Oz B.O. ablaze in '98

PFE signs deal with Spain's Via Digital

Don Roberts

Thesps added to Globes presenters list

Olivier contenders unveiled

Miramax has toon tuner under 'Thumb'

Yakkers show holiday punch

Golden Books shares up

Yelmo plans big Spanish plex push

Name change at bicoastal praisery

E-commerce ecstacy

Vet Barbera ads up for cabler Odyssey

Schruth upped to CBS affil prez

Edusoft is Cinar's latest aquisition

EchoStar logs into deal with Pseudo

UTA taps Berman for broadcasting division

Chase scene wraps

'Doug' set for bigscreen

New pic a 'Stretch' for Brit helmer Care

Hesser weighs 'Passions' pact

Sacker has new Destination

Spelling set for busy millennium

RCMP goes on with own probe of Livent duo

Schwartz in as RKO prod'n VP

News Euro courts Rizzoli

Pearlman tops Unapix

Inside moves

Oh, the horror!

Screen Gems takes 'Road'

Icon shifts shingle to Par

A&E embarks on ambitious mystery plan

Sassa: Less sex, more family sought for NBC

'60 II' debut a winner

Allen set for thesp chores

AHN prescribes five new series

Showtime renews two comedy series

Rainbow taps Moyer programming prez

Legacy rocks into 'Clubland'

King, comics set for NATPE

Gems expands its reach

Russians toon in

Hughes to up DirecTV Japan stake

Russian evolution

Goldie Arthur

Cleve Hermann

Shepard Menken

William Allyn

James Hammerstein

Mark Edward Warren III

Harvey Miller

Norman Reyes

William L. Mockbee

Michel Petrucciani

David Adams

Oscar Scaggs

UCLA to screen 2 docs

'Providence' still divine

Feature director Glatter to helm P&G ads

Kindberg tapped by SPE

Roberts VP of new media for Fox Family

Iceland heats up film funding

Rhodes leads to Par VP

FasTV inks cablers for Internet vidclips

Down memory lane

Shaw gambles pay off

WB TV toon taps thesps

Bard battles in Berlin

'Enemy' gets friendly reception

Marketwatch.wow

Mediaset still in talks for a stake in Kirch

AMC sees $17 mil loss in quarter, will raise bonds

Techie Teletubs going to Toy Fair

Fox has comedy 'Say' for Farrellys to produce

Hart will lead 'Jacob' telepic for NewStar

Steppin' lively for 'Fosse'

Tawt you taw putty tat? You will, you will

Murdoch soccer bid nixed

Judge gets Hoffman suit

Oscar Watch

CityVision may export local format

Robinson bails out of '13 Days'

Bigger, but bid-less

Tyson sees stars

Exec Shuffle

Strike botched, some say

Fox's Herzog seeks bolder brand

NBC mulling live 'Sunset'

Distribs buoy Latin execs

'View' in focus for Kapur

Football, beer & B.O.

Final shoot begins on Duke TV pic

Spruced-up Brussels fest to honor helmer Wajda

Visual Concepts forms 2 divisions

SAG closes dispute

Flaky Farrellys flourish far from H'wood's gaze

World Briefs

NATPE pitch for 'Gravity'

'TeleChobis' toddles into lawyers land

CanWest reports revenue dip

Wave sets digital vid prod'n arm

MTV's 'World' invades Hawaii

Lewis W. Smith

Col TriStar raises Caines

EX-IBEW exec pleads guilty

Perry friendly with 'Shrink'; Driver has heart

Benigni's 'Beautiful' back on top of exclus

Chelsea Clinton enjoys L.A. hospitality

Ontario hits $$ record

Carsey-Werner Int'l expands

Sporting news

Hamdon hands on

Fox Int'l TV ups Rosenbaum

WGN loves 'Raymond,' buys rights

PBS digitizes kidvid

Lakeshore milks o'seas theaters for 'Farm'

Mora named news anchor for 'GMA'

Gridcast primes Eye for homes

Murdoch slumps as rivals rise

TD in the ad zone

CIE partners with Grupo Financiero Inbursa

Not much dirt dished in this religious sudser

Costumers fashion noms

Radio With Pictures taps Bierer

KCBS tops Golden Mike news field

Photog Bailey takes shot at feature helm

Alice's wonderland goes global

Snap to launch free internet news service

Gems expands its reach

Sony game for Web partner

Stox for stations

New Line Clock work

Fraser up to 'Monkey' biz

'Ryan' reups nationwide

Bauer Co. taps agent Concoff

SAG member quits panel

Inside Move

Orgs fight c'right extension

Duo takes 'Turn' Off B'way

Pacific puts Plant as prexy

Kanner's big on Itsy Bitsy

Oz rushes to Chan

Chi crix like 'Line,' 'Show'

