Table of Contents
Week of 04/01/2008

Articles

BBC Worldwide America taps Telegdy

 

China pics set for U.K. tour

 

A new polish for Image

 

'Knights' wins Riga top award

 

Mounting costs hit Portugal's RTP

 

Constantin extends Eichinger deal

 

TF1 counts on Spanish cop thriller

 

Levy, Courbit to set up TV company

 

CBS cuts news staff across country

 

Historic Venice hotel back to life

 

European markets take separate routes

 

Marvel to bring 'Iron Man' to TV

 

Sean Levert dies at 39

 

CBS Monday stays hot

 

Arts Alliance signs ballet, opera deal

 

Damaging day for Pellicano

 

Stan Lee, Disney set projects

 

Richard leaves post at Arena

 

Robbins to open NAB with keynote

 

Fox + 'Idol' = odd winning formula

 

Olympic torch arrives in Beijing

 

TNT greenlights 'Truth in Advertising'

 

Fuji TV to make third 'Bayside' thriller

 

'Legally Blonde' hitting the road

 

'Bubble Boy' puts lid on ASCAP

 

Sakson named VP at Participant

 

'Machine' man will duet on Shaw tuner

 

Rajiv Joseph wins Paula Vogel Award

 

'Bully Pulpit' getting commercial run

 

'My Scary Girl' joins Barrington lineup

 

'Magnolia' to premiere at Goodman

 

SDSU expands TV and film school

 

U.K.'s Contender picks up film pair

 

Ben Stiller takes on 'King Doug'

 

U.S.-funded Iraq TV station burns

 

Hotel Des Bains reopens after blaze

 

Imax to bow digital systems in Russia

 

Disney Latin America nabs 'Zoo Mix'

 

Kimmel vital stats

 

Breillat's 'Mistress' to open SF fest

 

Kimmel's favorite shows

 

YouTube gives 'Live' lots of publicity

 

Starhub adds Eurosport channel

 

Indovision bulks up on BBC channels

 

Sony taps Jordan to retool 'Kingdom'

 

'Kids' and 'Tudors' top cable ratings

 

College basketball lifts CBS to No. 2

 

Venevision gets U.S. rights to 'Lies'

 

Farm strike pulls Argentine audiences

 

LongTale climbs Hu's 'Himalayas'

 

SAG to begin talks with majors

 

WGAE accuses ABC of strike violation

 

'Wicked' flies out of Hollywood

 

Screen Gems adds creative exec

 

Fox puts Panettiere on 'Kiss List'

 

Fox, Blum bring 'Anything' to theaters

 

Big Beach gets first-look with Back Lot

 

Benderspink to adapt 'Last Blood'

 

Programmers get lift from Fox's Ross

 

Shine to mine MIP debut

 

Universal puts 'First Man' into orbit

 

Fox announces 'Man and Wife'

 

Bjork debuts 'Wanderlust' video

 

Mexicans set up antipiracy org

 

Endemol lands reality house

 

Scandinavia: Crime series hot as ever

 

Brazil: Nets to increase foreign buys

 

Korea: BCC to usher in more open era

 

Japan: Biz dominated by broadcasters

 

Czech Republic: Prima makes run at Nova

 

Hungary: Buyers seeking movies, series

 

Canada: WGA strike fallout uncertain

 

Argentina: Fiction exports expanded

 

China: TV focuses on Olympics

 

Australia: HD channels hungry for content

 

'Kiss' to open Jeonju festival

 

Consortium completes C&M purchase

 

NBC taps Thompson to ride 'Knight'

 

TFN Global takes Fight to Europe

 

Schneider, Fox join 'Bright Star'

 

Merrill to lead EMI digital push

 

Scott Free, Tandem team on 'Pillars'

 

Gotham's time to 'Shine'

 

Sundin joins Universal Music

 

Italian paper falls for Cannes prank

 

Celluloid Dreams takes 'Betrayal'

 

MTV rockers take hold of charts

 

'Speed Racer' to close Tribeca

 

Prosecutors play Pellicano wiretaps

 

Animania HD takes 'Nanigugu'

 

Ebert to resume writing duties

 

Full NBC schedule takes shape

 

Elton teams with Costello on series

 

Peabody Awards honor TV's best

 

Elvis Costello nabs Sundance gig

 

'Idol,' 'Kitchen' debut cook

 

EC to investigate Channel 4 funding

 

Mediaset buys Hollywood package

 

Top 5 most-viewed 'Kimmel' episodes

 

After rough start, 'Kimmel' grows up

 

ESPN picks Tuesday as movie night

 

MGM's Rick Sands resigns

 

Spain: Digital delivery on the upswing

 

Rodriguez to head up LucasArts

 

Horton Foote protests Lucille nomination

 

Amanda Righetti

 

Connor Trinneer

 

Emily Osment

 

Alastair Mackenzie, Charles Mnene

 

