Joanna Padovano Tong, Author at TVREAL

November 20, 2018 Top Stories

Courtney White Takes the Reins at Food Network

November 20, 2018

Discovery, Inc. has elevated Courtney White, formerly executive VP and general manager of HGTV and Food Network, to president of Food Network.

November 16, 2018 Top Stories

Animal Planet Slates Long-Form Series with YouTube Star

November 16, 2018

Wilderness Productions is prepping a new original series for Animal Planet led by YouTube personality Coyote Peterson.

November 12, 2018 Top Stories

BBC Studios Hires for Factual Entertainment & Events

November 12, 2018

Martha Housden and Claire Popplewell are joining BBC Studios' Factual Entertainment & Events creative team, effective immediately.

November 7, 2018 Top Stories

Trio of BBC Docs Added to Passion’s Catalog

November 7, 2018

Passion Distribution has snapped up the rights to the new BBC documentaries Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness, Male Circumcision and The Island That Saved My Life from Matchlight.

November 7, 2018 Top Stories

BBC Two Orders Food Show from Expectation Factual

November 7, 2018

BBC Two has commissioned the new six-part series Kitchen Brigade from Expectation Factual for broadcast next year.

November 6, 2018 Top Stories

Nat Geo Kicks Off Multiplatform Space Campaign

November 6, 2018

Nat Geo is launching Starstruck: National Geographic’s Yearlong Celebration of Space, a new initiative spanning global networks, magazines, books and more that explores the past, present and future of space.

November 5, 2018 Top Stories

Love Nature 4K Orders Wildlife Docuseries from Icon Films

November 5, 2018

Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks' Love Nature 4K has commissioned the new docuseries Malawi Wildlife Rescue from Icon Films.

November 1, 2018 Top Stories

Nat Geo WILD Orders Horror Nature Show from Walking Dead Team

November 1, 2018

Nat Geo WILD has greenlit Dead by Dawn, the first-ever horror nature series, from Skybound Entertainment (The Walking Dead) and Love Productions.

October 31, 2018 Top Stories

CITVC’s Great Wall Doc Scores New Broadcasters

October 31, 2018

The international version of The Great Wall, a documentary from the China International Television Corporation (CITVC) catalog, has been sold to ORF in Austria and France 5.

October 25, 2018 Top Stories

51 Minds Doc Part of Plant-Based Diet Initiative

October 25, 2018

Endemol Shine North America's 51 Minds Entertainment is collaborating with exercise physiologist Marco Borges as well as power couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé on The Greenprint, a new documentary that is part of a multiplatform initiative to promote plant-based diets.

Joanna Padovano Tong

Courtney White Takes the Reins at Food Network

Animal Planet Slates Long-Form Series with YouTube Star

BBC Studios Hires for Factual Entertainment & Events

Trio of BBC Docs Added to Passion’s Catalog

BBC Two Orders Food Show from Expectation Factual

Nat Geo Kicks Off Multiplatform Space Campaign

Love Nature 4K Orders Wildlife Docuseries from Icon Films

Nat Geo WILD Orders Horror Nature Show from Walking Dead Team

CITVC’s Great Wall Doc Scores New Broadcasters

51 Minds Doc Part of Plant-Based Diet Initiative

TV5MONDE Launches First FAST Channel in the U.S.

Off the Fence Signs Iberian Deals

Nat Geo Greenlights Slew of New Series

Apple Lines Up Official Fleetwood Mac Doc from Frank Marshall

Lucky 8’s Greg Henry & Kim Woodard

The Fifth Estate’s Bob McKeown to Retire