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There's a wealth of new programming coming to Discovery Communications' bouquet of networks, including the flagship Discovery Channel lining up Rory Kennedy’s Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow and Investigation Discovery exploring hate crimes.

U.S. arts network Ovation has picked up season one of The Wine Show, featuring Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys, from Sky Vision.

Live linear and on-demand content from Smithsonian Channel, as well as TV Everywhere authentication, is now included within Hulu’s live TV plan, with the network also now offered on YouTube TV with live linear, VOD and TVE.

Caravan is producing Avenging Evil, an hour-long documentary commissioned by Channel 4's specialist factual team commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day.

ZDF Enterprises is bringing together ZDFE.factual and ZDFE.entertainment to form ZDFE.unscripted.

HBO has signed investigative journalist Ronan Farrow to an exclusive three-year television deal that will begin later this year.

From ITN Productions, the new docu-drama Drug Lords is set to launch globally on Netflix on January 19.

Channel 5 has commissioned Twofour to produce Alex Polizzi’s Restaurant Rescue, a brand-new series fronted by the host of The Hotel Inspector and her brother-in-law, restaurateur Oliver Peyton.

Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) in the U.K. has appointed Hannah Brownhill as director of development for Renegade Pictures, effective immediately.

FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has hired TV industry veteran Jayson Dinsmore as president of alternative programming and development.