Alison Skilton

Paramount Network is growing its Ink Master franchise across multiple platforms, with a two-season renewal of the original tattoo competition series leading the expansion.

Matchbox Pictures has appointed Dan Munday as head of unscripted at the Australian production house.

Diane Rankin, Distribution360’s senior VP of international sales and acquisitions, tells World Screen Newsflash what viewers can look forward to from the company’s varied lineup of history-infused highlights.

Lime Pictures has appointed Nick Johns to the role of head of development for unscripted in the U.K.

The U.K. factual indies Quicksilver Media and Caravan have joined forces to co-produce the seven-part true-crime series Killer Ratings, which chronicles the story of Brazilian TV host-turned-politician Wally Souza.

MTV and Viacom Digital Studios International have commissioned a new reality show, Jess & Lisa: The Veronicas (working title), which features the eponymous Australian pop duo.

Channel 4 and HBO have co-commissioned a feature documentary from Nutopia and Livedrop Media titled The Hunt for Jihadi John.

Production house Wonder, the Banijay Group company previously known as 7 Wonder, has won a duo of factual commissions from BBC Three.

Starz executive Alice Dickens-Koblin has been promoted to senior VP and head of unscripted programming for Starz and Lionsgate.

The Smithsonian Channel is set to air specials celebrating the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing and is also debuting a companion augmented reality app.