Desert meet draws big names

Nederlander, Local One pact

Col TriStar TV hires two

Players

USA Net recruits Sinclair's Sileck as finance chief

Renegade starts at home

Exec Shuffle

Kirch eyes Canal stake, opens TV units, books

Kiwi TVNZ turns in record six months

Nation parties at Karlovy Vary

Telluride retains insider flavor

Mill Valley preems new venue

Fest's world view

Mademoiselle chief editor Crow resigns

'Monty Python' crew to reunite

Canucks will watch Aboriginal net

Cat out of the bag

Par ups Holland to ad veep

Gothenburg presents pics to Scandinavian distribs

Galas highlight Ft. Lauderdale

Amiens known for hommages

Alliance Atlantis' revs, earnings rise

CIMedia taps Whiteside

Yahoo! to aid in MS Society auction

Coke ads raise issue of residuals

Shepherd, NBC team up

Montreal revival riding on renovations

Bel-Air secures $225 mil

Hurd to depart Par lot

Luther to promo U Home Vid

McGillis to star in 'Monkey's Mask'

'Brit' pix come into focus

Christie acquires Electrohome group

Hof accents indie filmmakers

Art Film's relaxed atmosphere

Seattle fest is largest in U.S.

Arthouse pix highlight Montreal

Canal's new 'Net gain

Monarch/Regency sneaks more shares in Puma

About.com adds WMA link to grow off 'Net

New Line casts Tyler as queen in 'Rings'

DEN taps Wandell as VP

NBC starting the day 'Early'

Disney buys pitch from Hammerhead

'SNL' tunes get D'Works discs

TNT serious about series

Tarses out ... Really

'Ricky' bows big in Germany

Electronics biz backs DBS pact

Svensk expands biz TV biz

WPIX moves up 'Seinfeld'

Strange days

New Line, Witcher ink deal

Flanagan ankles C-W post

Screen Gems backs 'Black'

WFM to rep Atlas in Nordic territories

Inside move

ABC, UPN hits offer exposure for other titles

Disney Interactive ups Finney

Kinowelt, WB pact

Telluride forecast: Asian pics reign, rain

Sarajevo film fest mixes promise, disappointment

'Mansfield' opens Montreal fest

Porchlight counts on 'Zero'

SF plans homecoming

Meyer says, 'Hasta la vista, villa'

Sales agent goes bilingual with U.K. house

'Menace' mauls B.O.

Players

Italian utility Enel to buy Telepiu stake

News eyes Deutsche Telekom cable

MGM TV claws Collins sr. VP

Bergonzi sets return to stage with May perf

Granada, New York Times pact for docu programming

Turner buys into S. Korean cabler

Stars take shine to Prinz's new banner

Financial briefs

Mainframe action

Arnold will roll 'Seven' for Beacon

Williams, Warners take a 'Taxi' ride

Elektra taps Thompson

Wayans winds way to Alphabet web for laffer

E! original is looking Divine

WB's 'Pokemon' pokes ahead in ayem toons

Calendar unspools reel men

Full moon celebration

Cavuto adds to Fox duties

Honors from hizzoner

Rohner may head ProSieben

List of Creative Arts Emmy winners

HBO wins big in summer '99 ratings derby

Music force field

AT&T injects subs into Murdoch's Health Net

Acad nom rule book in the mail

MGM back in library talks with Cablevision

Moppets' law advances

Emmy early edition

B.O. in high spirits

List of creative arts Emmy winners

eBay's Emmys edge

Alliance exex up stake

Edinburgh film fest revels in U.K. fare

How an arcane TV channel finds calm amid net storms

Matteo's loses its best treat

Manex on 'Mission'

SFX stops the music of rep firm

Variety promotes editors

Canal Satellite out of rouge, adds channels

Bill guards wanna-be child stars

Raddon takes LAIFF helm

Eye O&Os tap Moczulski VP

Thomas brews pic suit

WGA accepting entries

The end of an era

O'seas 'Menace' passes $300 mil

Dreamcast demand has Sega smiling

GetMusic taps Nibley

U Studios taps Compton as sr. VP, CFO

Lakers' Fox takes shot with Hartman's 'Faces'

San Sebastian fest names film jurors

Turner Classic Movies ups Karsch to exec VP

Discovery inks Wink to link fall viewers

UCLA salutes Studio Ghibli

DirecTV inks with Dutch supplier of set-top boxes

AMFM getting KOST, KFI in swap with Cox

B'way coin down as 'Closer' pulls curtain

Lions Gate TV ups Beggs and Burditt

Online custom CD maker adds Zomba artists to list

Holmes adds 2 years at NBC

Maxim West turns to Nicolayvsky

World Briefs

Murdoch jumps into DT cable arms race

Northern Exposure

Amazon.com books 'Beauty' for D'Works

Hirsch takes a seat at Sony Family table

Exec Shuffle

Clear clears deal for radio stations

Italo B.O. unwraps for 'Mummy' crypt opening

Mike Harris

Norman Lee Howell

Richard Anthony Marion

Mary Jane Croft Lewis

Rural cooperative files suit against DirecTV

MTV bundles sites

NARAS upgrades Grammy.com

Babelsberg '99 draws pros

Viag to join Kirch in bid

Par's Yamashita in VP post

Bell tolls for KCBS

Disney, Nicholas getting Angels, Ducks in a row

Lion chasing new 'Fox' with Permut and Gallo

SHINE takes a shine to the WB

'Millionaire' helps ABC cash Nielsens

N.Y. kidfest eyes entries

'Millionaire' piques web's interest

Hold the phone

Helmers, scribes battle

Lou Lilly

Joseph Abruscato

Oz feevees battle over broadband

Brit pix set for Dinard festival

Echostar, Philips aim at Target's retail bull's-eye

Marc Lustgarten

Net in biz with 'Miz'

