Sara Alessi

LONDON: Sky 1 has scheduled a winter debut for the four-part documentary Inside the Freemasons.

SILVER SPRING: TLC has commissioned additional seasons of the factual series Who Do You Think You Are? and Long Lost Family.

TORONTO: Boat Rocker Rights has acquired the Mountain Road Productions library, totaling nearly 200 hours of television content, for worldwide distribution.

LONDON: Indie producer Blink Films has appointed Jon Lloyd to the post of creative director of popular factual as it branches out into factual entertainment, formats and features.

LONDON/NEW YORK: October Films has added to its development and production teams in the U.K. and the U.S.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has placed several factual titles, including the documentary Expeditions to the Edge, with broadcasters in Europe.

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media has secured a deal with Omnifilm Entertainment to become the exclusive Asian distributor for a selection of the Canadian company’s factual titles, including Namaste Yoga.

LONDON: Discovery Networks International and TLC in the U.S. have commissioned Cake Boss through season nine, with Buddy Valastro also on board to star in the new competition series Kitchen Wars.

LONDON: Sky’s free-to-air channel Pick has acquired 80 hours of programming from Beyond Distribution, including the series Highway Patrol.

PARIS: francetv distribution has placed titles from its catalogue of historical documentaries with international broadcasters in Norway and Brazil, among other territories.