S&P upgrades Time rating to triple B

Euro Disney profits up

GlobeCast plans Miami soundstage

C&W sees stampede for shares

Hoyts trims plans

Italo producer bows distrib

World Briefs

Bonton ups market reach

ATV shuffles deck

Star TV adds news to its English slate

'Star' may be reborn; pics' urban renewal

HBO pic brings back sad fall of Winchell

Seven Arts nabs 'Alexander'

Alphabet in the 'Blue'

Infoseek, Disney ink cyber deals

NBC changes sked to secure sweeps win

FCC eyes DBS public service

Regency Shepherds 'Life'

TCI, Century to merge SoCal cable systems

PPV fighting back

Spyglass inks Svensk as leg of o'seas alliances

Canal Plus balks at price for Polygram distrib'n

Tyranny, fraud, abuse alleged

Syndie series hit season peaks

Pickets bug bow for Disney's 'Life'

WB offers 'Fries' to go

Hot off the presses: HBO's 'Winchell'

UPN shifts target to young demo

'Egypt' bow goes global

WB nabs D'Arienzo spec

Par books 'Passage' for Obst

Hurd's Pacific taps 3 exex

Fisher exits USA Pix

NBC orders reality series from Nash

'Charming' upset at Nat'l Book Awards

SAG hopes to counter rally

Brooks' big Tuesday

New trade org aims to boost Gotham film, TV biz

Goldberg, Burton pact for telepic

October eyes Gramercy

New York Studios forges partnership with Arnell

Cinetel changes name, ups Zarchin

Ragged time at Livent

'Junkie' tops chart again

Court limits NABET pickets

Murdoch forms new Oz unit

Netter flies beyond 'B5'

VDI Media acquires Dubs for $11 million

FCC rules on digital

SIAE to swim with Stream over rights

Overseas reports profit dip

TW to split stock

Best Buy to sell DVDs online

Esther Rolle

Vegas hosts 2nd film fest

Par ups Coben to TV veep

Sundance pacts with TCI

Kyrgyzstan pic to vie for Acad nom

Peacock lead feather-thin

Spacey, Fine Line ink 2-year, first-look deal

Hoopless situation hits Turner ratings

2 sport new ESPN titles

Ledafilms sets pic slate

Sunfilm slate boosts Czech distrib market

'Governess' vet Goldbacher goes to 'Devil'

CAA's Haber aids hurricaine victims

Exec Shuffle

Filmmaker Pakula dies in accident

Tunesmiths to get stamps of approval

The Livent end?

Neufeld ups 3 key execs

Players

Col Tristar Intl. expands in Miami

Shaw to sell Sportscope stake

Materak to head Slovak TV

Haff moves up at WBTV

FCC rewrites rules

D'Works toon 'Shrek' may get Imaxed

Grier in 'Deep' for Miramax

Kodak aboard Russo facility

Prime profits fall as Neuve nosedives

U.K.'s early edition

Lifetime hunting 'Moose'

Chao reshuffles USA marketing

Swinton going to 'Beach'

Manager Selden ankles Industry for Ovitz banner

Sittenfeld, Stone Stanley ink exclusive pact

Inside Move

New Lopez pic sight unseen

Shorts fest to sponsor panel

Labor overpowered

Euro crix pick 'Keg' for award

Head film buyer Jackson ankles Mann Theatres

Anti-merger SAG members protest AFTRA marriage

Fisher buys Retlaw

Glaad rewards Fairness

'Band in Berlin' to get run on B'way

Richardson 'Closer' to B'way return

Barbarah Messing

Norma Connolly

Pat Hodges

Leland Frederick Cooley

Fox, Marriott to open sports bars

'Truman' tops int'l

London Fest wraps 42nd year on a high

Prague Indies fest stretches wings

Wilson picks six

AFTRA, SAG: Together or apart?

Russia's ORT faces bailiffs

BV brings karaoke to U.S. TV

Dutch, Brits ponder post palship

Program exex Sterling, Greene, Moore up at UPN

Locally owned plexes sprout in Holland

Livent for two bits

Radio satcasters draw high-profile investors

IFC exercises 'Bad Taste'

Disney World extends pact

Rockettes rile L.A. Musicians

Alphabet, IATSE strike deal

Encore shouting for 2 extra Starz

USA joins ESPN on Smart team

Luisi signs on at Miramax

In defense of local news

Col eyes Bross pic for series

AOL in Netscape talks

Exec Shuffle

1998 tally sprints past $6 billion

Woo at helm of UA's war story

Cablevision doodle dandy

Silver on U hot seat

Lantos inks Alliance deal

'Rugrats' on $28 mil rampage

Drogin joins Douglas' Furthur Films as VP

$2 mil busted Romance deal

Rosenblatt exits Geffen Records

Murdoch in Italy

Room with generous view

State of the 'Enemy'

