U.K. tix sales dip a bit

Intermedia in Scandi

Mediaset moving to unify TV ops

McGillivary upped to SPE facilities VP

Gems polishes luster for wider aud appeal

'Mononoke' airing sets Japan TV ratings record

FL takes a 'Tumble'

'Sinatra' opens Paley fest

De Niro, Burns seconds away from '15 Minutes'

Pathe co-funds Branagh

Sharrocks joins WB Int'l

ABC's vitamin pill

Sayonara, Itochu

North gets 'Equal Time'

Indian Summer

UMG reorganizes sales, distribution

Oscar Watch

WGN to drop the WB for off-net series

Chilean officials seeing Red

Rutherfurd exits Morgan

UCLA to screen documentaries

NABET, NBC near deal early on pay contract

Academy committee bows to pressure

Oz pix pair wed best friend Sony

Loeb & Loeb gets TEF

A princely plan

Jack Warfield

Sarah Delany

Twiggy girds for role in Off B'way's 'Gertie'

Leno gets mechanical

2 words draw auds: 'Internet,' 'nonfiction'

Baranski entertains offers from writers

Rock the Vote elects duo

Lewis Melvin McCreary

Davidtz leads in Disney's 'Man'

Disney sets pooch sequel

Inside Move

Provincetown festival puts Waters on 'Edge'

Hoffman scores again

Fujifilm bows new film stock

Newsday critic to N.Y. Daily News

Frances Bain Conley

Desi Geetsman

Cin-Groupe, Sony toon in 'Babies'

Cox, Miller on board at Ch. 4

Microsoft plugs $300 mil into UPC

SFX gains marketing yardage with ISI buy

Infinity board adds Sherman

Pax cracks 1.0 aud share

'Porgy and Bess' will close Berlin film fest

ShoWest to fete Sandler

Disney to bow 'Bugs' video with outtakes

Animators set expo for March

Rivals target Super half

Merge vote flops in SAG final tally

Teens like 'All That'

Sunset in Utah

Distribs in Hungary face tax hike

Casino Hall fetes Rogers

DVD Express nabs equity

Speculation surrounds Jonas' future

'Providence' shows power

Thomas takes on 'Two Goldsteins'

'Roseanne' shifts

Jones joins NL's 'Magnolia'

AFI offers Margulies award

Gibson in talks for 'Patriot'

Exec Shuffle

Schaech has stake in HBO 'Caracara'

Smith tapped Rank Group CEO

'Boy' bow wows Oz

Sony eyes online music sales plan

'Blast'-off swings

Kirch, DT seek electronic media tie

WGA East approves ABC pact

Plenty of sales but few breakouts at Sundance

Oscar Watch

Mediaset reorganizes; Tozzi resigns TV post

October sweet on 'Sugar'

Cage: $20 mil for '60 secs'

German net N-TV taps Jautz

Ballantyne picture looks bright

Crystal cashes in friends' chits

Shop at Home net puts itself on the market

Inside Move

Bertelsmann to float Web book sale unit

Miramax mag taps Watson for key post

When worlds collide: Managing the managers

Indie Feature Project picks pix for Euro Mart

Spielberg Berlin-bound

Face lifts Sprecher to VP role

Prince's $600 mil P'gram plan

Williams, Hunt to present SAGs

Italo soccer ownership limit for real

'Place,' 'Home' run

Pay dirt for 'Payback'

Prinze is getting 'Down'

Acad docu drama

A matter of Equity

'Theory' tops in Brussels

'Life' lives atop niche B.O.

Lawrence enters Creative Domain

Eagles soar past 15 million twice

Bard lords abroad

Hollywood Online taps Agoglia

Evans ankles TCI Int'l

Tozzi will produce Medusa pix

Deegan really developing E! fiction shows

Animation location

Conde Nast takes care of Details, fires editor

MGM unit is U.S. agent for Bond wares

Gaffney returns to 'GMA'

B'cast this, Clinton

Televisa to restructure debt

Blum work blooms; countdown to '13 Days'

Pix by HBO, NBC nab DGA noms

Studios feel super after Bowl pix

Oscar Watch

Knicks-Nets score in ratings

Loan may save Russian pubcaster ORT

South African e.tv to sue over license conditions

Red Sox plan 80-game sked on 6 N.E. stations

Virtual Partners

Time on AT&T's side

'Homicide' plans online sweep

Millennium means millions for headliners

Fox gets touchdown

Pyne lines Castle Rock pic

SFX enters Nederlander turf

Disney edges WB in ads

January B.O. solid despite dip from '98

Laufer flies at Blue Sky

Senator Film up in public trading

Winter chills B.O. on Broadway

Sassa joins USC board

Distrib sr. VP Myers fired as Behaviour tightens belt

Livent bailout plan opposed by creditors

Sinise roles naughty, nice

March at Col Int'l TV

AOL rings MovieFone for $388 mil in stox

ShoWest to fete Farrellys

Pearson buys TV tooner EVA

Bard lords abroad

Landmark prez to shift roles

HBO Asia setting up shop, rep in Taiwan

Prosieben sets news net

Oscar Watch

CBS, UPN shuffle skeds, set new series

Good Machine in 'Love'

