World Screen

PARIS: ZED has signed a deal to handle the international distribution for recent documentaries from the production company Mona Lisa. ZED will be representing a catalogue of more than 80 hours of docs from Mona Lisa. Titles include Urine Superpowers, …

PARIS: Nicolas Deschamps, whose career includes stints at France Télévisions and ITV Studios, has joined Gedeon Programmes as producer and head of international co-productions. Deschamps will be focusing specifically on programs and formats aimed at prime time. At this year’s …

SINGAPORE: Lifestyle, supernatural and crime are top genres from Rive Gauche Television’s ATF offering. Ultimate Homes tells the stories of people who went to great lengths to build their dream homes in the most unlikely and challenging of places. In …

SINGAPORE: Food series are the main attraction that Gusto TV is serving up at ATF. A is for Apple is a cooking-challenge show that sees three chefs select ingredients based on letters of the alphabet. Seafood dishes are demystified in …

LONDON: DRG has entered into a first-look deal with indie producer What Larks! Productions to distribute its factual content. DRG will gain the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to all of What Larks!'s factual output. This includes The Magic of Houdini …

SINGAPORE: An aging but skilled hunter is the focus of Jago: A Life Underwater, a Blue Ant International highlight that is available in HD and 4K. “This award-winning, family-friendly documentary follows an 80-year-old hunter who hobbles around on land but …

LONDON: A+E Networks UK's factual-entertainment channel HISTORY is now available on Polish cable platform Vectra. With this new agreement, HISTORY is being offered to more than 500,000 additional homes across Poland. The network will be part of Vectra's Gold, Platinum …

LONDON: Cineflix Rights has placed a LEGO documentary with several international broadcasters and has also acquired a follow-up holiday special. Cineflix Rights has presold the hour-long documentary The Secret World of LEGO to TV2 in Denmark, TV5 in Finland and …

LOS ANGELES: Electus International and Bear Grylls Ventures have inked a trio of distribution deals around the world for the Running Wild with Bear Grylls special featuring U.S. President Barack Obama. Agreements have been signed with Discovery Networks International, Channel …

LOS ANGELES: A fourth season of the docuseries #RichKids of Beverly Hills has been commissioned by E!, with eight new episodes coming in 2016. The new installment will follow Morgan Stewart and Brendan Fitzpatrick’s road to the altar. The series …