Sara Alessi

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Raw TV to produce the documentary film One Punch (working title).

LOS ANGELES: Esquire Network has given the green light for additional seasons of the American football-themed docuseries Friday Night Tykes and its spin-off, Steel Country.

NEW YORK: Smithsonian Channel is airing the hour-long special Mighty Ship at War: The Queen Mary next month to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the ocean liner’s maiden voyage.

LONDON: Sky Vision has secured additional sales for the fifth run of the docuseries Ross Kemp Extreme World, with Australia becoming the latest territory to snap up the title.

LONDON: A+E Networks UK has commissioned Rocket Ronnie’s American Hustle, an original series featuring snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, for HISTORY in the U.K.

TORONTO: Proper Rights has closed deals for its factual content, including the car series Vegas Rat Rods and several Mike Holmes home-reno titles, across Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

LONDON: ITV Studios’s So Television and Sunnyside Productions have been commissioned to produce the factual-entertainment series Celebrity Home Secrets.

LONDON: Scripps Networks Interactive’s lifestyle nets Food Network, Travel Channel and Fine Living are launching in Israel on Cellcom, marking the company’s first channel portfolio deal in the country.

LONDON: DCD Rights has appointed former Passion Distribution exec Philippa Chuter to the newly created role of senior acquisitions executive to lead the company’s drive for factual content.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Casting is underway for the upcoming Nat Geo WILD series Cesar and Son (working title), with dog whisperer Cesar Millan and his son Andre in search of canines and their owners to star in the show.