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HISTORY in Canada has scheduled the national broadcast premiere of the feature documentary Searching for Vimy’s Lost Soldiers for April 9, marking the 100-year anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge, which is considered the country’s most famous military victory.

Beyond Distribution has lined up RTL NITRO in Germany and Bell Media in Canada to air Mythbusters: The Search.

TCB Media Rights has appointed Visual Data Media Services as its digital content partner.

Scripps Networks Interactive has a slew of new original lifestyle series to present to buyers at MIPTV, covering categories such as home, food and travel.

IM Global Television has partnered with Imagine Group to launch format and tape sales for the unscripted series Fit for Fashion and The Apartment.

Blue Ant Media has entered into a two-year production and distribution output agreement with Blink Films.

Terra Mater Factual Studios has a number of nature titles leading off its MIPTV slate, along with a brand-new 4K science highlight presented by Sir David Attenborough.

Today at MIPDoc, PBS International, PBS and ARTE presented a special screening event with filmmaker Lynn Novick showcasing exclusive clips from The Vietnam War, which sales were also secured for.

Discovery Channel Latin America has picked up the crime doc series Behind Bars: The World’s Toughest Prisons.

Execs from ZDFE, NHNZ, PBS, CCTV9, ARTE France and ZDF weighed in on co-pros in a MIPDoc keynote superpanel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati ahead of the premiere of the blue-chip series Big Pacific.