Beverly Hills, Calif. - Former Disney head Michael Eisner's Tornante Company said on Tuesday that it has signed international distribution deals for its Vuguru new media production studio's "Prom Queen" Web series. Cyber-Group Animation will offer the series dubbed in French for wireless mobile, broadband, TV and home video, while Rights Entertainment will distribute the series in Japanese, as well as produce a localized version. Tornante said "Prom Queen" was viewed over 15 million times during its original run, while the spin-off, "Prom Queen: Summer Heat," is approaching 2.5 million views.

Los Angeles - Vuguru, the media firm founded by former Disney head Michael Eisner, has signed deals to expand distribution of the spinoff to its original online series "Prom Queen" to a range of new video-sharing sites, Variety reported. In addition to MySpace, YouTube, Veoh and Verizon's V CAST, "Prom Queen: Summer Heat" will now also be offered via Bebo, Revver, Blinkx, Imeem, VideoEgg and StarStyle.com.

Seattle - Online retailer Amazon.com announced on Monday that it has partnered with Microsoft on a project that will offer independent films for sale on-demand on next-generation HD DVD discs.

Los Angeles - Vuguru, the independent production studio recently launched by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, on Thursday announced a deal with News Corp.'s MySpace to debut its "Prom Queen" online series exclusively on the social network.