Telescene productions give boost to bottom line

Nosotros sets 29th fete

Shaw profits plunge on DTH deal

'Dharma' Karma

Almodovar, Tulip write UA's 'Paper'

Vets react to Emmy nom fest

Players

Quicksilver joining Fox as affiliate rep in D.C.

Fonovisa exex plead guilty to payola

EM.TV buying into Teuton tooner TFC

A platinum palace

Todd-AO rings Liberty's bell

McKay scores new ABC deal

Gaither NBC VP, Sat. ayem

New Maverick man

Travolta's 'Numbers' up

Hughes rejoins Creative Artists

EIC talks addiction depiction

Toronto seeks part of Livent sale

Cineposium spotlights prod'n woes

Chris-Craft profits drop in half

CBS buys 20% of Rx.com

'Meet' greets yearlong title as No. 1

Furst goes digital with 'Everything'

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

Net sales up at Amazon

Vivendi adventure

WB scores Hat Trick pact

Oz pic commission to close London doors

FasTV names Freedman VP

Bradley shoots for free airtime basket

WB, Village pay attention to 'Officer'

'SNL' offers rankle reps

DreamWorks, Prime take Middle East trip

Deal 'Whipped' up

Disney dollars dip

Schlesinger answers 'Gentlemen' call

Glamour ups Bargmann

Hasbro's kid play

DeGeneres Eye-ing pilot

Justice Dept. tackles piracy

Kirch, DT near pact to market Premiere

Glisenti joins News Corp.

CBS has eye on diversity

Big Entertainment taps Freed as veep

Pix ratings deserve an 'A' for anachronistic

Greenblatt pins deal for series with Russo

AMG near linking lit boutique

Arquette, Robbins tag for WB's wrestling pic

McKellen to lord over 'Rings'

Kennedy clip fires up Fox

B.O. bakes, shakes

Off B'way Vineyard 'True'

PR Vet Cooper ankles FX

Exec Shuffle

Elliott knocks on 'Dinners' for Food Net

Frank joins Firm to develop TV projects

'Menace' cume boffo

Rogers tops forecasts

Eye living 'loca' with Martin, Dion, Twain

Moore makes Miramax move

Short road to H'wood

Amritraj, Hoberman set up shop

Players

Anachronistic pix ratings deserve an 'F'

IFFM links indies, coin

Suit seeks to bust trust

An Illuminating affair

Fine Line bidding for Pistols doc

New Regency puts Quarles in the 'Black'

Fright makes right

Soviet pix get fest boost

Brazil cablers to offer 'Net

LeVine in 1-yr. Viacom TV deal

TV crix sing for 'Sopranos'

EMI to Spice up rights via Windswept buy

CheckOut inks deal

Katz to top New York mag

'Mystery' revealed

Networking site offers assistants assistance

BV Internet, Disney up new media exex

SFX acquires Candid Prods.

NY Times nixes role in 'Bride'

Shuttered shows fuel B'way blues

Carolyn Jean Thomson Casanave

'Menace' keeps record pace in Japan

Blurb ban mulled

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

Sandra Gould

'Strong buy' rating boosts MGM

Scottish thesp Cox in Matrix benefit

IEG taps Jones, Ha for key VP positions

'Diamonds' sparkles for Pitt

Manzarek enters directing door

Kittleson named director of UCLA Film, TV Archive

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

'Lights' clicks with IATSE

German bank plots cable acquisition

John T. 'Jack' Mullin

Disney fee cut aids struggling Optus

Village taps Anderson

Oxygen, Markle fund info plan

Int'l fests get S. African pix

BBC licensing goes inhouse

Quarter animates Pixar revs

Yukfest ducat draw

Surf the 'Net on TV

NBC names weekend 'News' host

Woodstock ends in melee

MGM shuffles TV exex

Kleeman leaving Lion's den

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

'Rock' will roll at the Circle in the Square

Playwrights nab honors from Aussie writers guild

Kind cut for Stern

'Wars' soars ahead

Tranz-send taps biz VP

Under construction

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

Macrovision profits up 65% in 2nd qtr.

