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SANTA CLARA/MARINA DEL REY, January 4: Via an alliance between Intel Corporation and CinemaNow, users of Intel technology-based media PCs, such as those with Intel Viiv technology, can legally download and record major motion picture movie content to DVD discs …

NEW YORK, January 4: iD Distribution has brokered several new deals for Rainbow Media’s Mag Rack video-on-demand content with international broadcasters in the U.K., Sweden, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East. Mag Rack, which was launched in …

NEW YORK, January 4: Next New Networks, a new online entertainment company co-founded by former Nickelodeon president and MTV Networks vice chairman Herb Scannell, has received $8 million in funding from Spark Capital, a digital media venture capital firm. The …

VALBY, January 4: Nordisk Film TV has established a new international division under Karoline Spodsberg, who was most recently program manager for TV3 Denmark. The move is part of a new strategy for the company put in place by former …

LOS ANGELES/BUENOS AIRES, January 4: Fox International Channels has partnered with Ernesto Sandler, the founder of the cable channel Utilísima, for a new company dedicated to the production of Spanish-language content. As part of the alliance, Sandler will serve as …

HOLLYWOOD, January 4: Mike Baron has been appointed to the position of director of brand licensing and business development at Twentieth Century Fox. Baron will be in charge of key Fox licensing properties, including Fox Sports, Speed Channel and IGN’s …

LOS ANGELES, January 4: Comedy Central’s RENO 911! and Chappelle's Show will be the first programs to be syndicated by MGM under the studio’s new strategic relationship with New Line. Both series are available for syndication for fall of 2007, …

SÃO PAULO, January 4: According to wire reports, a Brazilian court has ordered YouTube to cease operations until it removes a celebrity sex video involving model Daniela Cicarelli, the ex-wife of soccer star Ronaldo. Cicarelli filed suit against the Google-owned …

LOS ANGELES, January 4: Fox Sports International has renewed its partnership with the English Football Association Premier League, extending Fox Soccer Channel’s exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the Barclays English Premier League through the 2009/2010 season. As part of this …

LOS ANGELES, January 4: FOX is pulling the plug on the Warner Bros. Television youth-skewing drama The O.C., currently in its fourth season, with the finale slated to air February 22. “This feels like the best time to bring the …