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Zinc Media Group’s recently launched factual label Rex has secured its first commission with Scandals, a collection of four stand-alone documentaries, for Channel 5.

LEONINE Studios has acquired a 50 percent controlling interest in gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion, which specializes in documentary features and series.

Beyond Productions has appointed Joe Rivadeneira as senior VP of development for factual at its Los Angeles-based production operation.

GRB Studios’ Death Walker with Nick Groff sees the titular paranormal investigator look into some of the most notorious hauntings in America.

TVF International has secured a raft of deals across South Korea, including for Untold Arctic Wars.

Actor and producer Tom Hardy is on board to narrate Sky Nature’s upcoming original series Predators, which marks Sky’s first co-production with Netflix.

NHK Enterprises (NEP) is highlighting the documentary film Young Carers: A Silent Cry for Help, which was made over the course of two years exploring the lives of children who serve as carers for family members.

At MIPCOM, 3Boxmedia International Sales is presenting new episodes of the science and travel series Children of the Stars, which has aired on Nat Geo Mundo, Science et Vie and Smithsonian Channel.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered more than 85 new hours of content by picking up additional seasons of four of its most popular unscripted series.

BBC Studios LA Productions has tapped formats veteran Nicholas Oakley as senior VP of unscripted development.