Chelsea Regan

A+E Networks has promoted Steve Ascher to the role of senior VP of production and development of A+E Originals.

NBCUniversal International’s hayu, an on-demand SVOD service that solely streams reality TV content, has launched in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Netflix has picked up Fyre, the documentary film from director Chris Smith (Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond) about the titular music festival that didn’t go as planned.

Dannemora Prison Break, a two-hour special about a daring effort to escape a maximum-security facility, is set to premiere on Oxygen Media later this month.

The Paras: Men of War (working title), a new three-part ITV docuseries on the Parachute Regiment, is slated to premiere on the network next year.

Autentic Distribution’s latest round of deals includes the sale of more than 50 hours of history, people and nature programs to Czech channel Prima TV.

ZDF Enterprises is taking on the global distribution of Anthropocene: Human Force of Nature, a three-part documentary series about man’s influence on nature.

New Form and RAZE are co-producing a new documentary series for Facebook Watch called 365 Days of Love, which will feature RAZE co-founder and Modern Family star Sofia Vergara.

Eight Days that Made Rome, a new series about the Roman Empire hosted by Bettany Hughes, is slated to premiere on Smithsonian Channel in the new year.

National Geographic has commissioned the U.K.’s Caravan to produce the documentary series The Bible from Space (w.t.), which will be hosted by Albert Lin (Lost Treasures of the Maya Snake Kings, China’s Megatomb Revealed).