Table of Contents
Week of 07/30/2001

Articles

Runaway battle heads to D.C.

 

MGM moves 'Softly' to Jan.

 

Canuck actors' union OKs extras

 

Terra Lycos logs firm loss

 

Court to hear ARD case against Kirch

 

TF1 courts victory

 

German $ backs pair's pix

 

Gauls' Factory forges ahead

 

ITV kicks in $57 mil for int'l rugby rights

 

NCTA reups topper Sachs

 

RAI reduces rev forecast

 

TV signals crossed

 

Hearst-Argyle profits dive as ad sales dip

 

Medusa signs pact to release CDI pix in Italy

 

Teuton's H5B5 names new CFO

 

Gruber to top BR net

 

Telefutura christened

 

Cabler WE, mags create promo push

 

Jive, Nick in the groove together

 

Minority orgs will meet net toppers

 

Acad sci-tech deadline set

 

A royalty rumble

 

TCM puts classics on library card

 

SAG reps mean business

 

B'way beats summer heat with B.O. gain

 

Wetlands drying up in Sept.

 

Disney Channel exex tapped with new titles

 

Zifkin helps holocaust victims win case

 

Turner laces up deal with Web's SportsBlast

 

Chickie Bucco

 

Seth Burroughs, Megan Harris, Aashlesha Patel, Jennifer Hauser

 

Showtime heads 'West'

 

Charter hangs up on AT&T bid

 

Universal pulls out of condom ad deal

 

B.O.'s animal planet

 

Clarification

 

Domain rings up Call

 

Martin will clerk on ABC 'Court' drama

 

Fisher lands double duty at Eye

 

Guidice set as 'Bob's' boy

 

USA fills in stripes

 

News Corp. unites duopoly stations under single G.M.

 

Halcyon set to fly by edge of 'Seat' with spec comedy

 

Sex abuse hoax may spur tighter TV regs in U.K.

 

Scribe finds 'Mask 2' a fit

 

Revolution fuels 'XXX' with Diesel

 

SAG reorg plan on hold

 

Dish: Billionaire Reveres films

 

KNBC to Phil its news slot

 

SAG forced to cut back health plan

 

Amelia Gray Hamlin

 

Pay channels clock in with Blighty auds

 

Vintage Vineyard

 

Pax uses Peacock ties to max

 

Sagansky scouts series

 

Mouse House opens up to Fox Family

 

Studios' vote on VOD mixed

 

MTV video noms like 'Choice'

 

Inside Move: U.K. acts fill U.S. sync

 

Inside Move: Joie D'Amelie

 

Inside Move: Spreading wings

 

Inside Move: A franchise to dye for

 

Auditor backs Ibope ratings

 

Inside Move: Oohs and Oz

 

Hard-up Multicanal eyes pact with rival

 

RCTI takes 'Heart' from Oz sudser

 

Packer packs a punch at PBL

 

Soaps reign in Spain

 

Inside Move: Media titans put spin on din

 

Will Jackson become local hero for USA?

 

H'wood's new British empire

 

Bruce Tuchman, Jules Haimovitz

 

Nathalie Garcia

 

Carole Taylor

 

Margaret Nicoll

 

Majors fight Napster spawn

 

South of the Border, B.O. is En Fuego

 

Politics, recession pummel B.O.

 

H'w'd pix driving key film reforms

 

Roundabout's 'Blue' hits high note

 

Networks exec adds new focus

 

Spinning a big web

 

Production firm ABD steppes into town

 

Vivendi U, Toyota pact for promos

 

It takes a bailout to raise E-Village

 

Venevision to rep DirecTV for Cup

 

Toronto sidebar taps tyro helmers

 

Channel 4 rallies its heir force

 

Prisa sheds ISP for $7 mil

 

Jackson watchers try to unravel a complex chief

 

Pubcaster SVT hit with $8 mil deficit

 

Profits rise for Germany's VCL

 

AOL TW settles with FTC over 3 Tenors

 

Discovery, Aaj Tak ponder Sony deals

 

Zee sets its next pic

 

U.K.'s 3i nabs Civilian stake

 

Sundance acquires Cho pic

 

Special to Toronto

 

Drag dresses up Studio 54

 

Edinburgh fest boasts Ch. 4 hopefuls

 

Central leads way to gay TV

 

Courts boots ARD

 

Advocacy groups challenge AOL tie

 

Norway exhib in expansion mode

 

NBC gets read with demo win

 

Challenger to ITN enters contract race

 

Chris-Craft deal closed

 

Solons on biz's side

 

July marches to monsters, but B.O. terrain is flat

 

Report calls for Congress to act on b'casters

 

