Canal Plus selling 50% of Telepiu

DVD snafu in Japan hurts 'Armageddon'

Players will get 'Bangin'

'Crocodile' inspiration shot, killed

Robert Benjamin Bring

Telewest takeovers take toll

WB's Rathbun exiting sr. VP production post

Technicolor projects digital Real Image

Fox scoring with baseball

FCC ending duopoly ban

MGM wedded to Robinson's 'Single' script

Keystone gets new directors

Calvin Jones

UPC buying spree continues

World Briefs

Toonz Animation opens India facility

Fox, Par end footage feud

Pierce upped to VP at UPN

TV producer, deejay Weed dies of cancer

TBS reels in 'Blue Sea'

DirecTV dunks satcast right to NBA games

Ante upped Czech TV war

Canuck net CTV reorganizes debt

Stokes seeking to renegotiate

'Teena' tops at Great Plains

Danielle Surrette

SBS stock up on first day with AEX

Fee hike under fire

Report says Irish pix need gov't fix

Carlton will take ad venture to U.S.

USA interactivity

Profits drop for U.K.'s Odeon chain

Taylor gets close to God

UPN's silver lining

Intermedia 'Whipped' up rights

Players

WB skeds Radio Awards

Emmy Watch

Labor happily sings blues

Anne Honigberg

NBC Sports revs up for NASCAR spec

South African police bust CD piracy ring

Lycos tunes up 'Net with Sonique buy

Digital house taps Greer

Downey gets 3 yr. prison term for parole violations

Fleece headed to 'Real'

Zucker at start of 'Race' for Par

Sutman to U's sr. VP and CFO

Parton buys 'Jew Store' for pic producing debut

Walker may 'Squelch' teen thriller

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

Wiatt ankles ICM

Richard S. Dubelman

Jersey, Col like 'Lounge'

'Sense' spooks 'Witch'

San Sebastian kudos to Huston, Redgrave

WB gives Clements Frog gig

Granada taps Johnson VP

ILM adds two directors

AFTRA battles BET

Myers exits Seagal-Nasso

Block to the future

D'Works boots up CDK

Teutonic players stock up on biz

Exec Shuffle

Douglas, other cowpokes get Golden Boot awards

William Morris wooing Wiatt

Col TriStar ups 'Creek' exec

Canuck prod'n building

'Riptide' churns up at Fox

Wiatt WMA's prexy, co-CEO

'New Economy' not catching on in H'wood

Peacock signs Windsor to Queen Mum biopic

Synergi 'Shake' up

Tyro's terrif week

TV stox up on news of FCC owner rulings

EM.TV nabs Wild Brain 'Dog'

'West' zesty o'seas

Players

Coward film, TV retros skedded for both coasts

Col TriStar distrib taps Elizalde

Odyssey web takes 'Road to Avonlea'

'Toon Net Online ups Changnon

Bill Hillman

Kathryn Murray

Kazuo Miyagawa

Thesps on board NL's 'Campers'

Syndie vet Zaleski dies at 66

Pic title may lose its 'Bounce'

'Bone' will preem in Montreal

Viewer's Choice gets into games

SAG board member will push misconduct charge

Warner Bros. ups O'Connor to distrib VP

Rosenberg to pen drama for Col TriStar TV

Full Moon expanding

Danner promted by Fox

Wiatt's pied piper of WMA

Disney fields Tolkin pitch

Lesley Pitts

William James Fadiman

O'seas bows wow

Bertelsmann, Kirch keep Beckenbauer

Front Row digital bow to squeeze BSkyB arm

Deutsche Telekom extends bid period

Dutch channels lift SBS revenues

Victor Mature dies at 86

USA B'casting gives Dallas a local angle

Time Warner's People adds Simple offshoot

Inside Moves

Finks moves with 'August'

Rydell sets his sights on Molina's 'Survivors'

WWOR takes late 'Trek'

Settlement in 'Company' flap

John F. Crohan

Rivals blast BBC digital tax

Spielberg scouting Prague

Toonz draws vets

TV Guide linking up

Casino ads will not be banned

'Blair' fare a big hit on Web

Graphics confab opens

Disney enters Houston name into 'Diaries'

ABC gets 'Sense' of Disney synergy

Spelling knows what webs want

Daughter rebuilds Castle of horror

UPN primes 'Voyager' for fall weeknights on KCOP

Disney tiers into cable management

Trimark taps Stodel VP of acquisitions

Quality TV org honors 'Raymond,' 'Practice'

Granada wrangling for stake in Leeds

Littlefield, Hunegs join AtomFilms

Elizabeth Howell

Paxson on the block after key FCC ruling

Hopkins' 'Woman' rekindled

Judge: Rentrak can sue vid'tailer Hollywood

Public integration

CME orbits Prague's Galaxie

Mediaset investors revise stakes

Comcast 2nd qtr. revenues up 23%

Indie films, 'Net firms will merge

UA Films to make 'Things'

