Kristin Brzoznowski

Mike Gunton, creative director of factual at BBC Studios Natural History Unit, tells World Screen Newsflash about the logistics of the “massive undertaking” of The Americas and the technology enabling natural history filmmakers to get closer to subjects than ever before.

Endemol Shine Boomdog and La Jaula Studios are jointly developing a six-episode series covering the Copa Combate MMA tournament.

Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Skyfall) is directing his first documentary, What They Found, for BBC Two and iPlayer.

Nine in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand have agreed to new deals with BBC Studios for its landmark natural history titles.

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney has sold a majority stake in his Jigsaw Productions to philanthropist Wendy Schmidt.

Matt Brandon, showrunner of The Secret Lives of Animals, and Mark Flowers, series producer, take World Screen Newsflash behind the scenes of the new docuseries, looking at the camera technology and techniques used to capture new animal behaviors.

All3Media International has clinched new SVOD and AVOD deals in the U.S. and Canada, including selling 20-plus hours of unscripted content to BBC Select.

FilmRise has aligned with U.K.-based indie Phoenix Television to co-produce the new true-crime series Millionaire Murders.

GRB Media Ranch has signed a raft of deals with European partners, including for the political documentary #UNTRUTH: The Psychology of Trumpism.

Blue Ant Media has secured carriage for three of its FAST channels on My Free DIRECTV, which launched late last year.