Mansha Daswani

Kathleen Finch, the chairman and CEO for U.S. networks at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), discussed what’s driving viewership at the channel brands she oversees at the TV Real Festival.

The inaugural TV Real Festival kicked off today with a panel on factual distribution trends featuring BossaNova’s Paul Heaney, Off the Fence’s Bo Stehmeier, Albatross World Sales’ Anne Olzmann and ZDF Studios’ Nikolas Hülbusch.

A look at what to expect from the inaugural TV Real Festival, taking place June 18 to 20.

Signpost Productions' network production arm, behind such shows as Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes and Deaf Away Days, is joining ITV Studios, where it will be housed within MultiStory Media.

Gordon Ramsay and FOX Entertainment are building on their long-running alliance with a new global food and entertainment platform, Bite.

Off The Fence (OTF) has secured a raft of deals with broadcasters in Spain and Portugal, including for the six-part series Cursed Histories.

E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are on board a new project with National Geographic Documentary Films that tells the story of four children who survived in the Colombian jungle for 40 days after a plane crash.

A recap of the news and trends in factual programming that were spotlighted at MIPDoc and MIPTV.

Universal Television Alternative Studio’s Toby Gorman, BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s Mike Gunton and series editor Holly Spearing took MIPTV delegates behind the scenes of the big-budget event series The Americas at a session today moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Factual commissions have held up better than other genres, MIPDoc’s opening session revealed yesterday, but the segment is facing its own share of disruptive shifts, including the need to explore branded entertainment and other funding models and audiences’ desire for immersive experiences.