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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 …

NEW YORK, January 3: News Corporation’s planned business news network has secured a distribution agreement with Time Warner Cable, the second-biggest cable platform in the U.S., according to Dow Jones Newswires. The proposed Fox Business Channel is intended to take …

DENVER, January 3: Liberty Global has completed its acquisition of Czech cable platform Karneval and the sale of its Belgian cable business UPC Belgium. Karneval, the second largest cable operator in the Czech Republic, was acquired for 322.5 million euros …

LOS ANGELES, January 3: The Viacom-owned BET network has acquired all 50 episodes of The Wire, HBO’s critically acclaimed drama series. Each episode will air on the basic cable network in a 90-minute block. The first three episodes will be …

NEW YORK/SEOUL, January 3: Home Box Office has teamed with SK Telecom for a mobile VOD service in Korea featuring full episodes of the premium network’s key original series. The service, which launched December 22, features full episodes of Sex …

TORONTO, January 3: Corus Entertainment has launched SCREAM Extreme on Demand, a VOD platform for SCREAM, the horror, suspense and thriller network it operates in partnership with Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting. Corus Entertainment already operates on-demand offerings for Movie Central, YTV …

NEW YORK, January 3: Top Chef, Bravo’s top-rated search for culinary talent, has been renewed for a third season, with a nationwide casting call beginning this month. “The second season of Top Chef has outperformed even our highest expectations both …