Kristin Brzoznowski

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: There are ten new companies that have joined the Nonfiction Producers Association (NPA), boosting the overall membership to a total of 52 outfits across the U.S. and Canada.

NEW YORK: Showtime Documentary Films has unveiled American Jihad (working title), which will explore homegrown Jihadism, how young men are radicalized to commit violent acts of terrorism and what can be done to prevent it.

NEW YORK: A+E Networks is refreshing the Crime + Investigation brand, with an updated on-air look and enhanced programming strategy.

NEW YORK: A&E Network's 60 Days In has been ordered for two new seasons, which will be set in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail.

LONDON: Gordon Ramsay is attached to three new shows for ITV, which will launch a daytime cookery series later this year from Studio Ramsay.

MUNICH: Red Arrow International has signed a distribution deal with the U.S. indie Bellum Entertainment, totaling more than 200 hours of factual content.

PARK CITY: Netflix has bagged the rights to debut Icarus, a documentary that explores the world of sports doping, to its members in 190 countries later this year.

LONDON: The Endemol Shine Group-owned production outfit Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) has hired Donna Clark, currently the BBC’s acting head of formats and features commissioning, to serve as joint managing director.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic is teaming up with James Marsh (Man on Wire, Theory of Everything) and Tigress Productions for the three-part special Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist, honoring the life and legacy of the famed gorilla researcher.

ATLANTA: Jenny Ramirez has been tapped by Turner as VP of unscripted programming for the two flagship entertainment brands TBS and TNT.