LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired a 65 percent interest in the unscripted production company Renegade 83, which is behind such hit shows as Naked & Afraid and Blind Date.

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LONDON: Following on the 2015 one-off documentary, Rich Kids of Instagram has been commissioned as a six-episode series for the U.K.'s E4.

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LOS ANGELES: Rive Gauche Television has locked in new deals for several of its titles, among them the crime series Fame Kills and Death By Gossip.

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SYDNEY: Escapade Media has secured worldwide rights, outside of the U.K., for Steve Backshall: The Vertical Mile, a three-part factual series that see the naturalist climbing the north face of the Eiger.

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BRISTOL: Plimsoll Productions has elevated Martha Holmes to head of wildlife, Karen Plumb to head of features and daytime and Kate Beetham to head of development and executive producer.

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SHERMAN OAKS: Ecuadorian journalist and filmmaker Jeanette Hinostroza, who is behind GRB Entertainment's factual crime documentary Nelson Serrano: I’m Innocent, will be a featured speaker at MIPDoc.

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LONDON: Hat Trick International has secured deals with a host of global broadcasters for true-crime titles such as The Mafia with Trevor McDonald.

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GLASGOW: STV Productions has produced a new documentary to mark the 80th anniversary of the legendary ocean liner the RMS Queen Mary's maiden voyage, in a co-production for BBC Scotland, BBC Four and Smithsonian Channel.

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LONDON: TCB Media Rights has closed presales on Definitive Guides: Extreme Sea Monsters, New Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle and Inside Secret Societies.

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CANNES: Taking place on Saturday, April 2, at MIPDoc, the View From the Top: What Do Buyers Want? session will see World Screen’s Anna Carugati in conversation with executives from RMC Découverte, ZDF/ZDF Enterprises, Discovery Networks CEEMEA and Smithsonian Networks.

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