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NEW YORK: Comedy Central and Levity Entertainment have inked a multi-year, multiplatform output deal for a series of stand-up specials that will air on the comedy cable channel throughout 2009 and 2010.  The agreement includes six stand-up specials—featuring Christopher Titus, Gabriel Iglesias, Pablo …

LOS ANGELES: For its upcoming mini-series Maneater, based on the Gigi Levangie Grazer bestseller, Lifetime Television has inked a multiplatform promotional campaign with Unilever for its Vaseline Aloe Fresh brand. Vaseline Aloe Fresh will serve as the presenting sponsor of the two-parter from …

NEW YORK: In its Upfront presentation, ABC Family unveiled its summer schedule, along with planned fall/winter premieres, which includes new original series, more episodes of returning hits and theatrical acquisitions. Make It or Break It is a one-hour scripted drama …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has landed a number of deals with broadcasters in Latin America for programs such as the youth drama Skins. Skins will broadcast throughout Latin America on pay-TV channel HBO, which picked up all three seasons. The series …

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has ordered a third season of the live-action preschool music series Yo Gabba Gabba!, with production on 13 new half-hour episodes due to begin in August. From The Magic Store and W!LDBRAIN, the show currently airs daily at …

MUNICH: Big and Small, Poochini and Zeke’s Pad have been sold by Studio100 Media to Canal+ for its children and family channels Piwi, TéléTOON and Canal+ Family. The 52×11-minute puppetry series Big and Small is set to air on Piwi, while the …

LONDON: ViewItOn.TV is offering the rights to user-generated content from more than 3,000 creators to cable, satellite, VOD and mobile platforms around the world. The U.K.-based agency is offering a variety of packages, such as its Top10Tube format, with weekly collections of the …

LONDON: The rights for the Sky1 documentary Josef Fritzl: Story of a Monster have been presold by Target Entertainment Group to nine broadcasters around the world. The one-hour doc has been picked up by SBS in the Netherlands, TV2 in …

LONDON: National Geographic Channel U.K. has commissioned Wall to Wall to produce Sea Patrol UK and has tapped The Gamma Project for Britain’s Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie. Britain’s Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie is a four-part series that follows well-known British TV and …

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned a new seven-part series from Pioneer Productions on the story of the Bible that will map out the origins, ideas and influences of seven key sections of the scripture. The Bible: A History, a follow-up …