Los Angeles - Disney's (NYSE: DIS) ABC has signed a deal to offer full episodes of some of its primetime TV shows on Veoh, a video site backed by former Disney head Michael Eisner. Included will be episodes of "Lost," "Desperate Housewives," "Ugly Betty" and other programs, in addition to clips from Disney-owned sports network ESPN. Under the terms, Veoh will utilize ABC's own media player on its site, and pay Veoh based on the traffic it generates for ABC.com, according to PaidContent.

Los Angeles - ReelTime, a for-pay online video-on-demand site that streams content directly to televisions, has signed a deal with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to offer content from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney-Pixar, Touchstone and Miramax on the site, Broadcasting & Cable reported. The deal includes titles such as "No Country for Old Men" and "National Treasure."

Los Angeles - Disney (NYSE: DIS) on Thursday announced the formation of a new digital production studio, Stage 9, which will develop original series for the Web and mobile devices. The unit's first production, a comedy series about window washers called "Squeegees," launched today on ABC.com and YouTube with Toyota as sponsor.

Los Angeles - Disney's (NYSE: DIS) ABC has announced plans to make its primetime TV series available for free viewing on cable, satellite and telco TV video-on-demand services, with the stipulation that viewers will not be able to fast-forward through commercials.

When David Letterman’s The Late Show returns to regular programming tonight with its writers in tow, the first guest in the post-strike era will be Robin Williams. Industry observers had questioned the caliber of guests that talk shows would receive, and it was believed that Donald Trump would be Letterman’s first guest. But the Screen Actors Guild said it supported the appearance of its members on shows like Letterman’s after the Writers Guild of America approved of the strike stoppage for Worldwide Pants writers, the production company for The Late Show and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Los Angeles - ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox will earn an estimated $120 million this year from advertisements that run alongside their free TV shows streams on the Internet, FT.com reported, citing a representative from media buying agency Starcom. The revenue estimate is newsworthy given the networks' reluctance to release such data, and their contention in ongoing negotiations with striking writers that Internet streaming is mainly a promotional vehicle.

Reality TV seems to be doing anything it can to shed the first word in its name. TMZ reports that a source inside ABC’s Dancing With the Stars says Marie Osmond’s recent fainting spell – which she attributed to the poor air quality following October’s southern California fires – was scripted.  Another popular reality show, MTV’s The Hills, has come under heat recently for being scripted, something its centerpiece, Lauren Conrad, vehemently denied.

London - Disney-ABC International has signed a deal with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, to offer free, ad-supported downloads of shows like "Ugly Betty" and "Desperate Housewives" on 4oD, Channel 4's online video-on-demand service, Variety reported. The deal, a first for Disney in Europe, will see programs remain available for up to 30 days following their original broadcasts.

Minneapolis - Game publisher Activision has partnered with ABC Entertainment and BBC Worldwide America to develop a game for the Nintendo Wii based on the reality TV series "Dancing with the Stars." The game will see players using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to physically mimic dance moves. Activision will also release a version for PlayStation 2 compatible with that platform's Dance Pad accessory.  

San Francisco - ABCNews.com will not renew a one-year contract with former "Rocketboom" video blog host Amanda Congdon, CNET News.com reported. Congdon countered in a blog posting that she was the one who ended the relationship with ABC News. Meanwhile, Congdon's former Web show Rocketboom -- now hosted by Joanne Colan -- on Monday announced a distribution deal with video-sharing network Blip.tv, and a sponsorship from the second season of Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program."