Table of Contents
Week of 09/30/2004

Articles

New dramas stay hot

 

Sky One pacts for more U.S. skeins

 

U.K. regulator wants to add pubcaster

 

Jackson's creative for Loonland

 

Berlinale, book fair bound up

 

Chinese officials vow support in piracy fight

 

O'seas in Oscar rush

 

Digital release for 'Cut'

 

Mouse man strikes up band

 

Can 'Shark' spark?

 

On an upward spin

 

Epic taps publicity sr. VP

 

Azteca stock up on shareholder payout plan

 

Hicks, Muse must split sports webs

 

TiVo, Netflix share in their demands

 

Dramas heating up

 

WGA honors laugh man Kanter

 

Par, Warner and Sony set NATPE plate

 

Dule Hill

 

Ted Griffin

 

Simon Pegg

 

Chuck Martin

 

Jill Ritchie

 

A Dream job for senior VP

 

Hare's 'Stuff' to hit Hartford Stage

 

Italy locks 'Keys' for Oscar bid

 

TV biz puts best hopes forward at Cannes mart

 

Peacock is loading up on 'Joey'

 

Confidential editor Blooms

 

Disney grabs 'Nanny' pitch

 

Mexico put 'Voices' in Oscar race

 

'Night' right as Russia's Oscar entry

 

Niche slate taking its place at B.O. gate

 

'Justic' indeed prevails

 

CEO stocking up on Viv U

 

PBS puppy chow for 'Clifford'

 

Inside Move: ABC Fam getting series guru

 

'Pauley' loses 2 more prime syndies spots

 

Sagal to host PGA gala fete

 

E! books Collins specs

 

Bailey gets a greenlight

 

'Rent' rolls from WB to Revolution

 

'Variations' benefits troupe

 

Photog Esparza calls it a day

 

Sony making plans for toon clans

 

Foxx affixed at Fox

 

Kimmel Ent. expands with 3 pix on slate

 

U.K. regulator wants to add pubcaster

 

Coin goes to Catalan films, TV

 

Neil tops $10.5 mil Aussie mini

 

Weekend box office preview October 1, 2004

 

Viewers cast vote for 'Survivor'

 

Photographer Avedon dies

 

Ray's 'Pather' to celebrate 50th anni

 

Mill Valley sets fest

 

Scott Muni

 

Shimon Wincelberg

 

Iggie Wolfington

 

Coming to terms with reality

 

Pondering the unsolved mystery of 'CSI'

 

Shark's TV tail gets chewed

 

Pitchfest projects toon into coin

 

Mavens in mix for web

 

Grundy conjures up its own creative Alchemy

 

Oz fund put accent on profits

 

Media commish is creatives' ally

 

Brits pact for script coin

 

Gaumont trio brings youthful vigor to org

 

Book fair opens up to movie biz

 

Dutch get treated to funds

 

Scoring successes

 

Chinese rocker new Blues brother

 

De Mol soccer deal rattles rivals

 

Nick pals up with local kids for kudofest

 

Execs free up air time to help cops fight crime

 

How did Sony do it?

 

Inside Move: Par reinventing classics

 

Inside Move: Peer review for genre helmers

 

'Hero' for a changing China

 

Inside Move: Lido shuffle

 

Inside Move: Hope's deal chest

 

Inside Move: Nordic docu fest goes just swimmingly

 

Inside Move: Reality check for TV biz

 

Latenight faces a host of changes

 

Inside Move: Sanctioned swapping

 

Inside Move: 'Flood' gates closed

 

Inside Move: H'wood's Franco files

 

Inside Move: Hunting hounded by change

 

H'wood sings a familiar tune

 

Plump frump could be actor's dream

 

'Shark Tale' bites kids Down Under

 

Scribes shifting focus to stage

 

Biz up; 'Brooklyn' 135g

 

B.O. up; 'Producers' 759g

 

Noises Off: Festival faceoff

 

Crix clobber 'Cloaca'

 

Mexican preems pump up the volume

 

U.K. dines on 'Cake'

 

Bridges basks in San Seb fete

 

DGA honors crowd with edgy salute

 

'Shark' shows teeth

 

Hollywood holdup

 

'Super' not so great for McDonald's UK

 

Sub report dips XM stock

 

Signature signs up with exhib Regal

 

Canal Plus' revs down

 

Dan Martinson, Adina Pitt

 

Pauley in peril

 

Gina Brogi

 

Fall falls into remake

 

Mark Rosenbaum, Julien Seligmann

 

Joan Robbins

 

Sandra Murillo Weber

 

'Soap' floats

 

Manish Jha, Josh Kosner, Geoff Reiss

 

'Reinas' rolls outs

 

