Gridcast primes Eye for homes
CBS has scored brawny Sunday football-overrun numbers to assure itself an easy primetime Nielsens victory in Jan. 11-17 household results, scheduled for release by Nielsen today.
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Sony game for Web partner
Sony Online Entertainment and 989 Studios, a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., on Monday, said they will launch RedEye Interactive to develop interactive games for the studio's…
Benigni’s ‘Beautiful’ back on top of exclus
Miramax's "Life Is Beautiful" moved back to the top of the exclusives roster as 20th Century Fox's "The Thin Red Line" went wide.
Kanner’s big on Itsy Bitsy
Planning to move into the homevideo and theatrical arenas, the fast-growing Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co. has hired former Disney exec Robert Kanner as head of acquisitions and development.
Murdoch slumps as rivals rise
In the two months since News Corp. sold a 19% stake in Fox Entertainment Group to the public in a $2.8 billion initial public offering, the stock prices of its four rivals -- Time Warner, Walt Disney…
Stox for stations
Citing financial-market volatility, Hearst-Argyle Television and Pulitzer Publishing Co. amended their previously announced merger agreement Monday, nailing down a fixed number of Hearst-Argyle…
Ontario hits $$ record
Film and TV production in Ontario contributed a record $C743.2 million ($486.1 million) to the provincial economy in 1998, according to data collected by the Ontario Film Development Corp.
Oz rushes to Chan
Only partly relieving the tedium of a generally mundane month at cinemas overseas, "Rush Hour" had a smash debut Down Under last weekend, while "Meet Joe Black" clicked in Germany (but was less…
TD in the ad zone
If advertisers preferred the New York Jets or the high-flying Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XXXIII, they're not telling Fox, which has only two of 58 in-game ad slots left to sell on the Jan. 31…
New Line Clock work
"Dark City" director Alex Proyas and his producing partner, Andrew Mason, have signed their Sydney-based Mystery Clock Cinema to a two-year, first-look deal at New Line Cinema.
