Telescene productions give boost to bottom line

Vivendi adventure

EM.TV buying into Teuton tooner TFC

WB scores Hat Trick pact

Nosotros sets 29th fete

EIC talks addiction depiction

Toronto seeks part of Livent sale

Oz pic commission to close London doors

Cineposium spotlights prod'n woes

Shaw profits plunge on DTH deal

Chris-Craft profits drop in half

FasTV names Freedman VP

Bradley shoots for free airtime basket

A platinum palace

'Dharma' Karma

CBS buys 20% of Rx.com

'Meet' greets yearlong title as No. 1

WB, Village pay attention to 'Officer'

Todd-AO rings Liberty's bell

Almodovar, Tulip write UA's 'Paper'

Vets react to Emmy nom fest

'SNL' offers rankle reps

Players

Furst goes digital with 'Everything'

McKay scores new ABC deal

Gaither NBC VP, Sat. ayem

Quicksilver joining Fox as affiliate rep in D.C.

DreamWorks, Prime take Middle East trip

New Maverick man

Travolta's 'Numbers' up

Deal 'Whipped' up

Disney dollars dip

Schlesinger answers 'Gentlemen' call

Fonovisa exex plead guilty to payola

Hughes rejoins Creative Artists

U.K. Ch. Four seeks 'Queer' deal

Net sales up at Amazon

Glamour ups Bargmann

Eye living 'loca' with Martin, Dion, Twain

Hasbro's kid play

Fine Line bidding for Pistols doc

Moore makes Miramax move

Greenblatt pins deal for series with Russo

DeGeneres Eye-ing pilot

New Regency puts Quarles in the 'Black'

Short road to H'wood

Amritraj, Hoberman set up shop

AMG near linking lit boutique

Arquette, Robbins tag for WB's wrestling pic

Justice Dept. tackles piracy

McKellen to lord over 'Rings'

Kennedy clip fires up Fox

Players

Fright makes right

B.O. bakes, shakes

Off B'way Vineyard 'True'

Anachronistic pix ratings deserve an 'F'

Kirch, DT near pact to market Premiere

Soviet pix get fest boost

Brazil cablers to offer 'Net

IFFM links indies, coin

Glisenti joins News Corp.

LeVine in 1-yr. Viacom TV deal

TV crix sing for 'Sopranos'

Suit seeks to bust trust

EMI to Spice up rights via Windswept buy

PR Vet Cooper ankles FX

Exec Shuffle

CheckOut inks deal

Elliott knocks on 'Dinners' for Food Net

Katz to top New York mag

Frank joins Firm to develop TV projects

'Menace' cume boffo

Rogers tops forecasts

An Illuminating affair

CBS has eye on diversity

'Mystery' revealed

Networking site offers assistants assistance

Big Entertainment taps Freed as veep

Pix ratings deserve an 'A' for anachronistic

Disney fee cut aids struggling Optus

'Menace' keeps record pace in Japan

Village taps Anderson

Playwrights nab honors from Aussie writers guild

Blurb ban mulled

Kind cut for Stern

Oxygen, Markle fund info plan

Int'l fests get S. African pix

BBC licensing goes inhouse

Reed upped to VP at Buena Vista Pix

ABC leads reporting rivals with news, docu Emmy nods

'Toughman' scores big for FX

Damon may 'Report' to Spielberg

Clear channels record quarter

Cox Radio income jumps

Quarter animates Pixar revs

Sandra Gould

Yukfest ducat draw

'Wars' soars ahead

Surf the 'Net on TV

Tranz-send taps biz VP

'Strong buy' rating boosts MGM

BV Internet, Disney up new media exex

Under construction

NBC names weekend 'News' host

'Election's' Payne in talks for 'Esquivel'

SFX acquires Candid Prods.

Scottish thesp Cox in Matrix benefit

Macrovision profits up 65% in 2nd qtr.

IEG taps Jones, Ha for key VP positions

Secretary sues Major Clients

CBS unveils 'Early Show' studio, supporting cast

Woodstock ends in melee

'Diamonds' sparkles for Pitt

NY Times nixes role in 'Bride'

Forged under fire

MGM shuffles TV exex

Blues puts up green for U Concerts

Britain's NTL picks up CWC for $13 billion

43 Sinclair radio stations sell big

Kleeman leaving Lion's den

Manzarek enters directing door

Kittleson named director of UCLA Film, TV Archive

Gotham crix weigh in on WB's 'Shut' edits

'Cats' to mew into Vegas' MGM Grand in Sept.