Brad Reinke, Dave Chaimson

 

Jim Kraus

 

Ray Gagnon, Mary Thompson, Erin McGregor, Sally Seraphim

 

Nicky Parkinson

 

Carolina Vianna

 

AOL teams with EW

 

Kim Anderson

 

Eric Sherman

 

2 Friends looks to befriend kiddies

 

Beth Klein, John Moser, Deborah Meyers

 

Allen launches homevid unit

 

Skater scores CGI makeover

 

Freestyle takes form

 

Newman offers new opportunity

 

Here! grabs rights to period thriller 'Eternal'

 

Disney's taking a 'Billion to One' shot

 

Bruckheimer show taps two

 

'Brothers' to IFC, Focus

 

Directors dig deals

 

Jessica Lange and William Hurt

 

Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna

 

Laurie Holden

 

Scribes on a Fox mission

 

Sofia Vergara

 

Thesps line up for 'War'

 

Music maven Rhone fills Motown post

 

Harris in 'Love'

 

Auds jump for 'Somersault'

 

'Invasions' loots top prize at DGC Awards

 

NBC, Fox News score debate points

 

Anchors back Dan

 

Croisette braces for TV title wave

 

Mifed's slow fade

 

Seventh to import 'Remains'

 

Junior's big growth

 

'Collateral' Cruises to top o'seas B.O.

 

Auds have a 'Heart'

 

Miramax talks hitting wall

 

Fox joins Blu-ray board

 

'Cavalia' horsing around

 

Dave challenges Jay

 

Mckenna Shea Butler

 

William Allen Sorensen

 

Django Garrison Holiday Sbarge

 

Spencer Pierce Kaufman

 

Nicholas Cooper Godsick

 

TV Academy exec lands a Promax post

 

Fuqua ankles 'Gangster'

 

Original's making new discoveries

 

Woo masters 'He-Man'

 

Kingsley getting 'Lucky' with indie gangster pic

 

Indie unit plants 'Redwoods'

 

'Law' man cases nets

 

Fox to 'Strut' series stuff

 

Show overflow

 

Fremantle to bow 'Murder,' 'Bill'

 

Sharing the wealth

 

Satellite synergy

 

Teutons' commercial television titan

 

Grown-up dilemmas

 

Global programming price guide

 

Rigel, Schwartz & Co. plan 'Hughes' special

 

Solid plans Holocaust, Israel products

 

Fall fiction's fine at RTL

 

FRV Media, ZDF Ent tout 'Dragon' adaptation

 

ITV, Five set bar high for U.S. fare

 

Nat'l Geo subsid makes 1st key initiative

 

Reality reigns in seller's market

 

APT Worldwide offers 'Dabbawallas'

 

Sesame Workshop still fresh at 35

 

Harmony Gold boasts positive skeins

 

'Maya & Miguel' new from Scholastic

 

Granada, Albania's Viziontrade pact

 

Originals on Chum slate

 

'McLeod' heads to Germany

 

ADV Films preps 'Lady Death'

 

Murdoch not having impact on b'casters

 

Buyers searching for breakout skeins

 

Telecino, RTVE, Antena battle for top

 

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Reality glut has buyers looking elsewhere

 

Commercial b'casters have a Puls

 

Nick at forefront of Dutch TV shakeup

 

With new topper, Channel 1 rises

 

MTV Mastiff makes play for prize

 

'Family' fare helps Prima; Nova shines

 

Local flavor tastes best

 

Economic recovery propels media boom

 

Sales force ready for action

 

Crime skeins rob Seven of ratings

 

Tube sked has Canucks running amok

 

CCTV loses ground to local signals

 

U.S. fare takes back seat

 

Formats flourish…in any language

 

Filling the gaps

 

When the stars align

 

Jamie Foxx's Oscar Hunt

 

What If Republicans Ran Hollywood?

 

Viv U snuffs UGC stake sale rumors

 

'Psycho' icon dies

 

'Desperate' dynamite for ABC

 

WGA playing with vidgame scribes

 

Wait, there's Moore

 

Tony noms board set

 

Warner Music to pay $350 mil to investors

 

AT&T adds tunes to cell service

 

Canwest overhauls

 

Grouper sets limits on tunes but not pix

 

'Shark' bites Brazil

 

Returnees rule o'seas

 

ABC runs away with Belmont Stakes rights

 

Good Health ups O'Neill

 

Laff master relocates to BBC

 

Fox preps for 'Prison'

 

Business is back

 

Hot housewives heat up Sunday

 

Haber writes from the heart

 

Late earnings news boosts Netflix stock

 

CMG follows 'Manual' to find world

 

Prod'n chief for Babelsberg

 

Oz party vows film aid

 

Aniston urges femme vote

 

Stars heat up catfish fry

 

Keita's 'River' flows again

 

Scribe lands 'Dream' gig

 

Early KO for Fox 'Champ'

 

PR guru Gonzales goes to CBS address

 

Thesp duo picked for 'Jury'

 

Duo nail 4-pic package

 

Basil-Jones to top D'Works int'l mktg.

