Satcast bills clear hurdle, face race against clock

Dow in the dumps

Optus finally sets $600 mil offering

nWave Pix bows distrib'n arm

'Dreamlife,' 'Violin' frame Montreal New Cinema

MTV Central profits in tough German market

Disney, CLT-Ufa not ankling Super RTL

Satcast scaleback

Cohen captures 'Zombie'; Rhames ankles grid

Spyglass has int'l 'Sense'

Cable adds ads

Oz 6-month ad growth 11.3%

Sony, Toyota to serve data

Ultimate do-it-yourselfer

Afterlife 'Dreams'

Fox signs Lovell to cover Glenn flight

Sheen inks for indie 'Lucky'

Rowe molded for 'Jello'

AMPAS opens in Manhattan

BMG online marketing up with Conroy

No hype: 'Felicity' ratings big

Hill climbs back up

Col Pic Group ups Harris

Rupe yanks TV rights

ABC, Disney lose radio trial

Gov. Wilson inks law against 'stalkerazzi'

Golden Harvest cuts staff

Fox Family shuffle

Cablers pledge to hook public libraries to Web

Inside Move

Imax moves to market

UPN's Valentine blasts council

Filmmaker Towne tops screenwriters' confab

Heel and Toe tapping Gusick sr. VP of prod'n

'Labor' adds Moore to works

'Roseanne' flat, 'Squares' flies

Katt joins the 'Limey' lineup

Nick morphs into deals with U.K., France, Italy

Legit critic hangs up pen

Mandell to head U global design wing

Sundance to whisper plan

TenPercenteries

Brits, U.S. top MTV Euro noms

Clark racks up post at Dick Clark Prods.

Roseanne to forgive Arnold -- on the air

U buys Wet 'n Wild

Pax TV, Cox ink for cable carriage deal

Tixmaster unit files IPO

Satellite stalling

Doomed digital deal

DVD world finesses subtitle technology

Karlovy Vary fest back on track

Bonnier mounts Aspen

Fininvest taps Sposito as CEO

Nova helps lead way as Czech AQS bows

'Public Eye's' Marin joins '60 Minutes II'

Carter tries novel approach

Cutthroat cable

Imax expanding European presence

Pfeffer lands prod'n deal with Disney

A net cries help

Out on the Street

Preston joining team of Beacon's 'Game'

Paxton moved by Spirit

ABC wins Wed.; CBS keeps Faith

BVTV gallops into PPV arena

Twain makes grade

Caputo joins BV Publishing

WB netlet courts Wolf to create 'DC' series

Verbinski to helm Mouse's 'Mars'

Showtime, NBC in mini deal

USC hosts pix fest at DGA

Acad honors McDowall

Branagh back to Bard with pic series

Roadshow will ankle L.A.

'Oprah' bidding war begins

CNN to unveil new studio

'Love' finds way to B'way

CBS to b'cast NFL in hi-def

U, ILM plan Frankenstein

Walker rejoins Clein + White

Neuwirth inks for 'Over'

Valenti sees c'right theft as biz bane

Bertelsmann logs off 1 mil shares of AOL

Fox News set to caption

Exec Shuffle

Western icon Autry dies at 91

Yo-Yo Ma triumphs at Canada's Geminis

B.O. bright o'seas

Tableau for Moreau

Sky's brave new world

A 'Night' to be cool

Cowan weds Bannon

Sundance Cinemas plans Penn. multiplex

Chris-Craft taps Mathes

Matsushita lowers outlook

'Antz' has B.O. picnic

DeBont in action act for Fox TV

'Martha Stewart' will be doubled

Kurtz to topline 'Twins'

FX Network looking for more 'Sin'

Disney juices PPV stream with 'Pulp'

Par, Chris-Chraft settle 'Deep Space' dispute

'Tonight' delivers

Miramax nabs 'Guinevere'

ABC Sat. rookies put heat on CBS

SAG, AFTRA boards vote for merger

Toon boom floods Mipcom

Stiller U's answer to 'Mystery Men'

Whitfield in Lifetime pic

'Secret' is out: October OKs Tucci-helmed pic

Mouse eyes Angels

Versatile McDowall dies at 70

Memorable baseball boosts Fox

Barrys buy Regen heist script 'Kill'

IFC rides indie music biz

Excite taps QVC's Siegel

'Titanic' vid splashes in Italy

Astral sets Canuck show fund

Myriad pics pacts with Red Sky

Don't worry about Monica -- she'll manage

'Impostors' for real

MTV Latin Am exex shift

Biz slides on street

CLT blocked in bid to up Premiere share

Panel to parse pubcasters

Loews Cineplex taps Lenihan

Millennium net bows at Mipcom

Fremantle to distrib two for Telescene

Voyage embarks on 2-year Discovery deal

Canuck exhibs raise expansion rivalry

New York mag names Rainer

Azteca fires soap salvo

Starr to 'Light It Up' for Fox 2000 and Edmonds

Twentieth TV courts revival of 'Divorce'

A 'Lulu' of a deal

Gibson detects 'Hotel'; Anders, Voss rock

Col, BVI ink India distrib pact

Group honors CAA's Lovett

DGA wins Website injunction case

MCA to be Magic label distribbery

'Antz' takes bigger bite of Oct.

