Kristin Brzoznowski

Rakuten TV is launching its new original documentary The Secrets of La Roja: World Champions 2010, which follows the path of the Spanish national football team through the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

TVF International is launching to the global market the documentary David Foster: Off the Record from Melbar Entertainment Group in Canada.

Padma Lakshmi and David Shadrack Smith, president of Part2 Pictures, talk about Taste the Nation, which has debuted on Hulu.

TVF International has licensed doc packages to AMC Networks’ SVOD services Acorn TV and Sundance Now for North American rights.

CuriosityStream has struck up a partnership with the wildlife production company Doclights to bring 50 original natural-history documentaries to its SVOD and pay-TV services worldwide this year.

Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment and Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud have entered into a new co-production deal to develop, produce and distribute a slate of unscripted programming.

Discovery U.S. Hispanic is set to launch Hogar de HGTV, an all-new network offering food and home content to Spanish-language audiences.

Love Nature has commissioned Ireland’s Wild Islands, produced by Crossing the Line in partnership with RTÉ and ARTE France.

WGBH Boston has prebought The Blob: A Genius Without a Brain from ARTE Distribution for its NOVA strand.

Sky and Discovery have signed a new long-term, wide-ranging partnership across the U.K., Ireland, Germany and Austria, including carriage of Discovery’s direct-to-consumer streaming services for the first time.