 

Seventh will air 'Remains'

 

Auds show off hungry heart for plucky 'Huck'

 

'X' marks spinoff spot

 

Fest toasts openers

 

Preem finds its 'Voice' for Duff

 

N.Y. media swims to 'Upriver'

 

Dan's fans

 

Shepard plays 'God' Off B'way

 

Medienboard budget grows

 

Surviving overseas

 

$61 mil fund for New Line

 

Heady 'Times' in Intl. Emmy noms

 

Baldwin is fest guest

 

Still a cruel month

 

CBS rolls on Monday

 

Students turn to legal file-sharing

 

Sub growth boosts Netflix shares

 

Viacom on Latino wavelength

 

TW's dishing it back

 

Vid shingle taps Par vet

 

Org throws up a prayer for media moguls

 

Besson Latin lesson

 

Mojto and Richter prowl the Croisette

 

Piracy hurts Blockbuster

 

Jarre's China show a 1st

 

TV-Loonland ships titles to Mideast

 

France Day fetes exports

 

Oz noms 'Somersault' record

 

India's censors scrutinize '9/11'

 

WGAW gives Kalish Valentine

 

Brillstein Q&A kicks off MT&R series

 

BBC Worldwide announces Australian deals

 

Put-upon comic Dangerfield dies at 82

 

Buena Vista announces South Africa, Croatia deals

 

Nat'l Geo pacts with 3 world webs

 

TeleImages, NHK partner for 'Miracle' sequel

 

E! to launch global Style Network

 

ADV Films, Funimation to partner with Geneon

 

Extreme acquires programming from Chum Television

 

Canal J picks up 'Spotlight' for Filles TV

 

Will ESPN get ruped?

 

Eisner no longer lost or desperate on ABC

 

Baker will broker for NBC U

 

Dramatic recovery for ABC

 

New o'seas reality

 

Cannes, Reed bolster ties

 

'Ten' down to 6 perfs, retools

 

Election stokes 'Passion'

 

Matthew Aidan and Evan Jason Schoner

 

Block to build promo portfolio

 

'Birth' pains

 

Eye: No delay on '60' probe

 

Rock the Vote

 

Nets' desperate measures

 

Peacock sitting pretty

 

Fox's 'Obnoxious' goes to work

 

Fox going global with 'U.N.' drama

 

Univision set to swap radio assets

 

Book maven to toon up at Vinton Studios

 

Leo Normand Levesque

 

Pic takes 'Woman' on ride

 

TV One charters L.A. slot

 

Tribeca Fest lines up 'Downtown' fare

 

Madelyn Rose Akersten

 

Televisa soaps on DVD in U.S.

 

Spencer Pierce Kaufman

 

Keaton Foster Wells

 

Matthew Aidan and Evan Jason Schoner

 

Pols say higher fines are indecent

 

Lights out for Nielsen EDI's nightcallers

 

Sony BMG taps legal exec

 

MTV Networks taps Toffler for topper

 

Disney Channel ups Healy

 

Scribes play along with videogame pact

 

Par takes rap with 'Fade' pickup

 

Minty fresh laffer

 

Moritz shingle asks scribe to 'Prom'

 

Duo will ring in 'Fingers'

 

Marvel tooning up 'Four'

 

Stratus' 'Guilty' verdict

 

Michael Relph

 

Riley, roster to Brillstein-Grey

 

Global vote for Miss World

 

Stern goes into orbit

 

Toubon to continue at Eurimages

 

MTV Awards line-up announced

 

Frog leaps up on Tuesday

 

Reading of 'Aria Da Capo' to raise funds for home

 

'Letters to God' multiplying

 

Richard L. Berger

 

Andre Hazes

 

William Perry Conn, Jr.

 

MTV Euro honor OutKast

 

Mipcom heats up over mobile content, reality

 

'Cut' adds viewer interactivity

 

Another exec ankles BBC

 

Heat is on for docs

 

Blockbuster reply

 

Barak all business as CBS Par exec VP

 

EuroArts will sing new tune

 

DVD Awards announced at Mipcom

 

FNC's clear debate winner among cable

 

Digital cinema Emerging

 

TV Azteca says SEC charges likely

 

BSkyB bonuses grounded

 

Music chart Mouse Club

 

KW extends 'Wheel,' 'J