Zee TV, Canal in Talks

Black helmers unite

Star shines in fugitive interview

Street says Yahoo! to Broadcast.com

Setting cable table

Schwartz picks up '47 Dead'

March cume tomb

'Nash' makes dash to USA

CBC technicians' strike ends

TW sells Gallic cable operations to UPC

H'wood backs Afghan women

'Matrix' hops on bunny money

'Love,' 'Life' thrive

E!, Zone Vision team for all-showbiz Polish channel

Solomon to Lobell sr. VP

Aurora cooks with 'Grill'

'MNF' returns to later kickoff

Moonstone turns on tube

Lycos searches pic world

USA, Lansbury in TV deal

iBeam taps Desnoes CEO

Optus overhauls delas to cut fees to majors

Kennedy/Marshall taps Devine prez

King and Eye do the waltz

'Norm,' 'Like' back to earth

Diaz wings to 'Angels'

'Rollin' derailed by Tony rules decision

Barlow to lead Disney digital

'Kissed' on 1st date

Aspen readies Shortsfest

Feds OK DirecTV's acquisition of USSB

Exec Shuffle

Film fest to fete Donen, Steiger

News' sports spree

Marvel gains credit

Players

Evolution on the horizon for Clear Blue Sky Prods.

Allen casts self, Rapaport in new pic

Agreement reached: It's 'Aloha Baywatch'

Kids' WB ups 'Pokemon' run

ABC, affils put off pigskin plan

High notes at 'Sopranos' fete

Gotham's rude mood

Smith's new consultancy lands Bond, other pix & vids

Sky finds Argentina partner in Telecom

Voices for UPN's 'Quints' set

Miramax to redo 'Harvey'

Inside Move

To 'Forgive' again

D'Works plants Pellington for Gerritsen's 'Harvest'

BBC America on DirecTV

Key to Instrument

Gil Perkins

UPN sweeps in wrestling

UCLA to unspool rare pix

Tentpoles shuffle roster; 'West' goes for yuks

TNT climbs out of saddle for longforms

'Xena' cuts Krishna

Trimark bites into 'Carnivore'

Showtime preps pic on blacklist 'Battle'

Court TV bows ad campaign

World Briefs

Japan to abandon HDTV analog format by 2007

April finds the Universal in Oz

F/x house Cinesite taps trio

Hearst ups Shepard, McCloat

B'way heats up with 'Iceman,' others

Off B'way grand dame Lucille Lortel dies at 98

Jane Finkel

Mega opposition

'SNL's' Kattan to pick 'Bone'

Merger most foul

Liebman in Sony TV deal

A&E commits more 'Murder'

Exec Shuffle

Calif. Senate OKs celeb bill

NTV to beam baseball

Howard's time share: $2 mil

NAB ups Schulte

Helmers try Buenos Aires indie festival

Hearst-Argyle taps Mackin to exec VP

Gary Morton

Dick Barlow memorial

BVI exits Argentine distrib

'Cruel' rules o'seas

Lionel Bart

DVD demand plays in consumer market

Ducks' suit moves forward

Blatt ankles Miramax post

Gibson pic tees off in Louisiana

New 'Star' born with firm terms

Rupe, Malone in big deal

'Futurama' cools, but still holds on to auds

Petersen, NFL kick off Insider mag

Source Media taps Palley

U ups Barder

Japan pic hopes to 'KO' Taiwan

Carmike bond bond

Yeltsin's veto of broadcast morality bill faces challenge

Bunnies hop to 'Life,' 'Love' at o'seas B.O.

Minority interest

Streaming video sites' stock skyrockets

Leigh, Turner put 'View' in family way

Howard, Grazer look to show up 'Truman'

Spielberg donates 500K for USC film tech studies

D.C. gets cash for pic archives

Burlage group buying ghostly Harvey Ent.