Ron Melendez

 

Italy: Mediaset ramps up pay packages

 

United Kingdom: New buyers take charge

 

AFTRA sets date for negotiations

 

Germany: Nets aim to terminate rivals

 

Dion's Beijing concert cancelled

 

Disney promotes Jason Brenek

 

Disney eyes India TV

 

Dennehy set for O'Neill double bill

 

France: Ad woes worry pubcasters

 

IM Global adds TV unit

 

Group banks on South Korean TV

 

Met honors Franco Zeffirelli

 

Agent Guy McElwaine dies at 71

 

Impulse Netizens connect with Hulu

 

Gibney wants forum for documakers

 

Murdoch's Shine independent of dad

 

China's Baidu taps COO and CFO

 

'Ketchup' director making 'Princess'

 

Death threats to S. African journos

 

Eurimages doles out $5.6 mil to pics

 

'Big Rig' fuels up for summer release

 

U.S. programs have global appeal

 

MTV Latin America launches Nick Jr.

 

Azteca gets 'Legal' at Mip TV mart

 

Argentina's Comfer taps Mariotto

 

Japan official denies 'Yasukuni' report

 

Tg4 ordered to end broadcasting bias

 

Indies flourish in filling U.K. schedule

 

'Kingdom' unfurls in Beijing

 

ABC unveils trio of sitcoms

 

Animated 'Alpha' finds its voices

 

Polone to judge CBS' 'Secret Talents'

 

Majors mostly unhurt by writers strike

 

Serious DVD bling for 'Chipmunks'

 

Distribution exec Sandy Cobe dies

 

'ER' set for 15th season

 

NBC bringing shows to the Web

 

Geffen pushes back Margulies play

 

Universal developing Gary Webb film

 

Monahan takes Bruen's 'Boulevard'

 

Church to play Keane in 'Big Eyes'

 

SVA acquires Clearview Chelsea

 

Crudup to play Hoover in 'Public'

 

Monday night football bash

 

'Visitor' welcomed in N.Y.

 

A clever endeavor

 

Al Roker in negotiations for 'Feud'

 

BBC signs Taiwanese HD deal

 

Swedish Television to pinkslip 400

 

Mezzogiorno joins Bellocchio film

 

BBC lures Granada's Mutimer

 

Lis Murdoch backs Obama

 

Highlight profits rise 19%

 

Writers' strike hits Pinewood

 

Directors' Fortnight plans festivities

 

Paramount opens virtual vault

 

Jay-Z nears deal with Live Nation

 

MySpace launches music service

 

Gibson wants no 'Passion' disclosure

 

New Kids return to block

 

Liberty boosts DirecTV stake

 

Xilam plans 'Oggy' special

 

Talent Campus picks five finalists

 

Fox cruises on Wednesday

 

John Kaye Cooper joins ITV

 

Sony taps Wigan for international gig

 

Japanese TV increases global sales

 

Weiner gets served in Pellicano case

 

Gretchen Mol applies for 'Tenure'

 

Entertainment Farm raising cash

 

Chris McDonald

 

Michael Stahl-David

 

Royal Ballet pirouettes to China

 

Jurnee Smollett

 

1964: Nat Cole passes the test

 

MTV grooms 'Fur TV'

 

Marisa Coughlan

 

Talicia Raggs

 

Palm tunes into 'Anita O'Day'

 

Dori resigns from media group

 

Holender to lead Fremantle at Mip

 

Correction

 

Fox Filmed Entertainment taps Smith

 

Trio puts faith in Graham biopic

 

Hyperion president departs

 

Lucas touts 'Clone Wars' series

 

WB nabs Dowling's 'Treehouse Gang'

 

Telemundo shows to air in Mexico

 

'Leatherheads' looking to score

 

Gough and Millar leaving 'Smallville'

 

Working Title chooses Wright path

 

Stephanie Denton makes Bold move

 

Telecom teams with Softbank on fund

 

French facilitators

 

COLCOA lineup

 

L.A. chefs partner with fest

 

Fest offers French hits, fresh talent

 

French animators choose Provence

 

Craft technicians who stand out

 

Shooting in France: 10 things to know

 

PACA hopes to lure filmmakers South

 

Ile de France revitalizes local film

 

Besson to start La Cite du Cinema

 

France offers rebates, charm

 

Bob Yari states his case

 

Times changing for film critics

 

Gyllenhaal, Bettany head 'South'

 

Sony firms up early '09 plans

 

Fox extends 'King of the Hill's reign

 

Echo Bridge connects with Alliance

 

Williams calls Fox's 'Dollhouse' home

 

Dancer Robert Sidney dies at 98

 

SAG president nixes qualified voting

 

CW pencils in 'StyleDome'

 

Gerardo 'Toto' Rotblat dies at 38

 

Allen Whitehead dies at 88

 

'Good Things' in store for Langella

 

Trio debuts line of 3-D eyewear

 

WGA, Clooney at odds over credit

 

Roth rises to senior VP at CBS

 

Mitchell, Pike join 'Surrogates'

 

Keaton to begin 'Widow's Adventure'

 

'Short Circuit's' Johnny 5 still alive

 

Sony dives into TV talent pool

 

Finn and Hiller split up Casting co.

