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The AVOD business is booming, leading to a wealth of new opportunities for distributors with sizable factual content slates. 

Unscripted casting executive and producer Chelsey Stephens has launched her own development and casting company, Chelsey Creative, and inked a first-look deal with ITV America.

Apple TV+ has slated the global release of Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, a two-part documentary about German tennis star Boris Becker and his tumultuous personal life, for April 7.

The Garden, part of ITV Studios, has named Fiona Freed as chief operating officer.

CBS Reality has commissioned the U.K.-based factual and non-scripted specialist Phoenix Television to produce Murder: Fight for the Truth.

Peacock has partnered with cable television network REELZ to add its live linear channel and on-demand content to the platform.

MagellanTV has released the latest documentary from wildlife expert Nigel Marven: Wild El Salvador—In the Shadow of the Volcano.

A&E Network has lined up The Torso Killer Confessions, a new special in which tri-state area serial killer Richard Cottingham admits to a previously unsolved murder.

Escapade Media has picked up the worldwide rights to Britestar Productions’ new travel and lifestyle series Whisky Trails, hosted by Luke McKenzie.

Fremantle’s Original Productions has secured a first-look deal with Hudlin Entertainment, helmed by producer and director Reginald Hudlin (Marshall, Django Unchained) and producer Byron Phillips (Primetime Emmy Awards, Oscars).