Lionsgate has struck a deal that sees the launch of five channels to DIRECTV and DIRECTV STREAM customers.

Paramount+ has ordered the docuseries Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of ’80s Hair Metal, directed by Jeff Tremaine (jackass, The Dirt).

Derek Drennan, managing director of Nest Productions, shares his views on the state of production for unscripted entertainment.

Alan Cumming has signed a producer first-look deal with NBCUniversal inclusive of scripted and unscripted content.

Arthur Smith, the chairman and CEO of A. Smith & Co. Productions, offered up a big-picture view of the state of reality television in the U.S. as the TV Real Festival came to a close today.

GRB Media Ranch’s Sophie Ferron, TVF International’s Poppy McAlister and Woodcut Media’s Kate Beal, who also chairs the Association of True Crime Producers, told TV Real Festival delegates about the trends shaping the business of crime docs.

Rakuten TV has expanded its FAST channel offering across Europe, launching three new channels each in Spain, the U.K., Italy, France and Germany.

Within Fremantle UK, Ashley Whitehouse has been promoted to director of programs at Thames and Paul Broadbent has been upped to the same role at Naked.

ZDF Studios’ two-parter Time: A Journey Through Thousands of Years explores the discovery of time, the history of time measurement and the effect it has on our lives today.

A classicist who specializes in ancient Rome, Mary Beard offered up insights on presenting history fare at the TV Real Festival.