Eye-opening pix

Court upholds 'Phantom' suit

Miramax doth get rights

Inside Move

Bogosian set to helm his own 'Riot' act

Eye braces for staff cuts

Fogel cashes clay

Bows wow o'seas

Brits band to buoy business

Six thesps find 'Soul' at NL

Touchstone TV inks teen scribe

Duckworth wading out to film development unit

'Stir' Douglas with Bacon

Byrne renews 1st-look film deal with Phoenix

'Rugrats' drives a Mercury

Thomas inspires 'Miracle'

C'right law vote draws near

BMG names Cotsen veep

Mipcom Notes

Yionoulis takes the reins at Yale School of Drama

Natl. Geo bows program arm

TCM has Harlequin romance as original

'Felice...' snaps up Golden Calf

Off B'way Vineyard firms 3 of 4 leads for 'Mercy'

MTR bash roasts, toasts Kelley, Seinfeld

'Real' sweep of Hitchcocks

Broadway rebound: Totals edge back up

Weiss senior VP at Carsey-Werner

Their eyes on the prize

CAPE elects officer slate

Suzanne Krajewski upped to 20th Int'l senior veep

Pix keep CBS safe in homes

Moss joins King World

Football again Monday star

IFC rides indie music biz

Forum alters sked for its 'Together'

Lizard is boffo in Slovakia

Kennedy is poised to head British U Music, Polygram

Reaching high note

TCFHE Int'l ups exex

Juarez says hola to HBO Ole

Western Europe pic admissions rise 7 percent

Mipcom Notes

Beta unveils slate

Gallic net inks deal with TVA

Gaul gov't tries to calm galled TV over ad cuts

Nielsen still rules

Cineplex slates four centers

Film Roman taps Shpall

CastNet.com gets Joffe, Dougherty on board

NABET, Alphabet net still without contract

Germany's Viva planning expansion

Brit indie makes U's 'Day' with hybrid TV show

Par Int'l TV team's ready for primetime showing

Northern exposure

Stellar trio for HBO mini

B'cast's bad day

Burton travels to syndie 'Oz' for Col TriStar TV

Theater for Oscars gets off to gala start

Spring Creek ups exex

Lumiere will help Barbieri make 'Magic'

Cleveland U prez, consumer products

'Detroit' becons Furlong

Kraft is big cheese

Is Peacock target of studio boycott?

42 stations will go digital in Nov.

Crowd checks binding deals at book fair

Trimark to trim 15% of staff, narrow goals

Moore mulls Col 'Affair'

Corbett will star in Fox's 'Judger'

U buys Davies' 'Poetess' for Hanson

Pace sings to Hatcher: Come to the 'Cabaret'

Inside Move

Turner sows for 'Reaper'

SAG nominations open

Helen Baxendale lands 'Decent' role

Trevino heads new Latin arm of Buena Vista Music

'Mercy'-less Peet joins 'Jello'

Fox Sports Net, FX homer in Nielsen ball stats

Flashpoint to finance 6 pix for Regent

B.O feels the 'Rush'

TenPercenteries

Allen big on Portland

Anchor shuffle at WPIX

Aurelio ending TW career

Cameron to host 'Martians'

Sony taps Susskind

DirecTV preps for promos, expansion

'Sleep' grips Austin

UCLA archive adds indies

BAM Rose taps Talbot

Kedar taps duo for slots

Getting wired: R/GA marries tech and creativity

New studios, big demand

Not just kids' stuff

Stage one for sound stages

Radio's leftovers benefit TV today

Gentleman producer still making solid 'Impact'

1999 and beyond

An enduring partnership

Behind every successful Cosmo girl, there's a man

Vet swims in Hollywood shark tank

Titans' balance sheets look good

Cablevision

The Gotham golddiggers of '98 continue to strike it very rich

Mid-sized clubs stage a major comeback

Factory is no assembly line

Legalese

Dimly Perceived Threats to the System

Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business

A Night at the Roxbury

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

Paramour

Guys Like Us

DiResta

Shiva Arms

One Tough Cop

Dee Snider's Strangeland

Lucinda Williams

Beloved

Gypsy

Phedre

How I Learned to Drive

Dante's Inferno

Death of a Salesman

Marco Polo Sings a Solo

The Mystery of Irma Vep

Paramour

Handbag, or the Importance of Being Someone

My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies

F. Is a Bastard

At Satchem Farm

Water Easy Reach

Ikinai

Thursday

Little Tropikana

The Terrorist

The Second Wife

What Dreams May Come

The Velocity of Gary

Suzie Washington

Lani Loa: The Passage

Don't Tell Anyone

Barrio

The Real Macaw

Little Thieves, Big Thieves

Hang the Dj

One Tough Cop

Friendly Fire

Fragments * Jerusalem

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

Legalese

Mercy Point

Little Girl Fly Away

Brimstone

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Little Voice

Full Moon

Side Streets

Bad Sex With Bud Kemp

Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

Mickey Hart's Planet Drum

Charmed

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