Sara Alessi

HISTORY is marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. with the premiere of the documentary Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America, executive produced by LeBron James, Maverick Carter and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson.

A+E Networks has expanded the distribution of its factual-entertainment channel H2 in Poland and Croatia, following deals with Vectra and Hrvatski Telekom.

Ahead of MIPTV, Rive Gauche Television has licensed hundreds of hours of content, including two new crime series, Homicide’s Elite and Something’s Killing Me.

all3media international has secured a host of deals in more than 60 territories for the adventure series Escape, produced by Maverick TV.

FOX has lined up Meghan Markle: An American Princess, an all-new two-hour special that will explore the bride-to-be’s life and potential legacy.

Channel 5 has commissioned the four-part series The World’s Greatest Mountains from Arrow Media.

HISTORY has landed access to a host of football stars, including Pelé, for its two-week TV programming event History of Football: The Greatest Story Ever Played.

More than 100 hours of factual content from all3media international’s catalog, including several Gordon Ramsay titles, will become available in Hong Kong via ViuTV.

Channel 4 has commissioned Icon Films to produce a third installment of the observational documentary Animal Airport for More 4.

AeroCinema is expanding its library of original HD documentary content, adding titles such as The Wall of Fire and What Went Wrong with the Fat Man Mission.