Sara Alessi

NEW YORK/SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery (ID) has renewed the series People Magazine Investigates for a ten-episode second season.

JOHANNESBURG: Production has begun on Oxyg3n Media's new culinary series A Taste of South Africa, featuring British chef Matt Tebbutt.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has acquired worldwide rights for Kitty Green’s documentary Casting JonBenet, which will be available for streaming this year.

SILVER SPRING: Former ABC executive Jason Sarlanis has joined TLC as the senior VP of development.

KIEV: FILM.UA Group’s Back to Basics videos with English graphics have become available to Amazon Prime subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, marking the first digital project produced by the Ukrainian company to be presented on the streaming service.

MIAMI: Fusion has slated for 2017 O Girls, a documentary that follows members of the first graduating class of The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.

PARIS: ZDF has acquired ten episodes of the factual crime series Who’s the Killer? from Newen Distribution for broadcast on ZDFinfo.

LONDON: Viasat World is launching Viasat Life, its first-ever female-skewing entertainment channel, on three platforms across Africa.

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned 7 Wonder’s new program The Health Detectives, which seeks to separate truth from myth with regard to wellness fads and rumors.

LONDON: BBC Three has commissioned Sundog Pictures’ two-part factual series Reggie Yates: Hidden Australia, about current issues young Aussies are facing.