Los Angeles - Rainbow Media's (NYSE: CVC) newly-acquired Sundance Channel plans to launch a new video-on-demand service for cable and satellite systems that will offer some of the many films submitted and screened at the Sundance Film Festival that did not receive a theatrical release, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sundance Selects aims to offer 50 new titles a year, more than a third of which will be nonfiction; movies on the service are expected to cost $7 or $8 each. Rainbow also operates the independent film video-on-demand services IFC in Theaters and IFC Festival Direct. The company told the Times it currently has no plans to bring Sundance Selects online.

New York - Voom HD Networks, a suite of HD channels owned by Cablevision's (NYSE: CVC) Rainbow Media, has filed a complaint against satellite TV provider DISH Network (NASD: DISH) with the New York Supreme Court, claiming over $1 billion in damages in the wake of DISH's dropping Voom's channels from its service last month, Multichannel News reported.

New York - Rainbow Media's IFC Films has announced a deal that will make its titles available through Amazon Unbox (NASD: AMZN), a service that downloads movies, TV shows and Web video content to PCs, TiVo set-top boxes and portable media players. Initial titles include "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and "After the Wedding."

New York - Rainbow Media Holdings' AMC TV network said on Thursday that it will post episodes of its first original drama series, "Mad Men," for purchase and download on Apple's iTunes Store the day after they air. All 13 episodes will be available as a Season Pass for $24.99, or individually for $1.99 each.

Bethpage, N.Y. - Cable TV provider Cablevision announced on Thursday that it will add 15 new high-definition channels from Rainbow Media's VOOM HD Networks to its lineup. With the new additions, scheduled to launch later this month, Cablevision will count a total of over 40 HD channels.

New York - Rainbow Media on Tuesday announced an expansion of the video-on-demand services it offers to cable and satellite TV providers. The operator of networks including IFC, AMC, Fuse and We said it has adopted the "Skool" brand across its VOD properties. The company also renamed its Mag Rack service "Lifeskool," and launched a new service called Musicskool that will offer music lessons and instruction. Rainbow said its Sportskool service is now available in over 22 million U.S. homes.