Cablevision clicks

Macrovision, Digimarc pact

Zhang's 'Seventeen' secures Venice slot

Famous Music has Blondie ambition

Opener at IFFM fit for a 'King'

ErgoArts starts with 'Song'

Crix voice their opinions ... whatever they are

'Beauty' will preem at Toronto fest

Miramax inks deal for 2 pix from scribes

World Briefs

Investors log on to BET for 'Net venture

Homegrown heroes

Marshall re-elected as topper of ATAS

Talkshow host by day, 'Millionaire' by night

Morrow makes move on Masters' Mouse memoirs

'Blair' bandwagon full

Colpix seals 'Fate'

New Line inks 'Net links for DVDs

Modern Times shuffles execs

Players

Sony Music taps Coleman

Frog net seeing more 'Stars'

WB ups Cohen

Siggraph reps retreat with reels & resumes

Minorities Chased into b'cast ownership

New ways to hype H'wood

Duchovny sues Fox over TV rights sales

Forrester makes million off 'Gazillion'

King World CEO ankles amid deal

Comedy fest sets Showcase deadline

Org urges talks with TiVo, Replay

TNN pins down Taz

Nelvana near nirvana with deal, financials

Goldberg upped at Village Roadshow

Sitcom added to USA slate

Canuck gov't settles tussle

USIS fetes black cinema

RTL lampoons German leader

BSkyB near stake in Chelsea soccer team

TBS gives Women's Network heave-ho

Sony Japan to sell music over the 'Net

Cable & Wireless Optus posts profit in turnaround

Terpeluk inas NL publicity manager

La Salle's 'ER' cure: 3 years, $27 mil

Ramis, WB ink deal for two TV pilots

Paxnet pacts with 'Pageant'

'Love' in Playboy Mansion

Malone net plants 'Seed'

New law firm protects copyrights

'Blair' niche project

Playboy gives biz to Chasin

Laser-Pacific boosts revs

C-W makes inroads in Asia

Russian series a homage to Hitchcock

Hines, Belushi cast for Showtime drama

NBC preps 'Y2K' telepic

Touchstone inks Green

Disney sees future sans print

Yu: head of 'State'

Parker Bros. presents a Hitchcock mystery

Always streams online fest

Confab to celebrate Lucy's life

Locarno fest wraps, hands out hardware

Artisan appoints Bilotti VP for AV

Dollars for 'Sense'

CBS' 'Rockford' detects Thursday win

Players

Moving Image gets grant

Ford parks in driveway for 'Norm' stint

U shutters N.Y. development

Tripplehorn has 'Values'

Inside Move

Hollywood mingles around 'Tingle'

Almodovar and Egoyan frame Gotham film fest

Warner Music reins to Ames

Linden hits Vegas' 'Chicago'

San Sebastian fest sets pix

Financial Briefs

'Phantom' phenom

NBC casts 'Freed'

ABC set to mix suds with talk for 'Day' skein

Encore ups Shelanski to sr. VP, acquisitions

Thousands march to fight runaway prod'n

The ten percent solution

Helkon, state pair for joint FX Center rule

Katzenberg fete to bring kids to museum

Atkinson upped to Time CFO

Montreal fetes Dreyfuss

Canadians unfazed by runaway prod'n protests

Lions Gate studio complex put up for sale at $28 mil

Nielsen rates with VNU

MTV kudocast adds stars

Ryan walks to 'Woman'

Cost crunch squeezes NTL

Carter takes Oxygen slot, exits 'Incorrect'

Odyssey, TW cable pact

NBC ups Meyer for promos

Claudie Cheval

World Briefs

Cohen suit seeks control of Tonys

Rudin, Pollack will be Par's 'Music' men

Nick buoys Kaplan to talent head

Spanish net's Gotham outlet sets ayemcast

Tomei signs for ART 'Pay' days

B'way B.O. scene stays same

New team can't stop Harvey from rev hemorrhages

ABC sets appointment for Cryer's couch trip pilot

Palm draws Mack 10's 'Water' hip-hop gang pic

BSkyB may score Leeds stake

Jo Anne Finan

Richard Watson

Primacom eyes regional cable nets

ITV nabs BBC Club for spec

Eye buys into Wrenchead Web site

MTG's revenues rise 25%; Finn outpost set

U.K., France chew oats

'Latifah' exec producer ankles

Runaway bill at standstill

Redford putts Smith in 'Vance'

Photog flies 'Pigeon'

Warners Online joins forces with Stan Lee

Dod spins retail deal

Lusomondo in SIC b'cast deal

Anthony Radziwill

Unamused states

Deutsche Bank courts Telekom

Residuals go online

A new News at News Corp.