Secretary sues Major Clients

CBS unveils 'Early Show' studio, supporting cast

Forged under fire

Blues puts up green for U Concerts

Britain's NTL picks up CWC for $13 billion

43 Sinclair radio stations sell big

Herman back on Emmycast

Exec Shuffle

Michael Smith

Crix week bows mix

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

Toronto trusts 'Senses' to open Perspective

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

Gore ahead of Bush in Hollywood coin

Alliance Atlantis reports net loss

Disney falls for 'Love' pitch

DeMornay on call for 'ER'

New MGM team eyes Lion facelift

Gere falls for 'Women'

Inside Move

'Drew' sets live improv seg for fall

Klien & Caleo pitch strikes WB, Village

Oldman, Allen, Bridges elected to 'Contender'

New heads at Hamptons

Kimmel taps Hall to serve as topper

ABC shuffle boosts key demo rating

French fest fetes Williams

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

Financial Briefs

Sony launches AXN in Latin America

Telepic vet Axelman inks pact

ABC peace plan

The Zoetrope Zone

Faulty digital standard blurs market picture

New Line names 3 marketing exex

Exec VP Davies ankling ABC

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

Could TV mini have contributed to murders?

TCI has a namelift

Tsunami starts 'Spreading'

Fox-Par footage feud spars along

'Wings' flies Bacall back to Broadway

Frischcorn will ankle AFMA

Monk gives up 'Guys' for 'Cuckoo'

Hicks Muse nabs 49% of Brazil's Traffic SA

Gotham film critics voice disapproval with 'Eyes'

U.K.'s box office sees June bloom

Jacob upped to CPH topper

'East' on map for Locarno

Eye winks at TiVo

Danes vote on TeleDanmark

USA gets creative

Cage, Ratner find 'Family'

ATG lures a blue-chip roster

ShowEast to fete Barlow

WB adds .com to helmers

CanWest invests in U.S. Internet companies

Bobs Watson

Stunt performers prep for 'Big Day'

BSkyB's soccer win

Fininvest sells off last stake in Telepiu

German TV ad coin rises

Table-tennis spec sells

Pleskow, de Winter in Dutch deal

Roeg adds to duties at WMA

Exec Shuffle

Advertising revenue boosts Infinity quarter

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

Players

Kay gets 'Carter' to helm Stallone

Original names TV prexy

Warners makes waves with 'Blue Sea'

Jim Weisiger

Paul Novak

Charles Collins

Nelson Benedico

Sex scandals jolt Japan's TBS

Korn cobbles 9 MTV noms

Dating game twist

EMI acquires Windswept

DGA pact with producers OK'd

Busby to be busy as C-W developer VP

Anthony Marshall

IMMI Pix lassoes Marlett's 'Cowboys'

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

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

Theron swims near Fox 2000's 'Diver'

Lion crows over 'Crown'

The Dream stream

Senate nearing final OK of violence bill

Gregory W. Taylor

Educational program takes old studio path

Pathe launches new arm for worldwide film sales

Media Park to get TF1, Lauren titles

Discovery ups Martinez to sr. VP

Gold/Miller joins hands with Atlas

Sony sales slump

Financial Briefs

Cox to acquire Gannett's cable TV biz

Miramax inks Serb scribe to multipic deal

Katz's new Dream work

Sales buoy Boys at no. 1

Par ups Mendez to sr. VP

Boris Kaplan

Endemol taps Oostvogel CFO

Global music biz in love with the locals

Charter members

High-profile bow

Peacock orders laffer from Touchstone trio

German bank plots cable acquisition

Kula Shaker

Johnny Tsunami

Inspector Gadget

The Haunting

Aristocrats

Undressed

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

Jake Andrews

Gladys

King of Comedy

Dates Without Chicks