Joanna Padovano Tong

Among Discovery, Inc.'s highlights for the market is Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow, a documentary focused on NASA as the institution celebrates its 60th anniversary.

Proper Television has made a trio of appointments for its content, development and production teams, including tapping executive producer Allison Grace as its new VP of content.

TCB Media Rights has licensed 200 hours of factual and factual-entertainment programming into Germany and Poland through package deals with ProSieben and Nat Geo.

BBC One has commissioned the 2x30-minute factual series Nightmare Pets: SOS, about bad behavioral issues with animals in the U.K., from Studio Lambert.

Endemol Shine North America has named Christmas Rini, formerly of A. Smith & Co., as executive VP of development for unscripted original series, among other appointments.

Following the success of the Emmy-winning All or Nothing NFL series, Amazon Prime Video is adding more sports programming as part of the banner, featuring a behind-the-scenes look at each team's entire season.

Endemol Shine North America has inked an overall production deal with Wes Kauble, co-creator of Beat Shazam, to develop unscripted content.

A&E Network is adding four new originals to its nonfiction lineup following the success of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, Born This Way, Intervention, Biography and Live PD.

Starz has picked up a number of exclusive, first-run documentaries, including The Rape of Recy Taylor, which are becoming available for broadcast, download or streaming this year.

Turner alum Rachel Brill, co-creator and exec producer of the docuseries Ritual, has been tapped as senior VP and head of unscripted programming at EPIX, effective immediately.