Chelsea Regan

Discovery Channel has promoted Joseph Boyle, an Emmy-winning executive producer, to the post of senior VP of production and development.

POV, an award-winning PBS documentary series, has launched the interactive media strand POV Spark.

Swedish Sin, a five-part docuseries about Swedish porn king Berth Milton Jr., is the latest original production from Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group).

Maverick Television, an all3media company, has appointed Hannah Brownhill as its new creative director.

Blue Ant International and Zeppelin Films, a new U.K. indie production company, have signed an exclusive two-year first-look distribution agreement.

In the new Discovery and Science Channel series tentatively titled Uncharted, urban explorer Justin Fornal will use detailed historical maps and high-tech imaging to investigate elusive mysteries.

Attaboy TV, a London- and Yorkshire-based indie, is to make an episode for the BBC’s Panorama current affairs strand about last December’s drone attack at the U.K.'s Gatwick Airport.

The New York Times docuseries The Weekly is slated to make its debut on FX in June.

MotorTrend has partnered with BBC Studios to co-produce a brand-new Top Gear America series.

Travel Channel in the U.S. and Canada’s T+E have greenlit the new docudrama The Witches of Salem, produced by Blue Ant Media’s Saloon Media in association with Talos Films and the two networks.