Nesmith prevails in PBS fraud trial

Plexes vexed by cash shortage hex

CEO Beatty to ankle at CBC

Agency sudser rolls on; Danes decides on CAA

Col, Monkeys drag out 'Hot' pic

Italo Disney: 100K subs in 100 days

World Briefs

No political acting-out at SAG Awards

8 pix honored at Slamdance

TBS, Philips pact house in Atlanta

Callahan to head up ABC b'casting

Packer cashes in on Internet stock surge

Premieres, 'Personals,' Poitier highlight film fest

Signal-handed aid

Woodcock named prexy of L.A.'s KCOP

TNT, USA rule Jan. prime

Oz helmer McDougall 'Slap' happy

USA's hoop dreams lead to 'Milk' pic

Peter Lance

Must-carry crux

Vicuna's Impala banner offers slate of pix, docus

Thais urged to end piracy

W. Hollywood OKs theater/retail proposal

Fox gets nourishment from diminished Bowl

DGA noms line up

'Roseanne' ignores slot shift thorns

Players

Eye dumps half its kidvid sked, stays with Nelvana

Clooney sitcom goes to HBO

Wonder to testify on radio diversity to FCC

Middleton sr. VP at Col

'Independence' daze lifts

Col has a 'Need' for Black & Blu

SAG airs probe nix

Agency sudser rolls on; Danes decides on CAA

Latino scribes among Sundance/NHK winners

Huntz Hall

Going wide in Germany

Do the cable shuffle

Material Girl merchandising

Connery tapped for ShoWest '99 honors

Liotta on pic binge, sets sights on indies

007 foes beef up battle as trial date draws near

TCM still plans to run Bowery Boys marathon

Jack D. Moore

Mae Williams

Maurice J. McCall

Virginia Verrill

Unapix's 'Voices' speaks in Gotham

Trib buys Premier DataVision

3 appointed to Loews board

Writers Bloc sked to feature Leonard

Syndie TV ratings rise in morn

Brown dolls up the charts with 'Chyna'

TW revs, trips a bit

Rollman rolls to prexy of Fox Family prod'n

MSNBC's move ruffles key Peacock affils

Cesar's surprises

WB to taste 'Chocolate'

Carolina's push for lensing

Russian distribs fear tax

Sedgwick, Touchstone pact to develop series

Players

WMA ups Queally; 'Spider-Man' in court

WB taps Weiner as urban planning VP for ACMEcity

Markus, Par TV pact

Berlin to see stars

Showing write stuff

Earnings fall for Mattel

Producers to honor Bochco with Susskind lifetime award

As Sundance comes of age, fest steers to soft, safe

Oscar watch

Frank embarks for G.M., exec VP posts at Odyssey

Winchester seeks $

Greek station closed

Russia tunes to VH1 signal

'Punk' helmer inks for laffer

Century ups Shesgreen, Dittman

Producer mobilizes for shoot

A Rose for a Dame

ITV scores 4 skeins of NBA hoop roundups

Bigger TV viewer pie

Livent fires ad firm

MacRae recuperating from brain surgery

Neighbors ankles DTS

Classics get Latino push from Turner

Latino homes embrace Discovery

Lifetime gives birth to child care effort

Rainbow of songs

ABC grabs U's 'Patch,' 'Pig,' 'Joe'

'ET' leads mag pack comeback

Monster Magnet w/ Kid Rock

I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Arts

Sugar Town

Three Seasons

Trick

American Movie

On the Ropes

A Slipping-Down Life

Valerie Flake

Asterix & Obelix Vs. Caesar

Getting To Know You

The Suburbans

Traveling Saints

LaVyrle Spencer's Family Blessings

Irma Thomas

David S. Ware Quartet

Sisters 3

Rocky Horror Show

Kisses and Hugs

The Invisibles

Getting to Know You

The Suburbans

Traveling Saints

Sisters 3

Rocky Horror Show

David s. Ware Quartet

Go

You Know My Name

The '60s

The Passion of Ayn Rand

Speaking In Strings

Jawbreaker

Night Ride Home

The War Zone