Kristin Brzoznowski

SYDNEY/CANNES: Discovery Latin America has picked up four series from ABC Commercial, including the Australian lifestyle show Surfing the Menu: Next Generation.

LONDON: Virgin Media has inked a deal with NBCUniversal International to provide its customers the reality-focused on-demand service hayu.

CANNES: PBS NOVA and Lion Television have entered into an output deal, with all3media international set to distribute the titles developed through the partnership.

CANNES: The blue-chip science feature The Living Universe, co-produced by Essential Media and Entertainment and ZED, is headed to European broadcaster ARTE and the SVOD platform CuriosityStream.

LONDON/CANNES: Woodcut Media and Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures are co-financing a new documentary, Cut from a Different Cloth, which will be repped by Content Media.

CANNES: Scripps Networks Interactive is introducing 40 new lifestyle and factual-entertainment titles for buyers at MIPTV, among them Paul Hollywood City Bakes.

LONDON/SINGAPORE: Parade Media has signed new broadcast deals for the series Restaurant Revolution, Around the World with Manu Feildel and Instant Noodles Diary.

LOS ANGELES: IM Global Television has secured an exclusive international output deal with The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), which is led by CEO Eli Holzman (Undercover Boss, Project Greenlight).

LONDON: Sky Vision has acquired the global finished program and format rights for the hit U.S. Sunday night prime-time show BattleBots.

LOS ANGELES: E! is extending its #RichKids of Beverly Hills brand with the spin-off series EJ and the City (working title), which will star celebrity heir EJ Johnson.