Kristin Brzoznowski

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.

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

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.

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

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.

SAN FRANCISCO: Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube, and Vijay Karunamurthy, former engineering lead for YouTube, are launching Nom, a live, interactive video platform.

LONDON: Nick Samwell-Smith, the managing director of the Endemol Shine UK label Initial, has decided to leave the company and will be succeeded in the role by Creative Director Mirella Breda.

PARIS: Pernel Media has been commissioned by the French pay-TV channel 13éme Rue to produce a new true-crime series, The Innocence Network, which all3media international is representing in the global market.

SEATTLE: Amazon has unveiled its first-ever live, daily show: Style Code Live.

LONDON: Hat Trick International has inked a range of new deals for Keo Films’s three-part documentary Hugh’s War on Waste, which is headed to Foxtel in Australia, DR Byen in Denmark and TVB in Hong Kong, among other broadcasters.