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Mathieu Béjot has been appointed to undertake the newly created position of director of strategy and development for Sunny Side of the Doc, supporting the late Yves Jeanneau’s son and the current CEO of Doc Services Roman Jeanneau in organizing the event.

At the upcoming NATPE Miami, GRB Studios is focusing on the new seasons of its global hit series, including Untold Stories of the E.R.

Back Roads Entertainment, which produces the variety format 50 Central for BET with 50 Cent, has launched its new headquarters in Austin, Texas, and has appointed former MGM executive Bret Calvert as VP of development.

Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation daredevil, is set to return to the highwire for a record-breaking 1,800-foot-long walk over an active volcano, a feat which will air live as a two-hour special on ABC.

Channel 4 has ordered a new three-part series, Walking with Elephants, which follows explorer, conservationist, author and presenter Levison Wood as he treks alongside elephants across Botswana.

PBS is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new slate of programming and initiatives that features network personalities, a social media campaign and the launch of PBS American Portrait.

Fulwell73, the production company behind I Am Bolt, Hitsville: The Making of Motown and Sunderland 'Till I Die, is set to produce its latest docuseries, Auschwitz Untold In Colour, for More4 in the U.K.

In response to the widespread devastation caused by the fires in Australia, BBC America’s upcoming nature docuseries on the seven continents, Seven Worlds, One Planet, has been rescheduled to begin with the Australia episode and is set to inform viewers as to how they can support relief efforts.

Jupiter Entertainment, a Sky Studios company, has tapped Chris Spry for the role of VP of development and has promoted veteran executives Harrison Land and Todd Moss to senior VPs of the company.

Discovery is set to roll out the home and lifestyle brand HGTV as a free-to-air channel in Italy and as a pay-TV channel in 11 Central European markets.