Mediaset posts profit for 2003

U.K. banner shows some character

Pirates face plank

Constantin feels B.O. pinch

Fox's Wednesday rock solid

Korean keeps 'Promise' pic

Gauls watching more TV

Ocesa Presents taps int'l talent VP

'Popstars' is ineligible for doc coin

Change of 'Heart' directors

Oz court sending DVD pirate to jail

Sundance fund allots $395,000 for 11 docus

Exex fear for tiers

Cablevision's credit clouded by Rainbow

Televisa restructures equity, adds dividend

Stars power ShoWest end

Tribeca flies British flag

Int'l biz bracing for reality

Mixed blessings

Robichaux tuning in to B&C mag

'Fox News,' 'Stephanopoulos' neck and neck

Lucien Benedek

Island prexy tunes new gig

Pols vault to major ad buys

Peacock sits pretty

Blockbuster eyeing big score on 'Monster' DVD

Comcast purchases Tech TV for $300 mil

Correction

B'Way tribute hails life of Uta Hagen

Comedy net tops Wednesday

Lawyer exits Disney

Durkin tapped agent by ICM

Cartoon pooling talents for grownup block

'Cracking' gets pulled

Peacock stokes 'Strokes'

Devane's part of 'Family'

'Dracula' bites into Apple

Maverick countersuing Warner

CBS on prowl for a great lady

ABC Family big on 'Smallville'

Management shingle's a Key gig for Greenblatt

Redgrave to speak Greek

Inside Move: Feds grab a pirate to go

Scribe warms to WB's 'Body'

Endgame's got Cajun persuasion

Reality guy Nash goes to war

Judge trims 'Samurai' scribe suit

'Princess' gets pic treatment

Producer paints new shingle

B'Way labor orgs to revisit stance on Jets stadium

Male bonding pic will pair up Par, Hogan

Scribe talks stalk H'wood

Hunter right for 'White'

IFFLA ready to unveil pix

Essential-ly researching aud habits

MLB loads bases with Microsoft

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Filmmakers unite to look at Madrid bombings

Dubai to debut film fest

U.K. stymies studios

David Dillon Evans

Tony Meilandt

'Apprentice' means business for NBC

Steve Duboff

Arthur Lithgow

Global Price List 2004

Nets' male delivery problem

USA plugs in partners at the script stage

Inside Move: Three strikes for Eisner?

Instant discs: Just add concert

Pols spotlight RTVE

Nixed docs get a viewing

Biz's new credo: Gray matters

B.O. rises; 'Fox' 379g

Reveille wakes up to int'l reality

No press, please

'Bombay' doctored

Funding cuts put forum in jeopardy

DMX's 'Alone' makes Gotham scene

Inside Move: Will U have to wrestle with Rogue?

Saban mulls new Kirch empire

Perk parade hits a slump

RTS topper toppled over Kosovo crisis

Williams wears 'White' in black comedy; 'Stella' onscreen

Valenti valedictory view an eye-opener

Hoyts gets new topper

Natty 'Everyday' debut

Waking the'Dead'

Bermuda fest sets sail

Pix mourn fall of the mall

The scribe plot thickens

Inside Move: 'Spider' sense tingling

Inside Move: 'Size' matters as fast-food fight heats up

Sumner gets the China syndrome

Inside Move: Stars collide in Philippine prexy race

Toe-tapping times for Cilento

Paybox scores soccer as sports monopoly grows

Niche channels want to be counted, too

'Passion' hot in LatAm but Teutons yawn

Nielsen can count ... on constant criticism

Springing in with this and that

Can film biz curb squander-lust?

Top promoters push for more clubs

Inside Move: Tell-alls sitr old Times tension

Biz slides; 'Hairspray' $1.3 m

'Lifestyle centers' on a laff track

TVNZ drops projects

Pic promos face perplexing plight

Helmers bring savoir-faire

French femmes have new looks

Bashes bowl for bucks

'Scooby' dough

Namic names nominee names

A weak bird in hand

Christmas in March: Gamers still scoring

U.S., Brazil pols parley over antipiracy efforts

Roy Disney to uncork Mouse House info

Report tabs Asia ad revs

Cinar turns into Cookie Jar

MTV Asia ups strategy exec

'Duck' feathers nest of helmer Eimbcke

Root grows on Discovery

McCarthy, Lachey take flight in key pilot roles

Heyman's looking at 'Giant' pic

Chris Kentis and Laura Lau

Patrick Sheane Duncan

Michael McConnell

Marshall Todd

Matt Leutwyler

Frankie Muniz

Serena Williams

Nets upfront about year-round bows

ABC seeks probe of death

Delroy Lindo

Kathryn Hahn

Jane Seymour

An upbeat beginning

Wellspring gushing with 'Nathalie' pickup

San Fran fest fetes three

Latin America flocks to 'Passion'