H'w'd excited over embryonic cell research

 

Levy sparks cable news rates gains

 

ABC bucks yuks trend

 

Lowbrow fare takes NBC high

 

Frog taps 2 as shuffle continues

 

UIP banks its fastest billion

 

Giacchetto, Feds OK deal

 

Aussie midwinter's tale

 

Tribune touts pilots, growing blurb market

 

Canucks' labor woes spur reverse runaway

 

Synergy goes sour

 

Correction

 

Lifetime, TNN top July cable nets

 

Net reps, pols talk diversity

 

Dances fest names top pix

 

Cameo Technologies hitches to U trailers

 

Feresten punches Big Ticket

 

Thiessen to play sex columnist on 'Shoot'

 

E! inks with XM, Sirius Satellite Radio

 

Rachel Murray, David Boxerbaum

 

Inside Move: New cop on ratings claims beat

 

Thesp jumps into CBS' 'Wolf Lake'

 

Palm Springs short-films fest unveils slate

 

Brimm fills TF1 USA post

 

Nick Morton

 

Steve Barri

 

David De Busk

 

Helmer digs for 'Treasure'

 

Dan Harrison, Lisa Gillette

 

Steve Ramirez, Andrew Steiner

 

Steve Michaels

 

Ron Mirro

 

Kurt Bensmiller

 

Sophia Ruby Syrett

 

'Rollerball' 'eventized'

 

'Dr. Phil' to make top 10 house calls

 

Warner lands legal laffer

 

'Again' resurfaces at Sci Fi

 

The Write Stuff: 'Shutterbabe' zooms in

 

Ray taking reins as United Artists topper

 

Full Picture sets plans for studio

 

'Vadis' preems for Pope

 

U nets beefs up film-tv skein collection

 

EM.TV brass sets goals

 

Trust Film picks up 'Elling'

 

It's all in the family at Fininvest

 

Granada crosses Border to ITV lead

 

Lion tops 10 mil Latin subs

 

Indian tooner making splash

 

Wrestlers pin PPV

 

India's Maya launches effects house in U.S.

 

Garand upped at Walt Disney

 

Labels, webcasters argue royalty rates

 

Downey Jr. in front of cameras again

 

CBS shifting 'Brother' slot

 

Comcast touts gains, woos support

 

'Live' rides Ripa current

 

Haberkamp to head Acad education

 

Pubcasters WNET, WLIW wed

 

TNT trims 15 staffers in the Originals group

 

Parent Itemus tumbles with Shooting Gallery

 

Catch 23 Management adds Woodward to team

 

Azteca America launches Stateside

 

Solons seek to loosen c'right regs

 

Avid pinkslips 140, shuts offices

 

Graham lands veepee stripes in Fox talent

 

George pilots pact

 

'Corrections' connections for Rudin

 

Producer deal puts Disney back on laff track

 

Alda play sets run in Gotham

 

B.O.'s big dippers

 

'N Sync is top of the pops

 

'Race' at start line

 

'Sin' tempts preemgoers

 

'Princess' holds court

 

'Becker' cast bug

 

Inside move: NBC's Lack sez probe, pol 'absurd'

 

Univision ups revs, eyes futura

 

'Retrievers' fetches net's highest rating

 

Jury clears MGM in TV reality suit

 

Oz investors seeing red after 'Rouge' tax ruling

 

Brazil mulls foreign pic tax

 

Caliendo to be regular on 'Mad TV'

 

Wolper whipping up bio; Besson set for action

 

Helmer O'Haver gets 'Enchanted'

 

New Rebel joins online gaming software arena

 

Claire Marie-Elaine Hambrick

 

Ethan Zachary Sharp

 

Violet Clarisse Dely

 

Time for 'Dinner'

 

Al fresco at Drama Dept.

 

Momentum buys Intermedia pics

 

U.K.'s DBC calls it a day

 

Unzeitig exits Germany's Kinowelt

 

Telewest posts improving results

 

Disney pacts with Russia's ORT

 

EAT'M spins to Las Vegas

 

Leon Wilkeson

 

Canada renews 2 net licenses

 

'Unplugged' heads south

 

TVNZ dropped by TelstraSaturn

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
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'Sin's' Cristofer eyes toned-down fare

 

IA joins supporters of tax credit bill

 

FilmFour taps prod'n topper

 

Chase makes case

 

Pols pushing prix fixe Net tunes

 

Fox ups Hoffman to biz VP

 

NCTA: Cable is no cartel

 

AOL Music topper taps BMG exex for Web ops

 

WBIT puts Birch on sr. VP branch

 

Musical channels

 

RIAA expands Flatow's duties

 