Masur's SAG slate

Parent org blasts TV's Family Hour

Oz study puts planning first

'Divorce' courts strong numbers in fall debut

Bullock on the runway at Warners

Don Howard

Oz feevees battle over broadband

Channel 4 has eye on pay TV

'Net radiocasting streams to 2,615

BSkyB nabs stake in soccer strategy

HBO learns to Cher, share alike

Cadden reaches Destination as veep

Firm features minorities

Kurys' Binoche starrer will unspool at Toronto

Venice Fest shines light on youth, sex

Diskeries click on QuickTime

Univision taps Benes for WXTV

Studio scouts on the outs in Gotham

H'w'd pitch hits

Edward Lambert

Dealmaking spree

Exec Shuffle

'Selena's' two-track mind

Weinberger tries Mohawk on for size

Marshall tops Lifetime Online

StreamSearch taps Isenberg

Donaldson to reduce duties

Getmusic taps Nibley

Dukakis to climb on Williams' 'Milk Train'

Lakeshore and Par renew deal

Elizabeth McCormick

Dick Latvala

Fox's tour de force

Sony hits play button on new Super Audio

Nets: no news bad news

Auds hot for games, grapplers

Cinecon fetes Hollywood's past

Loach will break 'Bread' in the U.S.

Fox's Lawrence pic on hold

Exex to move West with ABC

Theron tees up role in Redford pic 'Vance'

'Rosie' raises exec trio

Screen Gems veeps Kolker

Weintraub campaigns for (another) Bush

Landau eyes 'Pinocchio'

Carl Toms

Seventh Art sets 'Fire'

H'w'd opposes special Sen. culture committee

Kirch setting up $3.2 bil cap plans

'Genie' has No. 1 magic for Aguilera

New Line drawn to cop pitch from Proft, Zucker

Culturing comedy

Green does dog tricks for Nick

Cuaron takes aim on 'Jury' premise

Jones buys TV rights to 'White Guy'

DVD witching hour

Mademoiselle names Norwood new topper

Eye takes big Entertainment stake

U names Huntsberry CFO

Trimark witch hunt

Platinum moves inhouse

France ups funding for pubcasters

Teutonic Studio U times 2

Inside move

Stewart goes boldly; renewed U fills its slate

Cruisin' in Venice

Metcalf polls NBC research as sr. veep

Hot French bread

Prod'n firms align to up Native roles

National Geo launches DVDs

KNTV San Jose exits ABC

Southern justice

NBC buys 'Bowfinger,' 'Men'

Jewish New Year service slated for shooting site

WB ups Pakosta to veep of comedy

'D-Day' for Dogma in Denmark

MGM, TPS pact France

Fox sizing up Scorsese's 'Gangs'

Valenti defends ratings, embraces Italy at Venice

Legal eagles join vs. pirates

Emmy Watch

Sogecable eyes breaking even in '00, profit in '01

Museum of TV, Radio enrolls for fall

Fox, FX pony up $15 mil to share piece of 'Pie'

PBS launches kids network

Vets give hand to Wasserstein

Salomon/Letelier banner draws on 'Masterpiece'

Old Hollywood lives for 'Chill' preem, helmer

Douglas in full regale

Cox, MP3 'Net radio

Exec Shuffle

Spielberg funds NYU's Yiddish theater trove

Taylor tapped Domain VP

ProSieben topper

BSkyB nabs Britcom for Sky Premium

No doc in the house after Buena Vista axes TV unit

Sealey seals job as VP of development for Danza

Financial Briefs

Thomas gives 'All' for bow

'I Spy' stunt for 'Cosby' bow

Strange Justice

Mark Whitfield; Russell Malone; John Pizzarelli; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

Life Is Beautiful (English dubbed version)

Chill Factor

The 13th Warrior

Mark Whitfield; Russell Malone; John Pizzarelli; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

Dudley Do-Right

Strange Justice

The Big Tease

Dreaming Of Joseph Lees

The Astronaut's Wife

Outside Providence

Steve Earle and the Bluegrass Dukes

Mansfield Park

Gregory's Two Girls

The Price

Tartuffe

Summer '69

Hinton Battle: Largely Live!

Channelling Baby

Two Streams

Ainsi Soit-Il

Don't Look Back

The Third Page

Mama

Bimboland

Henry James' the Ghostly Rental

Harvest

My American Vacation

Other Stories

Women's Wiles

Y2k

The Last Station

Stranger Than Fiction

Lovers

Komodo

A Time to Love

Jam Session: Official Bootleg of Kikujiro

Men and Women

Elephant Juice

Moonlight Whispers

Crazy English

The Pig's Retribution

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

The Other Conquest

The Big Tease

The Darkest Light

Before Sunset

The Ninth Gate

The Darkest Light

Miss Desmond Behind Bars

Chris Isaak

Banned From Utopia

The Bone Collector

A Room for Romeo Brass

Africa Fete

Elephant Juice

1999 Madeleine

Billy Bragg and the Blokes

Everyone's Friend

Happy Face Murders

Boys Don't Cry