Deutsch to expand slate

Mip trips over coin

Andie Locke Aviv

Elijah Alexander

Miles Sebastian Conte

Isabella Jane Titus

Italy

Holland

Poland

Canada

Hands-on approach

China

South Korea

Brazil

Spain: 'The Serranos'

South Korea: 'Daejanggum'

On the right course

Australia: 'Strictly Dancing'

Spain

Nordic territories

Belgium

Austria

Czech Republic

Mexico

France: 'L'Affaire Dominici'

China: 'Pink Ladies'

Argentina: 'Los Roldan'

Hallmark's Halmi takes hard line on reality boom

Brazil: 'Celebrity'

Israel: 'On the Level'

Program potpourri

Global Price List

France

Switzerland

Japan

Australia

Israel

Argentina

Germany: 'The Elephant'

United Kingdom: 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here'

Poland: 'L Like Love'

Japan: 'Toriba no izumi'

Up with people

United Kingdom

Germany

Hungary

Milia, Mip join forces in mobile marketplace

Holland: 'Kopspijkers'

Nordic territories: 'Better Times'

Reality wears thin

Mexico: 'La Escuelita VIP'

'Makeover' takeover; 'Hospital' comatose

Reality guru maps road to 'Recovery'

'Shadow' into light

Rhythm's mane f/x studio for 'Lion'

Frog promo uploads 'Everwood' to AOL

Union sets up game pix fund

USA monster in Shiban's laboratory

Wilson meets Maverick

Napoleonic projects girding for combat

Animus moves to prod'n

Meet the 'Defiant' Moore

Frog leaping into 'Lagoon'

Cantat sentenced to eight years

Herrmann ankles MTM

Institute funding row endangers Swede pix

Sir Peter Ustinov dies at 82

Egmont yearly profits up 50%

NBC's 'Jordan' crosses up rivals

Pooh case gets flushed

Peacock pitching Diana tapes

Weta, Nelvana ink for 'Dragon'

S. Africa series on 'Menu'

Root's transplanted to Discovery in D.C.

Gibson galls Gauls

Nordic Film Fest goes 'Sky' high

No parallel imports

Promo push for pix

Sat 1 chief stands pat as Doetz exits board

Kloiber nabs Directorate Award

Globo races ahead with Senna doc

Robert Bennett

Sponsorship spending reaching high note

New Time mag targets frugal femmes

Cablevision posting bonds to cut interest

Hollywood buyout

EM.TV gets rights to RTV

Jan Berry

Reed Midem channels Shanghai TV Festival

Mip rouses Mouse

Mip's slow recovery

Familiar face buys a Kirch library card

Study: File sharing doesn't hurt sales

NATPE gets 2 years by the Bay

Par taps Japhet senior vp

Black joins Watts for 'King Kong'

Hassler to get key original '60' slot

Brits going biblical at B.O.

'Carey' helmer donates salary to PETA

Prowling for Lion payout

MPAA, indie org OK screener compromise

Clarification

'Straight' down the drain

Rispoli, Kind set for pilots

Jay's flame burns for 'Tonight'

Mexico feels the beat with VH1 Latin America

Study sez DVD sales dim hunger for CDs

Youth served with $75 mil MTV-Motorola pact

H'wood trio in league for Ivy Film Festival

Shout! to ride 'Bulls' DVD

Slicing an American pie

Claire Tavernier

Mark Selby

Mitch Lazar

Carmel Landy

$200 mil in originals on Court TV's docket

Jolting 'Jordan' gets early pickup

Gov't vet named EIDC topper

CNBC serves McEnroe yak

Brandt, Haas 'Wanted' at U

Keanu drawn to 'Darkly'

Initial hopping aboard 'Shepherd'

Legal eagle Kelley looks for laffs

N.Y. Emmys favor WPIX

Newmarket buys Kidd fable

'Montana' maintains a very sharp Focus

A 'Wild' Landscape for New Line

Doug Dyer

02 uses phones to send tune toters their tracks

Anssi Vanjoki

Mike Short

Neil Montefiore

Guy Laurence

Steve Largent

Ringing in new rev

Content alliances key at Cannes conference

Optimistic Televisa plans $300 mil spend

B'way B.O. springs ahead

Kids WB plays early pranks

Biz waiting on deal of fortune

DRM-scape

Market's call later than expected

Cellphone media making noise

Jabs only cut skin-deep

Designs on Ford

Happiest guy on Earth

D.C. press spanks prez

Ellen recalls courting gay coverage

Remember 'The Alamo'?

