Chelsea Regan

Discovery Channel has greenlit a new original series, the tentatively titled River of No Return, which shines a spotlight on the people surviving in the backcountry of the Frank Church Wilderness.

The new Science Channel series Legends of the Deep is set to feature the brother and sister duo of Céline and Fabien Cousteau, who dive into the mysteries that lurk beneath the sea.

Banijay Rights has sold two docuseries titles in its catalog—The Operatives and Saving Lives at Sea—to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

MTV has tapped Rory Brown to fill the newly created position of head of digital and social for MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo.

Beyond Distribution has secured a raft of factual sales to broadcasters in the U.S. and Canada.

Starz has picked up the feature documentary Under the Wire, directed by the BAFTA-nominated Chris Martin, from A+E Networks.

OSN, an entertainment network in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has acquired more than 40 hours of original food programming from Gusto Worldwide Media.

PBS International has entered into a distribution partnership with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, the production company behind The Serengeti Rules.

Science Channel is set to launch Skyscrapers: Engineering the Future, a new series about the gravity-defying designs that stand out in city skylines.

The Employables, a new eight-part docuseries that follows job seekers with conditions such as autism and Tourette syndrome on the hunt for meaningful employment, is slated to premiere on A&E Network in May.