Showtime bows 'America'

 

Hessinger signs 4-yr. deal as AFTRA director

 

N.Y. state of mind for UA

 

Comedy Central vetoes laffer 'Bush'

 

Int'l Docu Assn. taps new prexy

 

SAG to discuss board size

 

Carlyle, Ifans topline 'Once'

 

Euro media muscla

 

'Scooby' scribe digs up 'Dead'

 

'Pie' a la modem

 

'Nautica' finds a skipper

 

'Angel' writer gets Fox wings

 

Whitney trills $100 mil from Arista

 

Despite pix perfs, Disney profits drop

 

Fox locks up monkey biz

 

Becker tapped for 'Lady Killer'

 

Hughes aligns with NeTune board

 

Inside move: Ovitz looks to tune in TV partner

 

UTA names its Price for TV

 

'Becker' cast is cured but salaries are stable

 

Code 'Rouge' for Oz

 

Inside move: Pol plucks at NBC story

 

'Brother' finds auds online

 

Author Essex retells 'Kleopatra'

 

Shirley Barris

 

Alex Nicol

 

Ron Townson

 

'Rush' buddies spank monkeys

 

NBC nixes channel moves on TW cable

 

'Malcolm,' 'Gilmore' win Family honors

 

Gallery parent Itemus falls

 

Arrow spears int'l rights to 'Run'

 

Mickey Mouse math

 

Hoyts back in pack

 

Technicolor nabs Miles O'Fun

 

Helmer To ankles as China Star chief

 

Rivals ink sat soccer deal

 

Setbacks spin new twist on Welch bio

 

Alliance sets nonvoting stox offering

 

Kiwi pic producer exits film for TV

 

Eye may set up Lane skein

 

Indie figures wage battle over ratings

 

Linda's 'Lion Sleeps' re-release aids family

 

Nat'l Geo's 'Pearl' scores largest aud

 

U cleans up with 'Dirty' feature

 

Cimemaxx and Ufa part ways

 

U sings 'Wild Things'

 

Inside Move: UWT's 'Date,' 'Wheel' for sale

 

Leigh lines up for lead in 'Proof'

 

Inside Move: Rather restraint may win Condit

 

Cash for digital shorts

 

Raedlein back at Werk

 

Birds flock together

 

Slower B.O. growth seen

 

Thesp moves 'East' for Fox Searchlight

 

Mouse buys 'Indiana' pitch

 

Willman's playing for Game Show net

 

Hot days, cool o'seas B.O.

 

Orbit decays as Globe shuts sites

 

ABC shares U hits with USA

 

Dinos, apes romp; U.K. rains on 'Rush'

 

Col TriStar bows SuperBit DVD titles

 

Pro-Harper SAG group rallies

 

Congress eyes online bill

 

Leguizamo winks for Eye action hour

 

U Music ups Weatherston

 

AMG toons up deals

 

Connolly takes AFTRA helm

 

IEG, DiCaprio gang up

 

FX net brakes 'News'

 

HBO serves up 'Dinner' to pals

 

Hard-sell Mel dumps shares

 

Rupe and DirecTV hear an Echo

 

Wall Street analysts lay an egg for SEC

 

Acker wings to 'Angel'

 

Dennis Meyers, Doug Spilatro

 

Erik Flannigan

 

Bernie Laramie

 

Clint Manny

 

Kelly Oien Perez

 

Keith Walner

 

'Others' chills N.Y.

 

MTV's 20th anni serenaded

 

At a 'Deep' screening

 

The 'Brady' bunch bows

 

Charlotte Louise Tampol

 

Caitlin Dora Ramage

 

It's an Urbanworld

 

Reviews

Mountain Language/Ashes to Ashes

They All Laughed!

In Real Life

Tap Divas

Lucinda Williams

Three Sisters

The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells

USA's Cannonball Run 2001

James Dean

Osmosis Jones

Mrs. Feuerstein

All About Us

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

The Smell of the Kill

An Evening With Donna McKechnie: My Musical Comedy Life

Macbeth/Cymbeline

Summer of '42

Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood

Cassavetes on Cassavetes

The Silence of the Lambs

Battle For Life

Out Of The City

Angel Exit

The Settlement

Victims And Murderers

Final

Birthday

Willfull

Sagittarius

Love, Curiosity, Prozac And Doubt

The Quickie

Fixing Frank

Silent Partner

Gypsy 83

Conamara

Lunch with Charles

Rage: 20 Years of Punk Rock West Coast Style

Facing The Music

The New Women

My Life as a Troll

Low Fat Elephants

Flush

By Hook Or Crook

The Cat's Meow

The Strokes

The Cult


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