Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: Naturalist Steve Backshall is getting his first series on ITV with the commission of Fierce.

NEW YORK: EPIX has secured the U.S. and Canadian broadcast rights for Under the Gun, a new documentary from Katie Couric and Stephanie Soechtig that touches on America's gun debate.

LONDON: Endemol Beyond has launched a digital lifestyle channel in Germany under the title FLiP, billed as a spin-off of its ICON network.

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned a two-hour special from Zig Zag Productions that will feature Arnold Schwarzenegger as host.

LONDON: UKTV has secured a sixth free-to-air slot, which it will use for the channel Home.

NEW YORK: The presenting partners Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer sat down with World Screen Newsflash to discuss what makes the British version of Love It or List It unique—their witty back-and-forth banter undoubtedly being among the key elements.

PETALING JAYA: Primeworks Studios is working with Japan's Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting (HAB) to produce Mad Markets Ishikawa: Japan Specials.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned STV Productions, with co-production partners GroupM Entertainment, to produce a second season of the ITV2 comedy panel show Safeword.

LONDON: NBCUniversal International has unveiled hayu, an SVOD service dedicated to reality programming, set to launch in March in the U.K., Ireland and Australia.

NEW YORK: Four additional presenters, including German racing driver Sabine Schmitz, are joining Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc for the return of Top Gear.