Joanna Padovano Tong

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has licensed a number of food, automotive, crime and lifestyle series, including BBQ Pitmasters, to broadcasters in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

LONDON: UKTV entertainment channel Dave has ordered ten-episode second and third seasons of the original gaming panel show Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit, produced by DLT Entertainment.

LOS ANGELES: E! has renewed the popular plastic surgery show Botched for an 18-episode fourth season.

LOS ANGELES: Discovery Channel is paying tribute to space pioneer John Glenn, who died earlier this month, by airing a special encore presentation of When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions.

SINGAPORE: Virtual-reality company BeVRR is gearing up to premiere Dining Stars, the world's first VR lifestyle web series, later this month.

The filmmaker, photographer and wildlife activist speaks about the ambitious new Nat Geo WILD doc spotlighting the search for the rarely documented Caucasian leopard.

WASHINGTON, D.C./STOCKHOLM: National Geographic has ordered a six-episode third season of the factual series Primal Survivor from the U.K.'s Icon Films.

LOS ANGELES/DENVER/NEW YORK: High Noon Entertainment has elevated a number of executives on the company's creative team, including Scott Feeley to senior VP of programming and development.

LONDON: CNBC has tied up with e-commerce website Alibaba.com and video agency Hub to create the new business entertainment series Pop Up Start Up.

SILVER SPRING/NEW YORK: Seasoned TV exec Jane Latman has been elevated to executive VP of development and research for Investigation Discovery (ID), Destination America and American Heroes Channel.