TORONTO: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Italian Directorate General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism (DGC - MiBACT) have put together a financing package of C$200,000 ($153,000) for six co-productions under the Canada-Italy co-development incentive for documentary projects.

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LONDON: Channel 4 will become the new home of The Great British Bake Off, signing a three-year agreement with series producers Love Productions.

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MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has teamed up with independent doc producer Jasper James, founder of the U.K. production company Screen Glue, to create three new documentary productions.

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LONDON/AMSTERDAM: NBCUniversal International’s reality SVOD service hayu has launched offline viewing, allowing users to access content without the internet.

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LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into a first-look deal for unscripted programming with filmmaker, producer and show creator Datari Turner under his Datari Turner Productions banner.

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PARIS: Nevision has signed a multiyear deal to invest in a slate of new documentary series currently in development at the French factual label Terminal 9 F, founded by former France Télévisions and Endemol executive Claude Lacaze.

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PARIS: Two exclusive first-episode showings of brand-new factual series have been slated as part of the MIPCOM Screenings program: National Geographic’s MARS presented by FOX Networks Group Content Distribution, and Planet Earth II from BBC Worldwide.

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LOS ANGELES: Netflix is planning to launch a new talk show in spring 2017, Bill Nye Saves the World, hosted by the famed scientist, engineer, comedian, author and inventor.

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LOS ANGELES: Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) has elevated Jeff Jenkins and Julie Pizzi to co-presidents of entertainment and development, among a series of management changes within the company.

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BROOKLYN: In addition to renewing a number of its series, VICELAND has unveiled that it's making a foray into the daily late-night talk show arena with Desus & Mero.

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