Castle has 'Found' pic to helm

Betty Lou Gerson

Martha Grayson Shugrue

Jo Napolean

Wendy Walker memorial

Willard Sheldon

Rick Bennewitz

Fredric Myrow

William Wendt

'Rope' record ripped

Buzz Kulik

Smith to host 'Biography'

TNN docu tackles a century of twang

Fast-growing toon net beefs up original slate

Discovery 'Palace'

CastNet taps Pyle prexy

Exec Shuffle

ABC Sports ups Wagner to VP

Sci-Fi web study hopes to grab Mad Ave. eye

Back to bigscreen for Bogdanovich

World Briefs

Producers announce their picks for pix, TV

U's 'U-571' getting sea legs in Italy

DGA, producers reach deal

GLAAD bows media noms

Songwriters hall to induct four

S.B. fest's Field day

Discovery Hungary for more

Brits build Spring

Millennium moves

Telco Pegaso to distrib Videovisa fare

U.S. slows Brit trips

MediaOne expands Encore pact

'Varsity' takes weekend

Johnson joins Bandeira Ent.

Midseason madness

Oscar Watch

Brazil cable seeks relief as real falls

Late library liaison

Fox Family fires up

Rice gets Fox promotion

Sackheim signs Fox TV deal

Eye-grabbing lead

Sandler draws Sony into toon tuner

Lee targets game pix at Col

Wall St. Excited

Peacock to sweep aside 'Lateline' and 'Encore!'

Borys, Polier upped at EDI

Feldman to ankle KCOP

Inside Move

Inside Move

Lightweight at PPV

Tuners trip, plays perk in slow January

Upstaters land berth at Off B'way Irish center

Miller sacks Spin editors

Acad bites Belgian Oscar mire

Yakkers will skip NATPE

Landmark plans 8-screen Biograph arthouse in D.C.

BVMP casts Morong

IFC Prods. partners tyro Peirce's 'Take'

Eldredge hits Boardroom

MCA Records ups Harleston to legal sr. VP

Bernstein and Kops upped to MGM VPs

Pacific picks Plant for prexy

Robert L. Ernst

EU copyright tightened

Showbiz incubator hatches in N. Hollywood

Sony Euro ups Russell to tune hed

Thesps' taxing role

'Rugantino' in tune again with Garinei

U.K. trade chief will attend NATPE

'All That' set for public bow

Sin shown in spades

Who says L.A. disdains 'Art'?

O'Donnel's banner preps 'Y2K' thriller

Glass half empty at indie feature market

ESPN creates new games

Presenters join Globes roster

Spear lances chart

Wasserman match lights MPTF's way

HBO, Fox lead noms in two ASC TV races

Titanic's happy ending

Hoblit time-trips; old script scores for Iliff

Gates open to Big Picture

Chancellor up for sale

Hayek has 2-yr./2-tongue deal with Col, Telemundo

Williams, Marshall, agent joining Ovitz

'Strange' fills in for 'Blue'

History Channel readies docus

Bravo set for mini of 'Cristo'

Gotham film boom

Local signal bill hatched for satcasters

PrimeStar stox spike again

Beacon buyback

McCain drops NATPE speech

U ups Runtagh to exec VP

Miramax catches mob pitch by novelist Green

State of Union dips; 'PJs' solid

Russo takes 'Rocky' road

Peacock preens 'Lateline' for Tuesdays after sweeps

'Guide' nods firms lineup

Elliott, Par ink TV deal

Inside moves

Comcast escapes cell

2nd 'Babe' gets hefty vid push

Telescene, Donner on TV pic 'Blackheart'

Hearst adds twist to Brown Talk show

UMG layoffs loom

Inside moves

Trek to Sundance under way

Ten directors to watch

Cauleen Smith

Roger Kumble

Anand Tucker

Sasa Gedeon

Erick Zonca

Gaspar Noe

Harald Zwart

Chris Smith

James Moll

Simon Shore

Marjorie Richard

Brett King

Jerzy Grotowski

Robert Douglas

Fosse

Tongue of a Bird

Under the Sun

In Dreams

The Color of Lies

Scrapbook

Voices Unheard

Virus

Yohen

The All Night Strut

Nancy Wilson

Ted

Starving Artists

TGV

Zorba and Lucky

Farewell Travelling Player

Ninth Street

Tgv

Farewell Travelling Player

Starving Artists

Ted

Nancy Wilson

Ninth Street

The All Night Strut

Alegria

The Mississippi: River of Song

Hoover Dam

Phantom Beirut

Suits

Coyotes

Flyin' West

Art

Turks

A Saintly Switch