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MIPDoc, along with MIPFormats, drew some 1,800 participants the weekend before MIPTV, and in the doc sector, high-end projects reigned supreme.

Investigation Discovery (ID) has commissioned Arrow Media to produce the new true-crime show Hear No Evil, a sister series to See No Evil.

Smithsonian Channel is marking the second anniversary of the earthquake in Nepal that caused deadly landslides and avalanches across the country in April 2015 with the premiere of the documentary Nightmare on Everest this month.

CBS Reality, which is owned by CBS Studios International and AMC Networks International—UK, is due to debut the new original documentary series The Jury Room next month.

Sky Vision has acquired global distribution rights for the new Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen series Laurence of Suburbia from Formatzone.

FremantleMedia International (FMI) has inked an exclusive multiyear output deal with Altice Group for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s shows to air on the new international culinary channel MY Cuisine.

Quebecor Content has aligned with National Geographic to offer audiences in Québec a selection of documentaries on Club illico.

Paramount Network, which will launch in January 2018, has joined forces with Shawn Carter (Jay Z) and The Weinstein Company for the docuseries Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, based on the life and legacy of the slain teen.

Scripps Networks Interactive is launching Food Network in Italy, where it will debut May 8 on free-to-air LCN 33.

BBC Earth and not-for-profit media group Alucia Productions have teamed up on Our Blue Planet, a digital initiative designed to get 1 billion people talking about the world’s oceans.