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MTV UK has commissioned Love Squad, a brand-new dating show that gives friends the chance to try to find the perfect match for a single member of the group.

OSN, an entertainment network in the MENA region, has acquired more than 40 hours of Gusto Worldwide Media’s original food programming.

Production has begun on Pròxima estació (Next Stop), a five-episode docuseries about the Generalitat de Catalunya railway service (FGC) from The Mediapro Studio and TV3.

Fremantle has joined forces with the production company Spring Films to take the international distribution rights to Cool Daddio: The Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore, a feature documentary about the reclusive musician.

Alfred Haber Television has inked several international deals for bublé!, a one-hour special featuring Grammy-winning musician Michael Bublé, including a sale to ITV in the U.K.

National Geographic has a new natural-history docuseries coming to its slate, Queens, focused solely on matriarchal societies in the animal kingdom.

Rare TV’s The River: A Year in the Life of the Tay has been ordered by BBC Four, marking the first commission for the recently formed independent production company under its new banner.

Mike Suggett, a creative executive, producer and programmer at MotorTrend Group, has been named head of programming and development for the Discovery company.

Sunny Side of the Doc, an international marketplace for documentary and narrative experiences, has chosen Germany as this year’s Country in Focus.

Anne Hufnagel, the long-time general manager of Autentic Distribution, is set to leave the documentary sales company by the middle of the year.