Table of Contents
Week of 08/06/1999

Articles

SBS stock up on first day with AEX

 

UPC buying spree continues

 

NBC Sports revs up for NASCAR spec

 

Fee hike under fire

 

Canal Plus selling 50% of Telepiu

 

DVD snafu in Japan hurts 'Armageddon'

 

World Briefs

 

Report says Irish pix need gov't fix

 

Carlton will take ad venture to U.S.

 

South African police bust CD piracy ring

 

Toonz Animation opens India facility

 

USA interactivity

 

Fox, Par end footage feud

 

Players will get 'Bangin'

 

'Crocodile' inspiration shot, killed

 

Robert Benjamin Bring

 

Pierce upped to VP at UPN

 

Lycos tunes up 'Net with Sonique buy

 

Profits drop for U.K.'s Odeon chain

 

Digital house taps Greer

 

Telewest takeovers take toll

 

Taylor gets close to God

 

UPN's silver lining

 

WB's Rathbun exiting sr. VP production post

 

Downey gets 3 yr. prison term for parole violations

 

Intermedia 'Whipped' up rights

 

Fleece headed to 'Real'

 

TV producer, deejay Weed dies of cancer

 

Players

 

TBS reels in 'Blue Sea'

 

Zucker at start of 'Race' for Par

 

Technicolor projects digital Real Image

 

Sutman to U's sr. VP and CFO

 

Fox scoring with baseball

 

FCC ending duopoly ban

 

Parton buys 'Jew Store' for pic producing debut

 

DirecTV dunks satcast right to NBA games

 

WB skeds Radio Awards

 

Emmy Watch

 

MGM wedded to Robinson's 'Single' script

 

Labor happily sings blues

 

Ante upped Czech TV war

 

Canuck net CTV reorganizes debt

 

Keystone gets new directors

 

Stokes seeking to renegotiate

 

Walker may 'Squelch' teen thriller

 

'Teena' tops at Great Plains

 

Imai's 'Winds' of war blows Off B'Way

 

Wiatt ankles ICM

 

Calvin Jones

 

Danielle Surrette

 

Richard S. Dubelman

 

Anne Honigberg

 

Kazuo Miyagawa

 

Myers exits Seagal-Nasso

 

Thesps on board NL's 'Campers'

 

Jersey, Col like 'Lounge'

 

Syndie vet Zaleski dies at 66

 

Peacock signs Windsor to Queen Mum biopic

 

Synergi 'Shake' up

 

Pic title may lose its 'Bounce'

 

Tyro's terrif week

 

Block to the future

 

'Sense' spooks 'Witch'

 

D'Works boots up CDK

 

TV stox up on news of FCC owner rulings

 

Teutonic players stock up on biz

 

'Bone' will preem in Montreal

 

EM.TV nabs Wild Brain 'Dog'

 

San Sebastian kudos to Huston, Redgrave

 

'West' zesty o'seas

 

Viewer's Choice gets into games

 

SAG board member will push misconduct charge

 

Exec Shuffle

 

WB gives Clements Frog gig

 

Granada taps Johnson VP

 

ILM adds two directors

 

Players

 

AFTRA battles BET

 

Douglas, other cowpokes get Golden Boot awards

 

Warner Bros. ups O'Connor to distrib VP

 

William Morris wooing Wiatt

 

Col TriStar ups 'Creek' exec

 

Rosenberg to pen drama for Col TriStar TV

 

Canuck prod'n building

 

'Riptide' churns up at Fox

 

Coward film, TV retros skedded for both coasts

 

Col TriStar distrib taps Elizalde

 

Odyssey web takes 'Road to Avonlea'

 

Full Moon expanding

 

'Toon Net Online ups Changnon

 

Danner promted by Fox

 

Wiatt's pied piper of WMA

 

Wiatt WMA's prexy, co-CEO

 

Disney fields Tolkin pitch

 

'New Economy' not catching on in H'wood

 

Lesley Pitts

 

Bill Hillman

 

Kathryn Murray

 

William James Fadiman

 

O'seas bows wow

 

Public integration

 

Bertelsmann, Kirch keep Beckenbauer

 

Rivals blast BBC digital tax

 

Spielberg scouting Prague

 

Front Row digital bow to squeeze BSkyB arm

 

CME orbits Prague's Galaxie

 

Deutsche Telekom extends bid period

 

Mediaset investors revise stakes

 

Granada wrangling for stake in Leeds

 

Comcast 2nd qtr. revenues up 23%

 

Dutch channels lift SBS revenues

 

Toonz draws vets

 

Indie films, 'Net firms will merge

 

TV Guide linking up

 

Littlefield, Hunegs join AtomFilms

 

Victor Mature dies at 86

 

Elizabeth Howell

 

USA B'casting gives Dallas a local angle

 

Casino ads will not be banned

 

'Blair' fare a big hit on Web

 

Time Warner's People adds Simple offshoot

 

Paxson on the block after key FCC ruling

 

Graphics confab opens

 

Disney enters Houston name into 'Diaries'

 

ABC gets 'Sense' of Disney synergy

 

UA Films to make 'Things'

 

Spelling knows what webs want

 

Daughter rebuilds Castle of horror

 

UPN primes 'Voyager' for fall weeknights on KCOP

 

Lin, 21st bank on minority ownership

 

Hopkins' 'Woman' rekindled

 

Lifetime devotion

 