Here's looking at you

Theater Wing gives grants

Legit scribes net Kesselring kudos

Black music promoters charge rampant racism

Underwood, Castle Rock visit 'Pluto'

NBC edge goes 'Bust'

No preem screams for 'Psycho'

'Rosie' to bloom live once again

Inside Moves

Court backs MGM on Bond

Acad calls for screen credits

Charles, Stern set CBS laffer

Fired up over getting fired

Albert Washington

Samuel Blum

Vince Soukup

Hal Davis

Jerry Schwartz

Korla Pandit

Johnny Adams

Howard "Bud" Barish services

One-eyed bug nibbles top leaf of exclusives

Grodin at MSNBC through 2000

ABC and NABET set new talks

'Mary,' 'Whisperer' top $100 mil mark o'seas

Bravo to peek at 'Steel City' tuner

'Fishes' hooks Greek awards

Optus stock price high

Carlton nixes bid for Arsenal

DNA engineers its first pic slate

SCTV feels pressure by government, bank

Carmike gets $55 million boost

Reeve's 'Window' scores with auds, donors

WGA to fete Schrader

'Together' torches Taper B.O. records

Lyonne's 'Cheerleader' leap

Silberling inks D'Works pact

Gatins, Lang join Simonds

WB to host ShoWest luncheon

Krueger inks with Par for 'You'

Inside Moves

Televisa, CIE ink sales pact

USA Nets' debt issue raises $500 mil

Street rally helped by showbiz stox

U.S. OKs Viacom sale of pub biz to Pearson

Mix sours on EMI

European vacation

CityWalk to see big picture with Imax

De Bont willing to work for 'Food'

Kaye files in 'X' dispute

'Shorty' not sweet for NBC as race tightens

Penn's eye on the 'Ball' for Fine Line

Cable takes mighty bites out of Big 4

'Hothouse' blooms Off B'Way

Pax to play new game

Lack of 'Action' by Disney

Dream realized

The Write Stuff: Putnam goes glam

B'casters swept

Collectibles to sell via cable

B'way stumbles toward holiday

Cecchi Gori unites TV, film

Hamilton inks for 'Cider' Off B'way

Fox's Fit TV to take new shape

Exec Shuffle

Swedish drama tops Int'l Emmys

KASA crowns 3 scripters

TenPercenteries

BV buys into Endemol's 'Soundmix'

Education network to bow in India

SF taps Noeltner

Star TV offers direct service in India

Italy: 2 platforms

EMI soars in U.S., sinks elsewhere

Chrysalis posts healthy numbers

Southern Star rides steady

An Amazonian deal

Nova teams up for two Antarctic dox

Cinar, Chinese team for toon series

N.Y. Daily News axes Kehr

CBS, Fox nab week from NBC

Eye, Fox get to crow

Livent exex turkey trot for financing

Disc sales get 'Super' boost

Kidvid maven joins with Fox

Art directors to honor Wise

Nets get thumbs up

Yanks-Cable talks stall

NBC aims for Friday 'Providence'

Renzer tops U music pub ops

Starz, Encore gain

Disney exiles 'Egypt'

Twain, Smith shine

Beatty's Bulworth looks for Oscar nods

No audio books for New Millennium

Players

Oxygen set for air

Sony takes 'Demonkeeping'

Kander, Ebb get Japan honor

Salinger threats prompt film exit

Ellenbogen bails Golden

Herman is Viewer's prez choice

NBC is plum-pudding out of luck with NBA

Stanford bows Redbus Films

AOL, Netscape to merge

Only a Kingdom

The Offspring

Little Men: Thanksgiving

Saint Maybe

Charles Aznavour

Yellowjackets

Patience

The Last Emperor

Ringmaster

On the Town

The Ride Down Mt. Morgan

Waiting for Godot

Much Ado About Nothing

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

Shang-a-Lang

The Gimmick

Fishing with Gandhi

Killer Story

Taekwondo

Girls' Night Out

Brown's Requiem

A Rather English Marriage

Solo for Clarinet

Ringmaster - 'Ringmaster': Not Ready for Big Top

Troika

Free Enterprise

Welcome to Hollywood

Final Cut

Expect the Unexpected

The Quiet Family

Bedroom & Courtroom

The Power of Kangwon Province

Rub Love

Birdcage Inn

Kennedy

Sunny Day Real Estate

Ebenezer

Point Last Seen

Babe: Pig In The City