Jamie Stalcup

Sunny Side of the Doc’s 34th edition has wrapped after welcoming over 2,000 participants to La Rochelle and handing out awards to its pitch winners.

Passion Distribution has completed sales for over 160 hours of factual programming across Central and Eastern Europe.

A+E Networks EMEA has expanded the distribution of the HISTORY Channel, Crime+Investigation and HISTORY2 in Poland with a launch on T-Mobile.

The World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) has selected Seattle, Washington, as the host city for Congress ’23, with National Geographic as sponsor.

Cineflix Productions has partnered with six-time NBA MVP and Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his longtime business partner Deborah Morales for The Pioneers.

Sky Arts has commissioned a second season of Drum Studios’ Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir, which had the biggest series launch on the channel so far this year.

Cineflix Rights has secured a raft of international deals for factual content with Central and Eastern European broadcasters.

Four new true-crime docuseries from ABC News Studios, including The Ashley Madison Affair and Betrayal: The Perfect Husband, are set to begin streaming exclusively on Hulu this summer.

Sean Connolly’s Original Content Lab has brought on Alibi Entertainment alum Heidi Schorn to serve as VP of development.

The BBC has commissioned Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour (w.t.), starring TV personalities Rob Rinder (The Rob Rinder Verdict) and Rylan Clark (Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two), for BBC Two.