Lin, 21st bank on minority ownership

Lifetime devotion

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

Venice Fest wields Fincher's 'Club'

Tektronix sells vid biz

Turner names Humphrey for new biz, techno post

NBC gives Net2Phone a call

B'way B.O. bounces back with breezes

Par confirms Diggins exec VP

'Drylongso' tops Urbanworld

Happening Group slates forum for 'Red Archives'

BIFF boosts auds 12% in 8th edition

Drabinsky marks ouster anni with reply to Ovitz statement

Sony expands web presence

Sony zeroes in on Wolfe script

USA Broadcasting taps Arnett veep

Indie filmers' 'Wirey' wends way to Winstar

Players

World fuels fest

Exhibs feel profit pinch

USA Films picks Myers as senior business veep

Expand the brand

Saban shuffles 4 exex

Writers' muse still low-tech

SGI morphs anew into smaller f/x supplier

Mamet heads to 'Maine' for pic biz satire

Patricia Zipprodt

Ticketmaster chooses American Express card

Rifkin relaxes into role of manager

U taps Watts as vid arm VP

SAG board pushes election probe

Touchstone catches Osborne 'Boomerang'

CTFDI has two for biz, finances

Miller to operate as Kushner-Locke sr. VP

TNT's 'Hamlet' rides Mercedes

Eye moves past NBC in homes

First-time nominee

Covering the event

Academy acknowledges homeless shows, thesps

World Briefs

Hollywood Fest's best

'Playboy' money

CNBC floors it for 'Business' ratings

Imax profits tumble, but fall has cushion

Spice Girls' creator dies

Marvel reports $11 mil loss, sales rise

Jennifer Paterson

PBS finds ways to build awareness

Afterward, it's party time

Pulling the show together brings host of issues

Alternative slate

U.S. Big Fights loses Oz Olympics fight

Finnish start big for 'Star'

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

Lifetime gets Haskins

Marketer Porter gets Destination

Promoters form SFX alternative

Brits go Hollywood

Disney fields Tolkin pitch

Interest rate scare hits B'buster in IPO

Fitzgerald fits Par as TV veep

Stars chip in to help Woods' foundation

New blood brings element of surprise

Anita Carter

Nerine Shatner

Heston hasn't seen the light

Foster joins Carlton

Carsey-Werner ups Desiante

Splendid joins IPO bandwagon

Lion-less UIP eyes indie to fill slate

Air IMAX got game

Kiss-and-tell time

Bob Lucas

Mobs, dolls and dads

Exec Shuffle

First day of trading hardly a Blockbuster

Sale to net Cox $3 bil

Losses up at Cinemark, AMC, but revenue rises

Eureka: Hyde ride to Europe

TVSN closes $25 mil IPO deal

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

Fleischer stars at Cinematheque retro

Ad org backs WB family TV

TV promos be-'Witch'-ed

Boys bounce back

'Bowfinger' bows

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

Chuck Anderson

Springer slipping

'Forgive' ups Seigel Levine

Sichel, Mico take off for online Launch

Vancouver fest sets scary sked

Skyrocketing subs

Azoff ends Nomura suit in settlement

HBO places mini bet on six-hour 'Corner'

Bash set for 'Fantasia 2000'

Carpenter to lead tech at digital entertainment

PPV packs perfs for 'Sinbad's Soul'

Rifkin rocks 'Finals' with Bing, Destination

Richter shakes 'Conan' with news of spring exit

Rubin-Vega snaps up 'Gum'

Vinterberg to helm 'Lie'

Pacific Northwest salvages 'Navy Diver'

Financial Briefs

Expanded exhibition

Myers gets $20 mil for 'Sprockets'

War game shows Ovitz, 'Net synergy

New directors named at Fox

USA, Sci-Fi share 'Placid' window

Bertelsmann deleting hate lit

Brill dealing with devilish directing job

Introducing 'Dorothy' to legendary eatery

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

Media want their Replay TV

Regina Carter; Dee Dee Bridgewater; Ray Brown; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

St. Nicholas

Rage Against the Machine

East-West

The Story of Computer Graphics

Detroit Rock City

Regina Carter; Dee Dee Bridgewater; Ray Brown; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

St. Nicholas

A Good Swift Kick

Jane Eyre

The Last Station

Last Dance at Dum Dum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Barrymore

That Summer

The Gathering

Strange Planet

The Match

Sammyville

Captive Audience

Random Acts of Violence

Upside Down

The Innocents

Wednesday's Child

Ready Willing & Able

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

Feeling Sexy

Talk - Brown's Conversation Piece

Strange Planet

The Match

Bowfinger

Jerry Goldsmith; L.A. Philharmonic

Julian Coryell

As You Like It

Rodelinda

Bad Company

Our Contributions: The Italians in America

Al Kooper

REM

The Muse

First Daughter

Jimmy Zip

Sweetwater

Shakespeare's Villains