Sara Alessi

WASHINGTON, D.C./DURBAN/LONDON: Nat Geo WILD has lined up a third season of Snake City, which will air on the U.S. channel in January 2017 before rolling out internationally.

TORONTO: Blue Ant Media’s lifestyle specialty channel Makeful is debuting new original series, including Taste of the Country, this spring and will also launch a four-week free preview across Canada that kicks off February 29.

ALBUQUERQUE: REELZ has lined up the original documentary special El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle for a March premiere.

Gary R. Benz, president and CEO, and Liz Levenson, the director of international sales and acquisitions, speak about factual programming trends and the company’s future plans.

SANTA MONICA: Patrice Choghi has been appointed as Televisa USA’s head of non-scripted and alternative television for the U.S. and Canada.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has licensed the Sir David Attenborough-narrated natural-history series Planet Earth II into Denmark, Sweden and Italy.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has secured broadcast deals for the true-life crime series Wicked Attraction in Italy and France.

TORONTO: Big Coat Productions, the company behind the hit Love It or List It, has appointed Dan Lee as digital content manager, effective February 22.

TORONTO: Viceland, a new culture and lifestyle channel featuring hundreds of hours of original content, is scheduled to launch in Canada on February 29.

LOS ANGELES: Participant Media's network Pivot has slated the documentary CodeGirl to air later this month, marking its premiere on U.S. TV screens.