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Twofour CEO Melanie Leach and CCO Andrew MacKenzie are launching the new production company South Shore.

GRB Studios and Zig Zag Productions have signed a co-production agreement for a slate of unscripted projects in the U.S. and U.K.

BBC Studios Production has appointed Amy Flanagan to be the head of The Documentary Unit.

Hit + Run has partnered with the South Africa-based NV Studios to co-develop and produce a slate of unscripted series under the new joint venture Makeshift Entertainment.

Alleycats Films has inked its first distribution deal with Entertainment One (eOne) for its factual series Lost Worlds and Hidden Treasures.

Love Nature, through an agreement with the National Communications Commission of Taiwan, has become the first-ever 4K natural-history channel to land in the East Asian country.

At MIPCOM, Smithsonian Channel is set to showcase Britain in Colour, a three-parter that follows the America in Color series and aims to bring the country’s history to life.

TCB Media Rights is set to kick off its fifth annual Development Day pitching event in London this week, where top global and emerging indies will pitch ideas to buyers and commissioners.

Kew Media Distribution’s factual slate for MIPCOM will include the Griff Rhys Jones-led Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip.

Gusto Worldwide Media has named industry veteran David Goldstein its chief operation officer.