DreamWorks, NBC sign-up 'X-files' duo

 

Venice Fest wields Fincher's 'Club'

 

Disney tiers into cable management

 

Inside Moves

 

Finks moves with 'August'

 

Tektronix sells vid biz

 

Turner names Humphrey for new biz, techno post

 

Trimark taps Stodel VP of acquisitions

 

NBC gives Net2Phone a call

 

Rydell sets his sights on Molina's 'Survivors'

 

B'way B.O. bounces back with breezes

 

Judge: Rentrak can sue vid'tailer Hollywood

 

WWOR takes late 'Trek'

 

Par confirms Diggins exec VP

 

Quality TV org honors 'Raymond,' 'Practice'

 

Settlement in 'Company' flap

 

John F. Crohan

 

Ticketmaster chooses American Express card

 

'Drylongso' tops Urbanworld

 

Alternative slate

 

U.S. Big Fights loses Oz Olympics fight

 

Happening Group slates forum for 'Red Archives'

 

Finnish start big for 'Star'

 

Rifkin relaxes into role of manager

 

World Briefs

 

BIFF boosts auds 12% in 8th edition

 

Geffen season to include Chekhov's 'Vanya,' 'Blues'

 

Drabinsky marks ouster anni with reply to Ovitz statement

 

Sony expands web presence

 

Sony zeroes in on Wolfe script

 

U taps Watts as vid arm VP

 

SAG board pushes election probe

 

USA Broadcasting taps Arnett veep

 

Indie filmers' 'Wirey' wends way to Winstar

 

Lifetime gets Haskins

 

Hollywood Fest's best

 

Players

 

Marketer Porter gets Destination

 

Promoters form SFX alternative

 

Touchstone catches Osborne 'Boomerang'

 

Brits go Hollywood

 

World fuels fest

 

Disney fields Tolkin pitch

 

'Playboy' money

 

CNBC floors it for 'Business' ratings

 

CTFDI has two for biz, finances

 

Imax profits tumble, but fall has cushion

 

Spice Girls' creator dies

 

Marvel reports $11 mil loss, sales rise

 

Exhibs feel profit pinch

 

USA Films picks Myers as senior business veep

 

Interest rate scare hits B'buster in IPO

 

Expand the brand

 

Jennifer Paterson

 

Miller to operate as Kushner-Locke sr. VP

 

Saban shuffles 4 exex

 

TNT's 'Hamlet' rides Mercedes

 

Fitzgerald fits Par as TV veep

 

Stars chip in to help Woods' foundation

 

Writers' muse still low-tech

 

SGI morphs anew into smaller f/x supplier

 

Mamet heads to 'Maine' for pic biz satire

 

Eye moves past NBC in homes

 

First-time nominee

 

Covering the event

 

PBS finds ways to build awareness

 

Afterward, it's party time

 

New blood brings element of surprise

 

Pulling the show together brings host of issues

 

Academy acknowledges homeless shows, thesps

 

Anita Carter

 

Patricia Zipprodt

 

Mobs, dolls and dads

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Nerine Shatner

 

Pacific Northwest salvages 'Navy Diver'

 

First day of trading hardly a Blockbuster

 

Financial Briefs

 

Expanded exhibition

 

Sale to net Cox $3 bil

 

Losses up at Cinemark, AMC, but revenue rises

 

Heston hasn't seen the light

 

Myers gets $20 mil for 'Sprockets'

 

Springer slipping

 

War game shows Ovitz, 'Net synergy

 

Foster joins Carlton

 

Carsey-Werner ups Desiante

 

'Forgive' ups Seigel Levine

 

New directors named at Fox

 

Eureka: Hyde ride to Europe

 

Sichel, Mico take off for online Launch

 

USA, Sci-Fi share 'Placid' window

 

TVSN closes $25 mil IPO deal

 

U, Jersey Shore get 'High' on Wu-Tang

 

Splendid joins IPO bandwagon

 

Vancouver fest sets scary sked

 

Bertelsmann deleting hate lit

 

Lion-less UIP eyes indie to fill slate

 

Skyrocketing subs

 

Azoff ends Nomura suit in settlement

 

HBO places mini bet on six-hour 'Corner'

 

Bash set for 'Fantasia 2000'

 

Fleischer stars at Cinematheque retro

 

Carpenter to lead tech at digital entertainment

 

PPV packs perfs for 'Sinbad's Soul'

 

Brill dealing with devilish directing job

 

Air IMAX got game

 

Rifkin rocks 'Finals' with Bing, Destination

 

Richter shakes 'Conan' with news of spring exit

 

Ad org backs WB family TV

 

TV promos be-'Witch'-ed

 

Boys bounce back

 

'Bowfinger' bows

 

Kiss-and-tell time

 

Introducing 'Dorothy' to legendary eatery

 

Rubin-Vega snaps up 'Gum'

 

Polka Dot to get new venue

 

WB Network nabs piece of the 'Pie'

 

Eye web punches in for New Regency 'Fight'

 

CanWest buys into Alliance

 

Altman's 'Dr. T' may test Hunt's reflexes

 

Vinterberg to helm 'Lie'

 

Media want their Replay TV

 

Chuck Anderson

 

Bob Lucas

 

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The Match

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Upside Down

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Wednesday's Child

Ready Willing & Able

My Father, My Mother, My Sister and My Brothers ...

Feeling Sexy

Talk - Brown's Conversation Piece

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