Joanna Padovano Tong

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has snapped up the exclusive streaming VOD rights for Davis Guggenheim’s feature documentary He Named Me Malala in a deal with National Geographic Channels.

LONDON: ITV has acquired an exclusive series from Infinity Creative Media, The Wine Show, to be hosted by actors Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys.

TORONTO/ROME: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Italian Directorate General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism have unveiled a financing package of C$200,000 ($149,000) for six co-productions under the Canada-Italy Co-development Incentive for Documentary Projects.

LONDON: The premium entertainment channel W is adding two new UKTV originals to its lineup, featuring British personalities Amanda Holden and John Bishop, for broadcast later this year.

MUNICH: Comedy Central UK has picked up the exclusive U.K. broadcast rights for the comedy game show Billy On the Street from Red Arrow International.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD: 1620 Media, the digital division of Pilgrim Media Group, has teamed up with actor/comedian Zane Lamprey to produce the new travel series Zane's World.

NEW YORK: HISTORY has launched HISTORY NOW, the channel's first-ever social media series, focused on such topics as ISIS, immigration, space and inner-city crime.

LONDON: Twofour Rights has licensed more than 80 hours of factual and factual-entertainment programming into Australia and New Zealand.

NEW YORK: FYI has given the go-ahead to 15 additional episodes of Kocktails with Khloé, a talk show hosted and exec produced by TV personality Khloé Kardashian.

SILVER SPRING: This spring, Destination America is set to premiere Ghost Brothers, a new supernatural-themed show featuring television's first African-American paranormal investigation team.