Sara Alessi

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Following on the heels of the season two launch of Too Ugly for Love? in the U.K., Discovery Networks International (DNI) has renewed the dating series for a third season.

LONDON: Sky Vision, the international distribution and production arm of Sky, has closed international deals for Bellum Entertainment’s clip shows, with Animals Unleashed among them.

TORONTO: Canada's Discovery Channel has ordered a ten-episode season of the documentary series Andrew Younghusband’s How Hard Can It Be (working title) from Proper Television.

LONDON: TCB Media Rights has appointed a new acquisitions and sales executive and has also finalized sales for three of its top U.S. titles, among them Murder Made Me Famous.

TORONTO: Shaw Media’s Food Network Canada and Scripps Networks Asia Pacific have jointly commissioned a third season of the cooking series Bake with Anna Olson, to be produced in 4K for the first time.

NEW YORK: Leftfield Pictures is teaming up with actress La La Anthony and Grammy-winning producer Timbaland (Empire) to develop a brand-new docuseries profiling Face Time Agency, a casting company for booking music video and hip-hop fashion models.

NEW YORK: Scripps Networks Interactive has appointed Neil Regan as the VP of programming for Travel Channel.

LONDON: Ettie Etela, formerly of Nielsen NRG International, has joined Scripps Networks Interactive as the VP of research and insights for the U.K. and EMEA.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: The Nonfiction Producers Association (NPA), which represents the nonfiction content production business in the U.S., has appointed veteran unscripted producer and executive Michelle Van Kempen as the head of policy and development.

NEW YORK: FilmBuff has secured rights to handle international sales for the investigative docuseries Truth and Power, narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honourable Woman, The Dark Knight).