National Geographic’s Christian Drobnyk, CuriosityStream’s Steve Burns and France Télévisions’ Thierry Mino shared their acquisition and co-production strategies at MIPDoc this morning in a session moderated by Anna Carugati before each receiving a World Screen Factual Trendsetter Award.

Kew Media Group has added to its distribution portfolio the Frantic Films catalog, which is home to more than 450 hours of content.

Dori Media Group has inked a deal with Underground Producciones and Medios Públicos to distribute the second season of the crime drama El Marginal.

The winner of this year's MIPDoc International Pitch is Soora: Breaking the Silence, about four fearless feminists in Iran.

BBC Studios has secured a deal for the Dancing with the Stars format in Nepal.

BBC Studios has sold a range of programming, including Top Gear and Call the Midwife, to digital platforms in Russia.

CBeebies has commissioned Happy Tent Tales, a live-action series for young viewers between the ages of 3 and 6, from Ivy House Productions.

Deepak Dhar, former managing director of Endemol Shine India, has entered into a 50-50 joint venture with Banijay Group to expand the company's presence in India and Southeast Asia.

The U.S. arts network Ovation has licensed a pair of series fronted by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in a deal with FremantleMedia International.

Bristow Global Media (BGM) is developing the docudrama Cleared for Chaos: 9/11, which tells the story of how air-traffic controllers in the small Canadian town of Gander in Newfoundland pulled off the impossible on September 11, 2001.