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Cargo Film & Releasing has acquired global rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to the documentary Mutiny In Heaven: The Birthday Party, about Nick Cave’s post-punk band The Birthday Party.

In BBC Three’s upcoming docuseries Zara McDermott: Inside Ibiza (w.t.), the eponymous media personality (Love Island, The X Factor: Celebrity, Made in Chelsea) will take a deep dive into life on Ibiza.

Endeavor has made a minority investment in Velvet Hammer Media (VHM), the non-scripted production company co-founded by former HBO Max execs Jennifer O’Connell and Rebecca Quinn.

PBS’s FRONTLINE has slated the premiere of its latest documentary on Vladimir Putin, Putin’s Crisis, on July 11.

A+E Networks EMEA has commissioned FirstLookTV to produce the ten-part docuseries #Dead2Me for Crime+Investigation.

Banijay Rights has picked up the distribution rights outside of the U.S. for a pair of CNN culinary series that feature Stanley Tucci and Eva Longoria.

BBC Studios has tapped Sandy Robertson as the first head of production for its factual entertainment and events division in Glasgow.

TVF International has closed a raft of sales with broadcasters across Europe for history, travel and investigative titles.

Onza Distribution has sold the hit Spanish true-crime series Crimes to Germany’s ZDF.

Mark Woodward, director of specialist factual at Big Wave Productions, talks about the brand-new documentary Shark Below Zero, which is airing as part of National Geographic’s Sharkfest.