Joanna Padovano Tong

Channel 4 has ordered a second 30x30-minute season of the hit daytime series Extreme Cake Makers from Boomerang.

Quest, Discovery's factual-entertainment channel in the U.K., has commissioned Woodcut Media to produce Wings of War, a new documentary series focused on a century of aeronautical warfare.

MasterChef has launched Cooking with MasterChef, online classes taught by former winners of the popular competition series.

National Geographic and Nike are collaborating on the global documentary Breaking2 (working title), centered on the year-long journey of elite distance runners who set out to break the two-hour marathon barrier.

Channel 4 in the U.K. has ordered Himalaya High, a tentatively titled three-part series, from Naked Entertainment.

Boat Rocker Rights has licensed more than 400 hours of factual and lifestyle programming to a number of broadcasters around the globe.

This summer Smithsonian Channel is due to debut America in Color, a new series that will show iconic moments from 20th-century American history in color for the first time.

Beyond Distribution has secured presales with broadcasters in the U.S. and Latin America for the new documentary series Escobar’s World, which focuses on the late Colombian drug lord.

True North has been commissioned to produce the new observational documentary series The Pets Factor for CBBC.

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment and Nigel Sinclair and Guy East’s White Horse Pictures are co-producing an authorized documentary based on the life of the late Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti.