Kristin Brzoznowski

Escapade Media has secured distribution for Media Stockade and Threshold Pictures' new series Back to Nature, commissioned by Australia's ABC TV.

The Smithsonian Channel- and Jackson Wild-sponsored Santiago Wild, the first film festival dedicated to wildlife and the environment in Chile, has been postponed until further notice.

The Hot Docs festival, which was scheduled for April 30 to May 10 in Toronto, is being postponed, as Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer has called for the immediate suspension of gatherings with more than 250 people.

Dplay, Discovery's OTT service, is being made available across the MENA region, thanks to a new partnership between Discovery MEA and the StarzPlay SVOD platform.

Rare TV’s award-winning documentary Contagion, originally commissioned by BBC Four and aired in 2018, has seen a raft of new sales amid coronavirus fears.

Altitude Media Group has launched a new division, Altitude Factual, led by the veteran natural-history and factual programming executive Paul Sowerbutts.

Discovery, Inc. has hired Lisa Holme, who previously spent nearly ten years at Hulu, as group senior VP of content and commercial strategy for direct-to-consumer.

Reed MIDEM has revealed that MIPDoc 2020 will move into the Palais des Festivals, due to unforeseen renovation work in the ballroom at the Martinez Hotel.

BBC Studios has struck a deal with Viacom18 Media for the latest season of Top Gear to air on the Indian entertainment network’s English entertainment channel, Colors Infinity.

HBO Max has lined up actress, activist and host Jameela Jamil (The Good Place, The Misery Index) to MC and judge Legendary, its upcoming unscripted voguing competition series from Scout Productions.