Alison Skilton, Author at TVREAL

February 27, 2020 Top Stories

Peacock & A+E Networks Pact for Content Deal

February 27, 2020

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, has signed a licensing deal with A+E Networks that is set to make hundreds of hours of episodes of hit series from A&E and HISTORY, including Pawn Stars, available to stream after the platform launches later this year.

February 26, 2020 Top Stories

PBS to Celebrate Earth Day with New David Attenborough Doc

February 26, 2020

PBS is gearing up to premiere the new documentary Climate Change—The Facts, presenting scientific evidence of the impact of global warming, on Earth Day.

February 26, 2020 Top Stories

Insight TV Readies Its First Doc Fully Filmed in 8K

February 26, 2020

Insight TV has commissioned an adventurous new documentary filmed entirely in 8K UHD HDR titled Sandboarding on Dragon Hill.

February 25, 2020 Top Stories

Lightbox Adds Lionsgate Alum to Development Team

February 25, 2020

Lightbox, the production company co-founded by Emmy-winning producers Simon and Jonathan Chinn, has appointed Nicole Laufer as VP of development.

February 25, 2020 Top Stories

Desert Vet to Return to Nine Network Australia

February 25, 2020

Desert Vet, a factual series from indie Australian production house Projucer and cinematographer Tim Small that aired on the Nine Network, has been renewed for a second season to bow later this year.

February 25, 2020 Top Stories

FilmRise Acquires Rights to Rewind Documentary

February 25, 2020

FilmRise has secured the North American distribution rights to the documentary Rewind, which premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.

February 24, 2020 Top Stories

Scott Lewers Gets Expanded Role at Discovery

February 24, 2020

Discovery has upped Emmy winner Scott Lewers to the role of executive VP of multiplatform programming for factual and head of content for Science Channel.

February 24, 2020 Top Stories

Discovery Gears Up for Return of Jesse James’ Monster Garage

February 24, 2020

Fourteen years after the final Monster Machine was built, Jesse James is returning to Discovery Channel in a brand-new season of Monster Garage, produced by Fremantle’s Original Productions.

February 21, 2020 Top Stories

YouTube & Global Fund for Women Team for New Docuseries

February 21, 2020

In time for International Women’s Day, YouTube and the Global Fund for Women are set to launch Fundamental. Gender Justice. No Exceptions, a new docuseries exploring human rights around the world.

February 21, 2020 Top Stories

Zeppelin Films Lands Two New Commissions

February 21, 2020

The year-old factual indie Zeppelin Films, founded by former Love Productions executive and BBC Commissioning Editor Elliot Reed, has secured two further commissions from 5STAR.

Alison Skilton

Peacock & A+E Networks Pact for Content Deal

PBS to Celebrate Earth Day with New David Attenborough Doc

Insight TV Readies Its First Doc Fully Filmed in 8K

Lightbox Adds Lionsgate Alum to Development Team

Desert Vet to Return to Nine Network Australia

FilmRise Acquires Rights to Rewind Documentary

Scott Lewers Gets Expanded Role at Discovery

Discovery Gears Up for Return of Jesse James’ Monster Garage

YouTube & Global Fund for Women Team for New Docuseries

Zeppelin Films Lands Two New Commissions

TV5MONDE Launches First FAST Channel in the U.S.

Off the Fence Signs Iberian Deals

Nat Geo Greenlights Slew of New Series

Apple Lines Up Official Fleetwood Mac Doc from Frank Marshall

Lucky 8’s Greg Henry & Kim Woodard

The Fifth Estate’s Bob McKeown to Retire