'Potter 2' unlocks DVD bow

Berlin battle lines

'Idol' worship continues for Fox

BBC looking for a few good films

Astral earnings skyward

Zentropa cuts staff

EU to limit cabler 'Net hold

Miami to showcase 4 world preems

Tepuy pacts with Endemol

EU pushes new piracy plan

Workplace 'values'

Takaki to head UIP

Toronto honors best of Canuck cinema

Sposito to ankle Fininvest

'Chicago' slays sleepy CD sesh

Swan song for lobbyist at music org

'Chicago' tunes heard all over kudos season events

Austin Studios is deep in the heart of prod'n

Foreign newcomers try to learn campaign ropes

Armando Bonilla, Jr. (Don Armando)

NFL ratings Eye-opening

MoMA stacks full plate

Holiday B.O. boosts AMC's bottom line

Stockard Channing, Ron Silver, Anton Yelchin

'Raven' ratings take wing for Disney net

Tovah Feldshuh

Nora Zehetner

NL fielding Brooks as publicity VP

Euro Disney's theme: Growth in revs

Warner homevid names Sanders exec VP-G.M.

TiVo records an exit

Fox drops Di's guy from war plans

Lego spins off production arm

ShoWest to celebrate Grazer

IA urges early talks

Lions Gate regains vid rights

Oscar Watch: Alan Bergman

Hoop dreamers get reality trip to pros

Stylist noms announced

American films influence Almodovar

Bill Mauldin

'Girls' going to ABC Family

Styne, CAA finally style deal

Fox femme pair to pilot

NATPE's Johansen signs off

B.O. tracker Rentrak ups Giambra

Miramax is 'Station' master

'Idol' worship for Fox

Walker Joseph Uhls

Olivia Grace Weiner

D.C. center expanding

Sirius game for basketball satcasting

Inside Move: Tutor brings dark cloud

Inside Move: Rupe ripe to sell Dodgers

WB docus to Chronicle DTV

Cursor pointed at onwalkers, Bush

Studios 'Party' hearty

The Rock is 'Walking Tall'

The crowded 'Dance floor

Food for thought at the press tour

Yakkers yak it up at NATPE

Sunglasses at night

Solon eyes 'coarse' programs' ties to dereg

Irene Diamond

Polsat picks up six Granada formats

Berlin wraps New Cinema set

Bauer keen to finalize Kirch deal

BBC hires Murdoch's creative director

No stopping Fox's 'Idol'

Editors sharpen focus with ACE nom list

BMG rewrites its charts

Liberty builds birdhouse for DirecTV

Steen starts up with 'Children'

Francoise Giroud

'Ab Fab' sets BBC return

Gemstar to restate results for 3 yrs.

Dogs of digital war

Antena 3's sales op to bow at Mip TV

Kashmir assures safety for filming

'Idol' still a Fox icon: 'Bachelorette' beaten

BBC3 skeds for youth

Diller pickle at VUE

Senkevich bounds to top NTV slot

Doreen Mary Carwithen (aka Mary Alwyn)

John Peckos

'Clones' topped Oz B.O. for 2002

Hall, four newcomers nommed for ASC kudos

Nedra Volz

Drama Crix Circle taps Isherwood president

Weil turns at Animal Planet Int'l

Canuck b'caster carves up hefty coin

'Hours' duo get USC script win

Elisabeth Croft

Fox ups sound ops veep

Advanced disputes UFO lawsuit

Ashanti

Sarah Chalke

'Gimme' star Carter dies at 54

Carlos Carrera

Microsoft, Nokia fight EU c'right tax

Jacob Smith

Saylor hangs mag shingle

Nat'l Geo Asia bows all-Arabic service

Navarrete lifted at Discovery Latin America

Primary gets stage home

Org sez gov't influencing Serb TV

Oscar Watch: Moore joins presenters

Slamdance: Back to basics

Pearl Jam to tour in spring

Net Servicos chieftain exits

Spiritual show 'Retreat' goes abroad

'Odyssey' taken by Hong Kong crix

A kick in the teeth

Touchstone firmly lands 'Ashland'

Homegrown prod'ns nab Teuton coin

'Chi' ride should expand 'Mind' biz

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Morgan may hit primetime with NBC

