Mansha Daswani

The inaugural TV Real Screenings Festival is now live, delivering a selection of crime, history, lifestyle and entertainment series and specials available on the market today.

Stephen David on his new HISTORY event series The Titans That Built America.

The BBC, Channel 4, Sky, A+E Networks UK and Discovery UK have joined forces with ScreenSkills and Pact to create the Unscripted TV Skills Fund.

In conversation with Fulwell 73’s Ben Winston at Digital MIPTV today, David Beckham discussed his ambitions for his company Studio 99 and the projects he has in development, including a doc about his life and career.

ITN Productions is producing George Floyd: Has Britain Changed? (w/t) for broadcast on ITV.

Cineflix Rights has sealed a deal with Nutopia to distribute the blue-chip science series Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer.

Beyond Rights has picked up the distribution rights to the Channel 4 documentary Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death.

Unveiling its Q4 and 2020 financials, Discovery, Inc. reported that its new streaming service, discovery+, is on track to hit 12 million paying subscribers globally by the end of this month.

Asacha Media Group has picked up majority ownership of U.K.-based factual production and distribution outfit WAG Entertainment.

World Screen Newsflash explores some of the major developments in the factual business in 2020.