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Authentic Entertainment is partnering with Kronicle Media to develop and produce character-driven content for and about women.

National Geographic’s Christian Drobnyk, CuriosityStream’s Steve Burns and France Télévisions’ Thierry Mino shared their acquisition and co-production strategies at MIPDoc in a session moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati before each receiving a World Screen Factual Trendsetter Award.

Fetch TV and BBC Studios are launching a new lifestyle channel in Australia, BBC Living, joining five other BBC-branded services on the platform.

Channel 4 in the U.K. has commissioned Twofour's Boomerang to produce 60 half-hour episodes of Extreme Cake Makers for seasons three and four, as well as a pair of specials.

Gretchen Carlson, a journalist, author and female-empowerment activist, has forged an overall pact with A+E Networks to create and host a trio of documentary specials for Lifetime.

ITV has commissioned two new prime-time programs from Spun Gold TV in the lead-up to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s approaching wedding.

Later this year, BBC plans to roll out The Big British Asian Summer, a new season of statement films and celebratory programs about British Asians.

Expanding her current portfolio, Jane Latman has been named general manager of Travel Channel.

Channel 4 has commissioned Chalkboard TV to produce an hour-long pilot of The Slim Reaper, a tentatively titled prime-time factual-entertainment show featuring Russian weight-loss guru and "detox diva" Galia Grainger.

True Entertainment is slated to air the exclusive U.K. debut of Harry & Meghan: A Very Modern Romance, a new program exploring the love story of the British prince and his actress fiancée.