Acad Bonner nod to duo

Surf, skate culture in Sony sights

Number of D-VHS titles fast-forwarding in '03

Microsoft releases piracy-fighting digital kit

Avid supports Panasonic's mini-DV camera

UA picks up 'Pieces' for $4 mil+

Sally Lefkowitz

Books off AOL TW shelf

H'wood plans Super blurb blitz

Pramer names new sales, distrib manager

'Chappelle's' hot start

Cable thesps flout guild rules

SAG, AFTRA exex fight congloms

Crowded 'Dance' floor

McCain calls for radio biz hearing

'Spin' scribe plots 'Affairs'

Fest fave the latest in long line of shorts

'Idol' guru sees stars for specs

'Horse' play for Disney

Nets' pilots tackle terror

Norman Panama

BBC's 'Ground Force' gets U.S. makeover

English-lingo pics parlay place in Cesar noms

Brussels to launch CNN rival?

'CSI' uncovers big repeat number

Berlin's Panorama wraps line-up

Optimum nabs 'Igby,' 'Spirited Away'

Ster Century sells more multiplexes

Chum TV's Znaimer steps down

'Alias' gets new identity

Fox wants reality to rejuvenate rest of schedule

The chicks stay in the picture Down Under

'Popstars' bandana hit bigscreen

H'wood gaga over gossip

Rumor mill bounces off Teflon toppers

Inside Move: Vidgames blast expectations

Inside Move: Rosen changing tracks

Inside Move: Kasem still counting

Variety ups exec duo

U.K. shooting stirs rap flap

Gold doesn't gleam for all Oscar winners

Sundance keeps it all in the family

Truth in marketing at Sundance

Eminem raps the language of Berlin auds

'8 Mile' journeys to stellar debuts o'seas

Rendezvous finds lots to tout

A booster shot for biz from Gaul gov't

Auds up at Bangkok event

Biz even; 'Miz' 655g

B.O. up; Boston 'Hot' 717g

Hytner revamps NT

Movin' out?

'Pianist' show must go on despite Polanski's absence

H'wood pet set unleashed

NATPE downshifts, but deals percolate

Gov't preps newsies for war effort

Stay tuned to Kirch drama

What's at stake in the Kirch drama

Politicos relax cable regs, plan to end cartel

Music channels and bands battle it out

Ofcom gets Carter

Auds win fight to ax viewing tax

At odds over sound of music

Tony gets categorical

Inside Move: Merger maven re-emerges

Glitz on fritz as syndie biz constricts

Inside Move: Gauls hope Leconte has cure

Inside Move: Celebs check in at MTV's Vegas pad

Inside Move: Sky chief woos execs

Inside Move: Fox tosses 'Pulse' in with the competish

Erratum

Stars, logos converge on Main St.

B.O. goes from zero to 'Hero'

Global Initiative will promote film in developing countries

Scorpio rising with Evans

Globes set stage for Oscar melee

Showbiz docs look for a little respect from voters

'Chicago' glows in 'Darkness'

Messier out at NYSE

TV tips Post to 4Q gain

Analysts up News Corp. reviews

Cinar exec suit expands

Ster Century sells plexes

John C. "Jack" McBride Jr.

Astrid Bettles

June Czerwinski

Salaam Coleman Smith

Steve Jones

Dorothy Sourlis

Crime-heavy CBS goes back to well

'Pyramid' set for season 2

Roadshow beats majors

U rounds out roster

Chum TV's Znaimer stepping down

Dracula park idea bites dust

Brussels biz nix copyright tax

Saban eyes suit vs. Kirch exex

Ricci, Ribisi find 'Work'

SAG, AFTRA converge

Inside Move: Acad casting doubt on campaigns

Inside Move: VU Games to M'soft?

Valenti poses digital dare

O'Toole will receive Honorary Oscar

Correction

Costumers tap Tosi

Vet pollsters win vote of VNS backers

Lifetime set to throw 'Screwball' with laffer

Lane's on ShoWest route

'Bourne' bears B.O. fruit in Japan bow

New prexy at Par

'Pianist' adds final note to Febio

Depp and Koepp take wing with King

Two indie distribs forge int'l alliance

Trade group to rally 'round recordable DVD

G4 goes National

Eleanor Katherine Horst

Tovah Alyza Zafrin

Samantha Marie McLoughlin

TM Systems opens L.A. branch

Avid takes bite out of Apple

Ex-NBC telepic titan pilots series

DreamWorks pushing 'Baby' buggy to B'way

Duo sparks to 'Evil' at TBS

'Splendor' top drama in Park City

BBC axes 60 staffers

Pinnnacle reaches high mark

'Gangs' & 'Chi' fit Brits

Football ratings super for ABC

Kirch drama goes on

Dutch film success reaps rewards

Cabler SET pays $2.4 mil for pic

TV2 oversubsidized

Paradis joins 'Circus'

