Joanna Padovano Tong

LONDON: ITV has added to its summer lineup The Investigator: A British Crime Story, a new documentary series led by former police detective Mark Williams-Thomas.

NEW YORK: This summer, Smithsonian Channel is due to debut The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima, a new special focused on one of the men seen raising the U.S. flag in a famous photograph from World War II.

SILVER SPRING: Athena, an RLJ Entertainment (RLJE) brand, has picked up the EST, SVOD and home-video rights in North America for the Higher Ground documentary series Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music.

LOS ANGELES: Electus International has picked up the global distribution rights for the second season of the home-makeover reality series Home Free from Critical Content.

LONDON: Scripps Networks Interactive has unveiled its new original commission, Robson Green Grand Slam, a tentatively titled new fishing series that is slated for broadcast on Travel Channel in the U.K. and EMEA.

NEW YORK: Seasoned production and development exec Glen Freyer has been appointed as the new senior VP of development at Loud TV, part of ITV America's Leftfield Entertainment group.

PARIS/LOS ANGELES: M6 Group has picked up Prime Entertainment Group's The Secret Album of Clint Eastwood for broadcast on French pay-TV channel Paris Première.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel is slated to begin airing No Man Left Behind, a new six-part show that tells the stories of war heroes and special agents who found themselves trapped behind enemy lines.

CANBERRA: Aussie factual producer WildBear Entertainment has finalized its co-production with China's CCTV10, The War that Changed the World: The Making of a New China, while a licensing deal for the docuseries has been secured by FOXTEL History Channel.

LONDON: Factual content producer/distributor Barcroft Media has entered into two new channel partnerships with OTT platforms in India that will see the Barcroft TV brand expand its presence in the country.