Sara Alessi

LOS ANGELES: Tremendous! Entertainment (TEI), the production company behind Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, has appointed Ronak Kordestani as head of development.

Joel Denton, the company's managing director of international content sales and partnerships, talks about trending factual genres.

TORONTO: Scripps Networks in the Asia Pacific has given the go-ahead to the 4K series Inspired with Anna Olson, the latest title in the franchise from Peace Point Rights.

LONDON: BBC One has commissioned Dragonfly, part of Endemol Shine Group, to produce an hour-long documentary that examines the impact of a new Down’s Syndrome screening test.

LOS ANGELES: Health-entertainment network Z Living has entered into a strategic partnership to create POPSUGAR-branded content that will air exclusively on the linear cable network and online.

LONDON: Danny Carvalho has been appointed as the new commissioning editor for factual entertainment at Channel 4.

LOS ANGELES: Electus International has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the hidden-camera reality series Cheaters, which investigates potentially unfaithful romantic partners.

PARIS: Terranoa has acquired distribution rights for documentaries in the science, nature, history, geopolitics and lifestyle categories, including The Clintons & The Obamas: The Secret History of a Rivalry, as well as four new productions from MC4.

TORONTO: Blue Ant Media’s specialty channel Cottage Life, which focuses on real estate, food, DIY projects and more, is bringing new and returning shows, including Colin & Justin’s Cabin Pressure, to its spring lineup.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has secured sales for several factual titles, including the music-based docuseries Braxton Family Values, in Africa and Sweden.