstone' picks runners

'Stepmom' set for ShowEast screen

Aiello joins Turner in 'Prince'-ly pic

NBC considering 'Dateline' spinoff

Madonna nabs five MTV awards

Alliance raises Mickie to sr. VP for acquisitions

DGA consider expelling Fanaka

Sci-tech Oscar field narrows

Fox picks up more 'Files'

Channel trots dox

Sound and flurry

Benigni's 'Life' to kick off AFI fest

B'way's 'Pimpernel' reworked, recast

Mounter joins Oz's Seven as chief exec

KCBS sees orange

Thesp pair inks for 'Passion'

WB TV taps Levy, Morgan

Lucy presenters lined up

Pearson TV to revive 'Feud'

MTV India flag flap

Peru's ATV seeks partner

Argentine theater chain for sale

Bidders keep eye on Polygram pricetag

'Frasier', wins comedy series nod; 'Practice' grabs drama Emmy

Emmys mark TV's influence

Backstage Notes

Emmy high-fives 'Frasier'

History meets

Fall turns on heat

Adult Euro channel takes Brits to court

Spain skeds double dose of terror

Optus taps Lattin

King World puts Azteca in 'Jeopardy'

Soepnel upped at SBS

'Retribution' to hit Lambs Theater

Oz's Becker laments losses

Mouse money woes

TV sales boost Beyond

AMC adds 3rd Japan plex

Cinemark to partner in Taiwan plex plan

Carmelita Faye Ulven Corps

Heilbron ankles USA Networks

Boffo ratings for MTV nods

Connolly to emcee BAFTA presentation

Fox's Friday sitcoms show hope

'Chill' in air for Gooding

Car accident claims Holliman

Garner files 'Files' suit

ILM, Lucas Digital regroup

'Day' rights to Trimark for low seven figures

'Laughed' is Lion-ized at Venice

Trio set up multi-faceted Mediachase

LACMA to hold series from Equinoxe Assn.

B.O.'s card trick

Polygram worth the price, Kuhn asserts

Cinegrill sets sked for 'Still'

Rupe score on hold

TBS wins 'Seinfeld' auction

Spade, NBC ink toon deal

D'works is still in play on Playa

Documentary shoots for a 'Free Tibet'

Looking at 200 through 'Melrose'-colored glasses

Mad about Helen

Bearish money mavens still taking bull

Arnold services

Hullin tapped by Seagram

Rooker inks for 'Bone'

Spanish indulgence

'Wonderland' nabs top Deauville prize

Amenta's 'Girl' widescreen winner

Lack jumps into Stream

World Briefs

Old Vic to host Euro pic nods

UCLA Extension to unspool short pix

'Slums' has room at top of exclusive B.O.

D.C. Comics close to WildStorm deal

TenPercenteries

London soccer club boots Enic buy offer

Pathe turns south

LaBelle, Cole serenade Clinton

Virgin Group to sell Our Price for $143 mil

Camelot Music ups Rogers

Village hits road with $125 mil in 7 WB pix

Mouse House hit

Spacey nears 'Beauty' deal

'Ryan' marches into first overseas dates

Par Classics debuts with 1st Toronto buy

Shelton, Chin hang shingle

Nightcap to the Emmys

Theater's Keith dies at 80

Pax taps Thomas, Rochfort for 'Men'

Seinbucks

Toronto flies high

Imperial launches Canadian outpost

Nelligan enters 'House'

Paxson hopes sale will affect FCC regs

Helmer Kusturica to build $35 million 'White Hotel'

Soderbergh nabs vet quartet for 'Limey'

Torn lights up for cig biz pic

Going for the gold

Free Press captures diaries of Civil War

Anna Murdoch to ankle News Corp. board

CBS gridcast takes small hit

Grapes of Roth for MS

Ex-'SNL' star to co-write 2 pix

Finn hitches fast ride to Goodspeed Opera

USA renews CNET deal

Nick charity targets parks

Sky picks up soccer rights

Denver vidpic readied

Lions Gate, Rentrak in vid team

Cablevision's spot ad arm bows regional unit

Becker adds duties to Showtime post

'GMA's' new lure: Prizes!

Arts orgs get $8.1 mil from Duke Foundation

ShowEast fetes Brest

B'way tries to shake lull

Sat auds can dial up service

Eisner, Roth: 'Mickey is Happy'

Stan Seiden

Rupe penalty check

Kinowelt nabs video rights to Kirch library

Russian Channel 1 chief named

Nets to justify ad policies to panel

Brazil b'caster shifts programming

Slovenia signal spat closing

Mediaset taps Pace

Mandalay seals distrib deal

'Titanic' topples 'ID4' video record

Murphy orbits 'Pluto' for Castle Rock

E!'s Masters to quit as CEO

Liberty puts $10 mil into ACTV

SPE acquires 30% stake in Toronto software firm

Frank to flavor net's Cybermeals service

Call to revolution

50th Emmys present win for Peacock

Artisan guards 'Gate'

U, Imagine clinch 'Grinch' pic deal

'Ally' tackles key demos in gridcast war

Digital space jam

USA Net snaps up 3 pix from U

Tochterman over to Overbrook

U rings 'Suicide Bride'

Court TV taps Schleiff

Pax, Eye end 'Quinn' spat

Court rejects plea from FCC

'Roseanne's ratings are encouraging

Breath of fresh air

Katz joins Koppelman

UPN nabs NBC veteran Mandelker

Oracle partners with SGI

Senate rejects move to strip NEA budget from bill

Senior veep Cohen exits WB Records

Azteca cuts salaries, holds expansion

Shaw splits in two

Fox News earns its best Nielsen marks

October surfs Hakman story

'Lola' runs to pact

Red Sky inks deal with Stratosphere

Alliance-Atlantis merger terms pruned for vote

WGAE candidates send out platforms

Film Finders ink U.K. deal

Caine 'Rules' with busy sked

Mill Valley to fete Brits at film fest

NBC, Obst cast 'The '60s'

Jerome Dempsey

George Shdanoff

Jack G. Roberts

Rita Roland

Back to Bacharach and David

Carmen

Fastball

Living in Captivity

Werther

Barrymore

Celebrity

Rushmore

Let's Talk About Sex

Endurance

Rancid

Apt Pupil

Romeo and Juliet

The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

Place Vendome

Permanent Midnight

Pecker

The Way We Laughed

Hurlyburly

Beastie Boys

Ronin

Very Bad Things

New Rose Hotel

Free Tibet

Oz's Becker Laments Losses

Luck or Coincidence

The Quarry

Free Tibet

Let's Talk About Sex

Ennui

The Cherry Orchard

The Play About the Baby

Via Dolorosa

Zorro: The Musical

Free Gift/Stations of the Cross

The Summer Moon

Run Lola Run

Hilary and Jackie

Endurance

Elizabeth

Rushmore - 'Rocket' Men Carve Dark, Brainy Comedy

The Powder Keg

New Rose Hotel

Pecker

Ronin

Place Vendome

Hurlyburly

You Can Thank Me Later

A Simple Plan

The Theory of Flight

Praise

L.A. Without a Map

Clay Pigeons

2 Seconds

Dog Park

L.A. Doctors

Living Out Loud

The King of Queens

The Brian Benben Show

Will & Grace

Another Day in Paradise

The Threepenny Opera

Light Up the Sky

Grant Lee Buffalo