Kristin Brzoznowski

Woodcut Media has merged with Spark TV to launch Woodcut West, which will be dedicated to the development and production of natural-history and specialist-factual programming.

The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades has aligned with Hungry Bear Media to launch the indie production company Hungry Jay Media.

ZDF Enterprises has notched up a slew of sales for the factual series Great Inventions.

CBS has set a target for all future unscripted series to have casts with at least 50 percent of the contestants being Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), beginning in the 2021-22 broadcast season.

HGTV has ordered 15 new half-hour episodes of its hit series Flip or Flop, starring Tarek El Moussa and Christina Anstead.

Channel 4 has commissioned ITN Productions to produce a new six-part series, Chatsworth House (working title), that follows on from the successful Christmas at Chatsworth House.

Discovery has commissioned Wheeler Dealers season 17 and Wheeler Dealers: Dream Cars season two, with U.K.-based producer Betty on board.

IMDb TV and Amazon Studios have revealed a new court series featuring Judge Judy Sheindlin to stream exclusively in the U.S. on IMDb TV.

BBC One Daytime has ordered a second season of Ready Steady Cook, returning for a further 30 episodes in 2021.

Zinc Media Group, which is home to five factual TV production brands, has completed a £4 million ($5.2 million) fundraising round to help propel its growth.