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BBC Studios has named Fiona Campbell to oversee The Documentary Unit, replacing Aysha Rafaele, who is setting up her own factual drama hub within the company.

Ovation has acquired the U.S. broadcast and digital rights for five shows from all3media international, including Travel Man.

TCB Media Rights has licensed World’s Scariest Hauntings, a paranormal documentary series from Woodcut Media, to Blue Ant Media.

all3media international has signed an exclusive multiyear first-look agreement with factual indie Field Day Productions.

Fremantle has secured the global rights, excluding the U.S., Canada and Israel, for the six-part documentary series Enslaved, hosted by Oscar-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson.

Autentic Distribution has sold a number of its factual titles to broadcasters around the world during this week's market in Cannes.

Blue Ant International has inked a deal with China's CCTV that will bring 60-plus hours of programming from its 4K nature and wildlife library to CCTV-1 and CCTV-10.

BBC Studios is set to launch BBC Earth Tribe, a brand-new BBC Earth fan community, with China's Tencent, which is also on board as a co-production partner for the natural-history series Dynasties.

Icon Films and Natural History Film Unit Botswana have been commissioned to produce a documentary about the life of Africa’s Hippopotamus for BBC Two in the U.K. and PBS station WNET in the U.S.

GRB Studios has secured several factual program sales, including the long-running investigative series On the Case, with Super RTL in Germany.