Producer Brauner receives threats

Zelezny faces prosecution

Edith Lefel

Prior given reins at CBBC

'Cuckoo' clocks tops nods

U Music elevates Ciongoli

Robert Rockwell

O'seas B.O. bounce

Viv U stockholders await results

EIDC names Parsons interim prexy

Pub exec Godoff lands at Penguin

BBC to bow sporting talent search

Packer topper tapped

Kids' WB exec goes Geo

Palisades' $5 mil to finance indies

Walken snares ShoWest spotlight

CNBC taps Brown for talker

Slamdance jury rules on winners

ABC scores a super Sunday

A bowlful of blurbs

'Minutes' man is movin' on

Lansing meets idol, keeps post

WPIX news adds accent

Bleak weather hits B'way B.O.

Goodspeed revives 'Eddie'

Woolly inks new plays

Free paper flap settled

Inside Move: M'max flips lid over beer

Mouse board walk

Good 'Going' for Ruffalo, Revolution

LaSalle is lord for 'M'Lady'

'Queens' and 'Med' dead

Kuno Becker

Sienna Miller

'Batman' captures director Nolan

NBC keeps Lowe in 'Den'

Nat'l Registry sets the records

Craig Gartner

Georgia Franklin

Col's Ammer going global

James Maiella Jr.

Luca Bentivoglio

Changing world via 'Monologues'

Liebesman to 'Watch' out

'Dance Fever' at ABC Family

Nets behind sitcom shift

Lion less towering

Spice Factory plays 'Games'

Houlihan seeks entertainment chief

Oscars come home to Acad for exhibit

Stars' super soirees

Book shoots ahead of pic bow

'DA' on ABC docket; Fox is male-bonding

Laura Allen

SAG joins 'Chi' chorus

Doris Fisher

'Joe' hits new high as ABC sags

AOL TW kicks off earnings season

Evans feted at King gala

Ichannel appeals license decision

Channel survival techniques

Steve Woods

Fox enjoys 'Idol' worship

EU tightens piracy restrictions

German cable coup

'Seraphin' tops list at Jutra noms

Italo's renaissance

Spain's cable merger still on

Mouse bullish on '03 prospects

IA streamlines ad work with new deal

Taiwan pirates have last laugh

Both sides now: FCC urged not to relax regs

Lavigne tops MTV Asia

Mais takes on Col TriStar/BVI deal

Honoring Huston

Top distribs link up

TNT ropes a ratings win

PGA eyes Gotham boost

Puenzo back in biz

Kay turns attention to TNN

Game Show cooks up 2 pilots

Telewest/NTL union far off

DIC offers kidvid blocks

HBO raises Kessler

Springsteen, Jones goose Grammys

Viv U licking wounds

Canucks: No foreign domination

Brazil's Globo merges feevee

Ritter to host TV Land kudocast

Russ David

Arnold feted at pub kudos

Kazaa counters labels' suit

Prexy Marciano moves out of House

'Mix It Up' moving in on WE's fall schedule

Magnolia gets Bukowski doc

New Line lifts events planner

MSNBC dickering with Donaldson

UPC to delist from Amsterdam roster

Mal-'Practice' charges at ABC

Harden switches to ICM

Finalist destination

Correction

Empire strikes back

WB boosts the laugh track for fall season

Bloom zooms to CBS daytime

Jeanne Sorel Cohen

Regency savors 'Bite' pact

Searchlight has 'Daughter'

Lingo mambo

Pic smoke chokes

Oscar noms ballots due

Commemorative Oscar poster revealed

Voices stilled by radio Rush crush

'Prada' fits Hedges, Fox

Peter teeters on salute

The only alternative

Joseph Frank Champa

Screener scheme

BBC Films on 'Edge' with Campbell, Bovell

Mouse taps top legal eagle

'Informer' to talk for Marconi

Saddling up for 'Missing'

Regency new home for 'Pi' guy

'Informant' pair wired at Warners