Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: Factual specialist Barcroft Media has signed agreements that will see its short-form content distributed in China, Africa and Canada.

NEW YORK: Centric has lined up a new business competition series, Queen Boss, which features African-American women.

The 2017 edition will be returning to the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., from January 23 to 26.

LONDON: Scripps Networks Interactive has scored a carriage pact with Invitel Telecommunications in Hungary for the channels Food Network and Fine Living.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has aligned with the tech outfit Blippar for a multimedia interactive experience tied to the landmark natural-history series Planet Earth II.

The executive VP of programming and production talks about launching the channel in Singapore and building out the network’s global footprint.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic and Revelations Entertainment have unveiled new episodes in a second season of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, premiering January 16.

LOS ANGELES: A new multi-part documentary about the life and career of Muhammad Ali is in the works for HBO, from LeBron James and Maverick Carter's SpringHill Entertainment and Antoine Fuqua's Fuqua Films.

SYDNEY: ITV Studios Australia and its fellow ITV Studios company The Garden have entered into a co-development partnership.

LOS ANGELES: IM Global Television is launching a new unscripted and alternative programming division, which will be led by producer Phil Gurin.