 

Morris launches SPAC attack

 

'[title of show]' heads to Broadway

 

Globo signs French IPTV deal

 

Banned film wins Febio prize

 

Wim Wenders renames company

 

'Rambow,' 'Amore' to shine in Europe

 

ER promotes van den Berg

 

Spain's Imagenio to carry Animax

 

Switzerland's Ascot picks six pics

 

'Dalai Lama' gets bigscreen release

 

CBS dominates on Thursday

 

Rock takes stand in Pellicano case

 

Edinburgh theater fest testing borders

 

'Dew' drops into London

 

Gelbart takes Wright path to Chicago

 

Tours get 8% bump at box office

 

RAI to show European soccer in HD

 

'Curtains' draw significant raise

 

Playwrights enter Kentucky derby

 

KWHY-TV takes gag package

 

Indonesia's Citra takes over Linktone

 

'Children' bows in small Chinese town

 

NHK workers fired for insider trading

 

Games, hardware sales up in Japan

 

Norway film chief aims for efficiency

 

Hamas has hand in puppet tale

 

Van Sant finds actors on MySpace

 

Fake 'Zelda' trailer scores

 

Widmark left indelible impressions

 

India's DVD business blooming

 

'Horton' thumps overseas competition

 

'Bienvenue' takes on U.K.

 

Baron Cohen's guile still in fashion

 

Lower-budget titles try on 3-D

 

'Yasukuni' shut out in Tokyo

 

Soccer doc picked up by Flower

 

First quarter's mixed message

 

Producer Lorenzo reinvents self

 

Argentina expands studio space

 

Abu Dhabi TV launches big

 

Russia's CTC acquires Channel 31

 

Anti-trust group to cancel soccer

 

Dori Media signs deal with Illusion

 

Pranks: Thanks but no thanks

 

Marathon exploits French soap market

 

Maguire leaps for 'Hungry Rabbit'

 

Banner days for Elisabeth Murdoch

 

Canada to consider letting in US cable

 

Fertile imaginations ride baby boom

 

Studios take new technology global

 

Networks to shift screeners online

 

Online video bonus for TV audience?

 

Weighing anchors

 

MGM spends big for Ludlum book

 

Arab business TV booms

 

'Million's Poet' a runaway success

 

Endemol drills fresh Mideast product

 

Al-Rashed builds Al-Arabiya reputation

 

Candidates canvass latenight

 

Crisis splinters Lebanon coverage

 

BBC returns to Arab TV

 

Muslim preachers take to TV

 

Greetings from another planet: H'wood

 

Justice Department sues Fox

 

MBC to air all Indiana Jones films

 

Jordan's queen goes on YouTube

 

Al-Iraqiya studios ransacked

 

Actress Sofiko Chiaureli dies at 70

 

Warner Bros offers UK same-day DVD

 

Method Fest announces winners

 

Campaigns crave talk show bookings

 

'Hairspray' does China

 

UTA trio on move to Endeavor

 

Audiences keep betting on '21'

 

Microsoft sets deadline with Yahoo

 

Fox Interactive tweaks ad operations

 

Charlton Heston dies at 84

 

Emperor takes Leong to court

 

'21' sacks 'Leatherheads'

 

'Smart' people gather

 

Alchemy handles rights to 'Flashpoint'

 

Babelgum unveils first fund project

 

Discovery visits Herzog's 'World'

 

Murdoch raises pay TV stake

 

Novavision inks L.A. deal

 

FremantleMedia pacts with MDA

 

Ad agency shows off doc at Mipdoc

 

TWC launches international TV unit

 

Comcast sells TV block to Asia

 

Michigan offers new film incentives

 

New witnesses heat up Pellicano trial

 

Majors kick off talks with IATSE

 

'Four Girls' opens Gulf Film Festival

 

Luminaria kicks off 'Spoken Word'

 

Shawn Hatosy

 

Richard T. Jones

 

Oscar Nunez

 

Reshad Strik

 

Sundance duo win at Film Frame

 

Alison Brie

 

India's UTV shuffles exec suite

 

Van Weed is new Protagonist exec

 

Sloan gives keynote at Amazia

 

Italian showdown is camera-ready

 

Image restructures roles

 

'Mermaid,' 'Ladies' win at AFI Dallas

 

'Who' is the boss at foreign box office

 

Spyglass loves 'Leap Year'

 

Feist sweeps Junos

 

'Married' set for Spike run

 

Fuse sparks to new muse

 

Bergen hitches 'Bride'

 

MSG Network adds films to slate