Alison Skilton

TVF International has closed out 2019 with a slew of sales to Japanese broadcasters, including Tokyovision, which acquired the BBC-commissioned The Secret Life of Your Clothes.

HBO Documentary Films has acquired North American television and streaming rights for the documentary Welcome to Chechnya, from Academy Award-nominated director David France, ahead of its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Quintus Media has notched up several international deals for The Most Dangerous Ways to School, including one that sees the series headed to Poland on Polsat Play.

DocuBay has signed a partnership deal with Zeasn, expanding the documentary streamer’s footprint to include millions of Zeasn-powered devices across Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia.

BBC Two has ordered Baby Chimp Rescue, a three-part series that follows life in a home for orphaned chimpanzees, from BBC Studios Natural History Unit.

CuriosityStream, the SVOD platform created by Discovery Channel Founder John Hendricks, has unveiled that its subscription base has climbed to 10.5 million users and has partnered with Millicom for upcoming launches in nine Latin American countries.

NHK is collaborating with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to produce the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics' official documentary.

The CEO and creative director of the U.K.’s Atlantic Productions, which co-produced National Geographic’s History of the Emirates, talks about the three-part series narrated by Jeremy Irons.

The Natural Studios, the joint venture from Bear Grylls and Delbert Shoopman that launched in October, and Banijay Asia have partnered to bring new content to the Indian and Southeast Asian markets across both local and global platforms.

YouTube Originals has begun shooting a new Michelle Obama special, which is set to be the first installment of the forthcoming learning-focused series Creators for Change.