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The New Chicago Mob, a documentary series that explores the rise and fall of the Chicago mob, will be featured at MIPCOM by The Television Syndication Company (TVS).

Among Deutsche Welle’s highlights, Life, the Universe and Almost Everything has six new episodes available.

Stephen King: A Necessary Evil, a documentary detailing the life and career of the horror fiction novelist, is slated to premiere in the U.S. on MagellanTV on October 6.

Anchor Entertainment has aligned with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War, A Brief History of Time, The Thin Blue Line) for a screen adaptation of End of Sentence, based on Barbara Bradley Hagerty’s reporting for The Atlantic.

The four-part docuseries Con Girl, which tells the story of con woman Samantha Azzopardi, leads BossaNova Media’s highlights.

Sam Rowden, VP of content and production at AMC Networks International, discusses the current acquisitions wish list, co-production strategy and taking an expert-led approach to programming for CBS Reality.

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.