Joanna Padovano Tong

NEW YORK: At its 2016-17 NewFronts presentation, National Geographic revealed ten tentatively titled digital short series as well as plans for a new virtual-reality studio.

LONDON: DRG has sold the wildlife shows Baby Animals in the Wild and Baby Animals in Our World to a number of broadcasters around the globe.

LONDON: 7 Wonder has been commissioned by BBC Two to produce Back to the Land, a three-part factual series focused on rural Britain.

LONDON: Channel 4 has appointed former Shine exec Kelly Webb-Lamb as its head of factual entertainment, a new position that is effective in September.

BRISTOL/LONDON: Tigress Productions has revealed a number of changes to its management team, including appointing Dragonfly's Sarah Swingler as managing director following the resignation of Dick Colthurst.

SHERMAN OAKS: In a deal with GRB Entertainment, MBC has picked up the full series of West Coast Customs, three seasons of Car Crazy, and Classic Gear for MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa.

LONDON: FremantleMedia's Boundless Productions has been commissioned to produce 45 episodes of the popular home-makeover series House Doctor for Channel 5 in the U.K.

SINGAPORE: A+E Networks Asia has begun production on Celebrity Car Wars, a new reality entertainment series for HISTORY Asia.

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into a first-look partnership for unscripted programming with Cleve Keller and Dave Noll, the creators of Chopped.

LOS ANGELES: As STX Entertainment bolsters its newly launched non-scripted TV business, the company has inked multiyear production deals with Brant Pinvidic's INvelop Entertainment and Ryan Holcomb's Tower 2 Productions.