Herman back on Emmycast

Exec Shuffle

Shuttered shows fuel B'way blues

'Lights' clicks with IATSE

'Rock' will roll at the Circle in the Square

German bank plots cable acquisition

Carolyn Jean Thomson Casanave

John T. 'Jack' Mullin

Michael Smith

ABC shuffle boosts key demo rating

U.K.'s box office sees June bloom

Jacob upped to CPH topper

French fest fetes Williams

'East' on map for Locarno

Crix week bows mix

Musicmaker.com downloads $5 mil pact with Tunes.com

TCI has a namelift

Financial Briefs

7th Art plucks 'Strings' for N.Y. preem

Eye winks at TiVo

Danes vote on TeleDanmark

Toronto trusts 'Senses' to open Perspective

USA gets creative

Feig signs with Artisan for 1-year, 1st-look deal

Sony launches AXN in Latin America

Telepic vet Axelman inks pact

Tsunami starts 'Spreading'

Gore ahead of Bush in Hollywood coin

Fox-Par footage feud spars along

Alliance Atlantis reports net loss

Disney falls for 'Love' pitch

Cage, Ratner find 'Family'

ABC peace plan

DeMornay on call for 'ER'

'Wings' flies Bacall back to Broadway

New MGM team eyes Lion facelift

Gere falls for 'Women'

Inside Move

The Zoetrope Zone

'Drew' sets live improv seg for fall

Klien & Caleo pitch strikes WB, Village

Faulty digital standard blurs market picture

Frischcorn will ankle AFMA

New Line names 3 marketing exex

Oldman, Allen, Bridges elected to 'Contender'

Exec VP Davies ankling ABC

ATG lures a blue-chip roster

New heads at Hamptons

Kimmel taps Hall to serve as topper

ShowEast to fete Barlow

Monk gives up 'Guys' for 'Cuckoo'

Brown, Strathairn eye 'Dead' deal Off B'way

Hicks Muse nabs 49% of Brazil's Traffic SA

WB adds .com to helmers

CanWest invests in U.S. Internet companies

Gotham film critics voice disapproval with 'Eyes'

Could TV mini have contributed to murders?

Bobs Watson

Stunt performers prep for 'Big Day'

Educational program takes old studio path

Sex scandals jolt Japan's TBS

Pathe launches new arm for worldwide film sales

Endemol taps Oostvogel CFO

BSkyB's soccer win

Fininvest sells off last stake in Telepiu

Media Park to get TF1, Lauren titles

Discovery ups Martinez to sr. VP

Korn cobbles 9 MTV noms

Global music biz in love with the locals

German TV ad coin rises

Table-tennis spec sells

Pleskow, de Winter in Dutch deal

Dating game twist

Roeg adds to duties at WMA

Gold/Miller joins hands with Atlas

Exec Shuffle

Sony sales slump

Charter members

Advertising revenue boosts Infinity quarter

EMI acquires Windswept

Financial Briefs

WB takes 'Coast' route; Par likes 'Strippers'

Players

High-profile bow

Peacock orders laffer from Touchstone trio

DGA pact with producers OK'd

Busby to be busy as C-W developer VP

Anthony Marshall

Cox to acquire Gannett's cable TV biz

Miramax inks Serb scribe to multipic deal

IMMI Pix lassoes Marlett's 'Cowboys'

'Ryan's' next attack: sell-through market

Katz's new Dream work

Kay gets 'Carter' to helm Stallone

Original names TV prexy

Moonves not moving

Miramax leading 'Camino' to B'way

Sci-Fi reups Henson's 'Farscape' for 2nd year

Cable web ratings rattle

Syndie week suffers, surfs in summer

Sales buoy Boys at no. 1

Theron swims near Fox 2000's 'Diver'

Lion crows over 'Crown'

Warners makes waves with 'Blue Sea'

The Dream stream

Par ups Mendez to sr. VP

Senate nearing final OK of violence bill

German bank plots cable acquisition

Boris Kaplan

Jim Weisiger

Paul Novak

Charles Collins

Gregory W. Taylor

Nelson Benedico

Kula Shaker

Inspector Gadget

The Haunting

Johnny Tsunami

Undressed

Aristocrats

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me

The Thomas Crown Affair

Deep Blue Sea

Runaway Bride

Gorgeous

Dear Liar

After the Fair

Disposing of the Body

Easy Virtue

Key West

King of Comedy

Gorgeous

Life Is Whistling

The Clown Smiles

Furia

Inspector Gadget

The Children of Chabannes

People Who Love Each Other

Homeboys on the Beach

Gladys

People Who Love Each Other

The Treaty of Chance

The Children of Chabannes

Dick

Gladys

King of Comedy

Jake Andrews

Dates Without Chicks