Sara Alessi

LONDON: Endemol Shine Beyond UK is rolling out a brand-new female lifestyle YouTube channel called Pretty Upfront in association with Benefit Cosmetics UK.

CANNES: Beyond Distribution has placed more than 240 hours of programming, including Deadly Women, with Foxtel, and has also expanded the role of Joanne Azzopardi, who brokered the deal, to senior VP of sales and acquisitions.

ALBUQUERQUE: REELZ has renewed three original series focused on the true stories behind celebrities’ mysterious deaths, car and plane accidents involving big-name stars, and notorious crime bosses.

CANNES: TCB Media Rights has entered into an agreement with U.K. indie Crackit Productions to represent Sex Pod and Horror Homes, bringing the number of new titles in the company’s MIPTV lineup to 20.

LONDON/CANNES: REELZ has come on board as the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for the new original series The Real Story of… (working title), from U.K. factual producer World Media Rights.

SYDNEY: Ahead of its launch at MIPTV, ABC Commercial has sold the documentary series Hitting Home to TVN Style in Poland.

TORONTO: Blue Ant International is expanding its U.K. office through the appointment of Mike Jackson, formerly of Banijay International, as the senior director of international sales and acquisitions.

SILVER SPRING: One year after launching the multiplatform brand extension TLCme.com, TLC is entering the business of creating original video content for its digital and linear platforms through a video hub featuring online influencers in the home, style, beauty and parenting space.

SANTA MONICA: Ovation TV has slated the U.S. debut of the six-part documentary series Millennials: Growing Up in the 21st Century for May.

SILVER SPRING: American Heroes Channel (AHC) is presenting its first-ever To Live and Let Spy programming event, an evening dedicated to espionage-themed content.