Kristin Brzoznowski

NEW YORK: Lucky 8 TV, producer of the A&E series 60 Days In, has aligned with the husband and wife producing duo Courtney and Audra Smith (Undercover Boss, Kids BBQ Championship) to form the joint venture Turn Card Content.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has greenlit a second season of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, which will return in 2017.

LONDON: DRG has landed its first round of deals for Race for the White House, a docuseries narrated by Kevin Spacey, including a sale to Netflix.

MUNICH/LOS ANGELES: Red Arrow Entertainment Group has purchased a 65-percent stake in the U.S.-based production company 44 Blue Productions.

The president of E! Entertainment talks about building the brand into a full-fledged pop-culture powerhouse.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is moving forward with additional episodes of its hit documentary series Making a Murderer, with the new installments looking in-depth at the post-conviction process.

WARSAW: Viasat World is bringing Viasat History, Polsat Viasat Explore and Polsat Viasat Nature to the nc+ platform in Poland.

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has given a series order to Funded (working title), a business competition show built around an investment fund.

Helga Eike, president of Red Bandit Media, talks about the new ITV America production company.

SANTA MONICA/LONDON: Lionsgate has acquired a stake in Primal Media, a new production venture from the team behind the format hits Release the Hounds and The Code.