Mansha Daswani

Mansha Daswani recaps the major themes from the second annual TV Real Festival.

Off the Fence has entered bankruptcy proceedings, with parent company ZDF Studios noting that despite "intensive support... it has not yet been possible to put the company back on a financially and structurally sound footing."

A slew of premium factual titles from All3Media International are headed to China via new deals with Tencent and bilibili.

As APOS kicks off in Bali, Blue Ant Media has sealed an expanded partnership with Foxtel, bringing HauntTV and Love Pets to the platform as linear and on-demand services.

Under the umbrella of Studio Lambert, All3Media is scaling its unscripted development efforts in the U.S. with the launch of three new labels.

Netflix has clinched a partnership with King Charles III and Idris Elba for a documentary about The King’s Trust as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Founded by reality TV icon Paris Hilton and Bruce Gersh, 11:11 Media is taking a next-generation approach to scaling its content production efforts, which run the gamut from digital-first series to immersive docs and more, its chief storyteller, Bruce Robertson, told TV Real Festival delegates today.

Oobah Butler is returning to Channel 4 with two brand-new documentaries: How I Made a Million in 90 Days and How to Trick Your Way onto the Property Ladder.

After first launching Documentary Channel as a cable network, Tom Neff is now resurrecting the brand as a streaming destination for indie docs, he told viewers of the TV Real Festival today.

Gernot Lercher, who heads up natural history at Austrian pubcaster ORF, and Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, director of acquisitions and distribution investment at ORF-Enterprise, discussed how they collaborate to bring high-end natural history to Austrian and international audiences via the UNIVERSUM brand at the TV Real Festival.