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BURBANK: Citing Nielsen VideoCensus data for April, ABC.com says it is the number one network website in terms of unique viewers, and was home to seven out of the top ten series viewed online for the month. Dancing with the Stars had …

NEW YORK: Eight scripted drama projects are currently in development for A&E Network, with nine hit unscripted series returning to its schedule and seven more set to join. On the nonfiction slate, A&E is bringing back nine series and launching …

TORONTO/LONDON: DECODE Enterprises has notched up further deals across Asia for the animated series Kid vs Kat, produced by Studio B Productions in association with YTV Canada and Jetix Europe. Disney Channel India, Disney Channel Japan and Cartoon Network in …

SANTA MONICA: This June, GSN will begin airing the first three seasons of Deal or No Deal and the entire series run of 1 vs. 100, both Endemol USA productions for NBC. The hour-long Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandel will air …

LONDON: 4Kids Entertainment has taken on the licensing and merchandising rights for the Nordic territories for the upcoming Luc Besson live-action/computer-animated family adventure movies Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard and Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds. Arthur …

BALTIMORE: Dr. Seuss’s iconic The Cat in the Hat is being developed into an animated TV series for the first time, with PBS KIDS slated to air the show in fall 2010. The show comes to PBS KIDS via a deal with Random House Children’s Entertainment, in association …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Films & Television has signed a co-production and broadcast deal with History Television in Canada and Discovery Communications in the U.S., Europe, Africa and the Middle East for Greatest Tank Battles, a military, CGI documentary series that spotlights …

LONDON: UKTV is continuing its rebranding efforts, licensing the name Good Food for its UKTV Food channel from BBC Worldwide, owner of the existing Good Food magazine brand. The agreement permits UKTV to rebrand its dedicated UKTV Food channel and …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel has inked a multi-year production deal with Keith Scholey, ex-head of BBC’s Natural History Unit, and his outfit, Wild Horizons, for a series of documentaries exploring the globe, continent by continent, kicking off with Wild Planet: North America. Billed as the …

NORWALK: Liz Levenson, who most recently served as manager of programming for CABLEready, has been upped to director of program development. Levenson is responsible for supervising all acquisitions and submissions. She also works closely with CABLEready’s program suppliers on original …