Joanna Padovano Tong

LOS ANGELES: The Jackal Group has picked up the TV rights for Love & Money: Protecting Yourself from Angry Exes, Wacky Relatives, Con Artists and Inner Demons, a book penned by media personality and former New York State Assemblywoman Ann Margaret Carrozza.

LONDON: Naked Entertainment has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce The Greatest Kids' Films Ever Made, a tentatively titled documentary on how some of the most successful children's movies were made.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has licensed a number of family-themed docuseries and lifestyle shows to Star Times and Azam TV for broadcast in Tanzania and Uganda, among other African territories.

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has revealed that HISTORY Vault, the channel's first direct-to-consumer subscription VOD service, is now available on Comcast's Xfinity On Demand.

LONDON: Rare TV Group's Screenchannel Television has hired U.K. factual-entertainment alum Katie Boyd as the independent producer's first creative director.

SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES: Indie TV production company Indigo Films is launching a new office in Culver City, California, that will be led by Katie Hash as senior VP of development.

NEW YORK: Next month, Science Channel is due to debut Hacking the Wild, a new series led by "digital survivalist" Andy Quitmeyer and produced by the recently launched AMPLE.

LONDON: UKTV's Dave has ordered a second installment of the political satire show Unspun with Matt Forde from Avalon Television for broadcast later this year.

GLASGOW: On the heels of its recent investment from Channel 4, Scottish production company Firecrest Films has tapped Iain Scollay and Mark Roberts as joint creative directors.

NEW YORK: 60 Days In producer Lucky 8 TV has hired Bruce Robertson as executive VP of creative strategy and is adding two new directors to its development team.