'Star' tourists trek to 'Menace'

DVD industry bowing ad campaign

Howard Bell

Mex media stox sale sets stage for players

Pace, Nederlander bank on 'Tallulah'

L.A. pic shoots down 27%

Exec Shuffle

PubCol

Powell named senior VP, NBC

Stevens' digital 'Sam' plan

Michael Stewart

Russia short of film coin

Cinemaxx moves on Denmark

Tuneful alliance

Fox News taps Haig

Cable king wires H'wood

Calnan to be UPN exec VP

TBS finding 'Thrills'

Telemundo airs Billboard Int'l Latin Music Awards

Cusak, Zahn to intervene in Col's 'Life of the Party'

Marlins rock WAMI

Triple Axel skates to $40 mil, 9-pic deal

O'Neil to program WPIX

Gen Art indie fest readied

David Oren Ward

'Life' lives at top

Ashmore upped in UIP reshuffle

U.K. cablers may link

SAG vote OK'd as runoff set

'Wit' sweeps Lortel nods

Fox reclaims ads in latest affil pill

Five years of D'Works pix headed to Turner outlets

Eye lines up new sked for Wed. nights

A 'Secret' victory

IFP scripts N.Y. event

India TV on strike

Four Brazilian producers pact to form 5+ alliance

Inside Moves

Col travels globe

'Star' has trailer hitch

UPN returns spots to affils for summer

Odeon sets share price

Clarke's 'Connection' starts Women's Film Fest April 22

Indonesia gov't to aid pic biz

Snipes sets slate; Washington tackles gridiron

Oz's TEN gets profits boost

MTV et al will wed NYSE in bell-ringer

Viacom courts Spider-Man TV

Tops one more time

Barrandov in black

Fox dives into int'l DVD waters with 'Titanic' disc

Playing Trump card

Yadda Yadda Yada

Net result: Seagram's stock soars

Lupone perf to benefit Conn. town

Liberty bell-ringer

Fox's four-toon Tue. stumbles in first try

ESPN sports extra ad time for cable ops

Players

Bids come in for Poland's Lodz

NBC Sports taps Monaghan veep

Tenpercentaries

Hoyts, Village Roadshow talk merger

DiCaprio options novel 'Dreamland' for Birken

Weinsteins finds unorthodox way 'round 'Dogma' dilemma

Gun for Hire is cocked

Jan moves to Reel.com as veep

PBS raises record $55.4 mil

Miramax gets 'Chocolat' fix

Kaplan to helm 'Calle' for Royal

'Matrix,' 'Analyze' push Warners to No. 1 for year

Cleveland jokes may be passe as city aids pics

Gaston to steer 'Beyond'

Fox drama casts Alba in the 'Dark'

DIC sells 'Archie,' 'Holmes' to Pax

Oz OKs tax plan to raise pic coin

Moral of story: Controversy can help

Ross puts on top hat at Fox L&M

Barry bags a bundle

Powell named senior VP, NBC

Writer Lonergan to helm pic

24 Nights

Crashing Eden

Dumbarton Bridge

Heroes and Other Cowards

Convergence

Standing on Fishes

Fiona

The Guest

To the Horizon and Beyond

Everything's Gonna Be Great

Lucignolo

Lila Lili

Lust for Life

I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now

Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi

Silence Broken: Korean Comfort Women

Jose Rizal

Guns and Roses

The Out-of-Towners - 'Towners' Plays As Likable Lightweight

A Day in Black and White

Il Cielo in Una Stanza

Paperback Hero

Hunger and Thirst

Dead End

The Big Moment

The Awful Truth

Silvia Prieto

Karma Local

After the End of the World

In the Beginning There Was Underwear

Farewell Pavel

Love & Crime

Angel of the Night

Spin the Bottle

The Girl on the Bridge

Not of This World

Plunkett & Macleane

The Sky Is Falling

Aksuat

Thrane's Method

Trust

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Gum

Red

Howie the Rookie

The Magic Fire

Oo-Bla-Dee

The Presentment

Sheryl Crow

2.5 Minute Ride

The Weir

Monday

Family

The Sexual Life of the Belgians Part 3: The Closing Down of the Renault Factory at Vilvoorde

Everything's Relative

Body Human 2000: Love, Sex & the Miracle of Birth

Everything's Relative

Blue Moon

The Residents

Silverchair

Go

The Residents

Bobby G. Can't Swim

Mercury Rev

The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth

36 Hours to Die

Mercury Rev