'Prince'-ly bash minus royalty

Venerable journo Cooke dies

No port for pirates

Probe of 3 Viv U exex starts

Snubbed movies remembered

Eye, Peacock top Monday

'PTU' arrests six Bauhinias

Pietro Sciortino

Gov probes Televisa, Azteca

Capri flexes distrib arm

Comic breaks S. Africa record

Canal 22 winds way into U.S. markets

Hot Docs fest to march in with 'Boys' preem

Reading taps Oz vet

Hathaway, Quaid cast in 'Mountain'

Czech Finale bows with 'Champions'

Mun2 preps 'Perfecta'

BBC's 'Spooks' inspires games

Nets to get V-Chip PSAs

Frosh series minting mojo

Tube tune-in rises 15 mins

Latin America distribber extends deal with D'Works

Corrections

Canal Plus buying spree esprit

Clint steps in ring for girl fight

Western reupped

Hip Mip buyers seek next big reality show

Warners' Teuton pic pact

Couch potatoes can now go mobile

WGA taps 'Jaws' scribe

'Blazing,' 'River' to DVD

Mexico a priority for Viacom

Feevee Telecine taps Mesquita

Aragao laffer sets lensing date

Padmalaya pacts Italo toon shop

Piracy protest shutters pic prod'n

RTP restructuring dries up red ink

2003 DVD sales exceed projections

Teuton QVC taps Kendig for sales

Viasat nets English soccer rights

TBS Latam taps vet Colon as sr. VP

Pax pains Peacock

Bertelsmann boosted 2003 profits

Carmike is back in black

New owner relights Boeing assets

Film schools

Internships

Mentorships

Tech is ticket to work

Lessons from a life in showbiz

Solidarity on screeners

'Passion' rations

Payoff for 'Passion people?

Hanks rallies the green

Mel's slap on the wrist

Y'know their names: Thesps pact for pilots

Ex-veep near deal for Viv U's Newsworld Intl.

News audiences fall without war coverage

USA squeaks past TNT for quarter

Solon tries to bring back fairness

Design firms get hitched

TV Cabo inks with Discovery

House taking aim with camcorder crackdown

Oxygen greets Oz soap 'Neighbours'

Moondoggie! Gidget's back

2929 takes chance on 'Infidelity'

Gugino pacts pair

Scribe fight heats up

Brody goes ape for 'Kong'

Fox reality skein courts auds

Sarandon to be queen of 'Elizabeth'

Diversity directive

'King' aims at new Emmy

Inside Move: Experts eye 'Castro'

Bookstaver turns to features with 'Tiny'

O2, BMG join forces

EMI facing the music

SBS Holland inks Warner TV deal

Mobile users get jump on Nike ad

Viv U probe widens

Lopez doc suit dismissed

Fox rocks on Tuesday

ITV ties up latest Apted doc

Saban runs with pay TV Ball

Ariels split differences

BBC again looking for a new topper

Germans buy Wine by the case

Fox puts on 'FT'

Sci Fi gets remade

Patience a must in China

Granada scores with 4 new 'Poirot' telepix

Usher CD sees boffo bow

Off 'Streetcar,' thesp is warming to 'Frozen'

Oscar to keep same sked

Franken hits Air pocket

Content's still king

Duo turning 'Page'

Hallmark goes for originals

Stewart seeking new trial

'Voluntary' code floats

Flom flows to Atlantic post

Eye ups Ender to sr. veep publicity

Showbiz-Kerry supporters exert 'stronger image'

Debt-laden Charter to refinance loans

The winning ticket

Latin music antipiracy efforts pay off

Devilishly fun bow

Nathaniel Sean Manis and Ryan Hanna Manis

Masha Yershov

Noah Harris Sheinbaum

Antipiracy bill passed in House

'Troy' planning to invade Cannes fest on 2nd day

Par fancies a pair of Clancy projects

Fox hits Virgin territory

Oh no, here they d'oh! Again

Bash bubbles over

Producing troika finds true 'Calling'

Laff label goes to Col

Equity anni tilts toward left

Lion pulling 'Con' job

New bounty for ABC pilot

Rock rolls with big stick

Fox awed by occult pic pitch

Lion studies school spec

Spacey tugs Trigger hand

Gay and proud

Newmarket tops March

IFC focus on 'Z Channel' doc

Profession session for Spike

Platinum bond for Focus

Cohen joins Revolution's Gotham ops

Wrecking ball

PBS picks up 9 Peabodys

It's Morissette Day on Oxygen

Wedding bells ring

Opera bows mobile phone, DVR hookup

Hello Carol Burnett, goodbye 'Century'

EA sets up Def Jam Vendetta follow-up

MusicNet now available a la carte

U sweet on Schickler's 'Vicious'

Mekons

Modest Mouse

Michael Feinstein & Jimmy Webb

The Trip to Bountiful

Twentieth Century

The Journals of Mihail Sebastian

The Prince & Me

Ruben Studdard

N.E.R.D.; Black Eyed Peas

Pardon My English

Carmen Consoli

Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway

Well

Barbara Cook's Broadway

Hellboy

Walking Tall

SFJAZZ Collective

Paul Kelly

Sarah, Sarah

Prince

The Pension Grillparzer

The Von Bondies

What Will Happen to Us

Love Returns

Turn Right at the Yellow Dog

Fado Blues

In Rwanda We Say... The Family That Does Not Speak Dies

Dutch Light

Control Room

Cash Truck

Nellie McKay

The Big House

Keri Noble

Cold/Tender