New York - Media conglomerate Viacom (NYSE: VIA) on Monday announced deals with Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) CreateSpace, to offer a number of series on its MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and VH1 networks for the first time on DVD through the on-demand publishing service. Series to be initially available exclusively on Amazon.com through the service include "Celebrity Rehab," "Drake & Josh" and "My Super Sweet 16."

Seattle - Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) CreateSpace on-demand DVD distribution service said on Monday that it has partnered with Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO Video to offer a selection of HBO and Cinemax documentaries on the service. Films included in the offering, to include "When I Knew" and "Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card," will also be the first created through an on-demand service to be encrypted by the industry's Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection technology.

New York - The nonprofit Tribeca Film Institute on Monday announced the launch of Reframe, an online service that will help filmmakers, libraries and other media owners digitize, market and sell their classic and hard-to-find films and video content using the Internet.

Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) announced on Monday that it will begin selling out-of-print albums from major labels Sony BMG and EMI on-demand through its CreateSpace service.

Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Friday launched its new Indie & Art House store, which features a range of over 25,000 independent films as well as a place where users can preview, review and discuss them. Many of the films are available via Amazon's CreateSpace DVD on Demand service. The company said actor, director and producer John Favreau will be the first curator of the site's "Independent Voices" section.

Scotts Valley, Calif. - Amazon.com's CreateSpace unit said on Wednesday that it has launched a new Books on Demand self-publishing service for authors. The company also said that it will no longer charge any set-up fees to users of its on-demand book, CD and DVD creation service. Authors submit their works to CreateSpace, purchase a proof copy of their book, and can then be shipped to customers within 24 hours of orders.