Forest of fans watches Woods win PGA title

Platt, Caan are 'Ready to Rumble'

Field gets 'Beautiful' date

FCC backs AT&T on cable 'Net access

CNNfn taps Ryan, ousts Bohrman

Exec Shuffle

Ross Elliott

Lynch's 'Dead' comedy alive & kickin' at Artisan

Lensman killed as stunt goes awry

Channel 4 adds Stack docus

Phyllis Garr

Robert Kovoloff

Douglas Seale

U back down under

Magic hour at ShowEast

Par hosts Femme Film Festival

Hitting the jackpot or ABC's cash & 'Carey'

Planet H'w'd to revamp

Mastrantonio on board for WB's 'Perfect Storm'

Gridcasts score points at CBS, ABC

U's Misher goes solo as prod'n prexy

Finnish digital set back to end of 2000

DirecTV Japan to issue bonds

Media monopoly?

Anti-violence PSA gets White House send-off

Nick's 'Sponge' toon soaks up 'Pokemon'

Sommerfield to market Col pix worldwide

Schumacher vacates Lakeshore 'Apartment'

L.A. Film School taps Schatz

Goldsman fleshes out Warner deal

MTV Italia campaigning to continue transmission

Toronto faces strike threat

Jeffrey G. Drewery

Bauer sets up int'l banner

K-L searches 'net profit

Hindes links with iFilm

Scripters join panel at Maui writers meet

A Talk-ing picture

Toronto adds 3 preems

Work glut, eh?

Disney animation leaps into DVD

Sex vids win appeal

ABC Radio to buy Philly's WWJZ-AM

Every President needs an Army

Piracy sea change

Behaviour sells Canuck distrib'n arm

Imagine ups Whitaker to senior VP of prod'n

Catherine Polk

Moore part of action 'Team'

Castle RockTV, Lemon squeeze deal

Artisan shoots Gunn to sr. VP

Washington to topline 'Titans'

Media giants channel $57 million to Replay

Paxson preps books for sale

Zee Telefilms brings Rupe to London court

Players

Petitti to top WCBS

Oxygen gives a go to 'Girl in Picture'

Disney ups 2

SAG dues-hike ballots go out

E! head Shea ankles

Sloan pledges grants to NYU

Tribute to a 'Muse'

ProSieben sales up

A&M duo can sue U Music

Open City, Nesher share 'Secret'

Boys rock steady

Cable'

Block joins eStar site

Thompson upped at Fox

USA Net's 'Line' up

Odenkirk inks prod'n pact at HBO

Univision upfront takes 42% jump

Mobster preem slips H'wood a 'Mickey'

NPR preps welcome to millennium

A2000 asks for antitrust stay on fees

Punk's 'Reign' cut short

World Briefs

BSkyB's the limit

CBS adds Jobs.com to its 'Net resume

Austar reports loss; revs up

Cable's $4 bil bash

Eye lifts Zaks to veep

DGA reveals student film honorees

Two upped at NCTA

Peacock looking to put Grier in gear

Inside Moves

NBC dances with Wolf for Platt drama

Blackstar gets $6 mil from investors

N.J. theater season set

Ch. 5 predicts profit in 2000

Vancouver fest bows local pix

German B.O. drops

Post house Octane sets bow

Nick sets up program for new writers

U Studios recruits Skeoch

Fox shifts actioner 'X-Men' to July

Iglesias Jr. makes live bow Aug. 26

'Defense' checkmates Turturro and Watson

Willis folds 'Ace' hand

Stotts to stroll on George Street

'Dead' tunes up cast

Bennett duo tunes up RPM disc bow

FBI seeks comic relief

Lyle Lovett

The First Picture Show

Brokedown Palace

Voices in the Dark

Lyle Lovett

Mickey Blue Eyes

Shoot the Piano Player

No, No, Nanette

Love's Labor's Lost

Lenny

Life Is the Main Thing

Possessed

The Muse

Anoosh of the Airwaves

Last Call

Kiss and Tell

Fortune Cookie

Rosenzweig's Freedom

Suicide, the Comedy

Lithium

Jimmy Zip

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

The History of Sex

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

The Lot

Santana & Mana

The Gambler

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

Julian Lennon

Fortune Cookie

Beyond Chance

Stir of Echoes

Hallelujah!

Brian Setzer Orchestra

Watcha Tour

American Masters - Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley

The Cult

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

The Lot

Au Pair

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Stand-Up Opera

Anita O'Day

Maxwell