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Smithsonian Channel has ordered a new five-hour series from Arrow Media that colorizes a century of black-and-white footage to show America's history.

Critical Content has closed an exclusive, multiyear deal to create unscripted television and digital media content with Get Lifted Film Co., which was founded by, among others, Oscar- and Grammy award-winning recording artist John Legend.

A range of international broadcast partners are in place for the documentary film The Day the Dinosaurs Died (working title).

The diverse range of programming that DW Transtel has to offer from Deutsche Welle is on full display at MIPTV.

FOX Networks Group Content Distribution launched the new series Origins: The Journey of Humankind to the global market at a MIPDoc lunch, which featured a conversation with the show’s host, Jason Silva, and Nat Geo’s Tim Pastore, moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Nat Geo’s Hamish Mykura, Foxtel’s Hannah Barnes, Canal+’s Isabelle Antraygue and ORF’s Andrew Solomon weighed in on acquisition and commissioning trends in a MIPDoc session moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati before each receiving a Factual Trendsetter Award.

Twofour Group has established Natural, a new factual-entertainment label that will be led by former NBCUniversal executive Alan Brown, who joins the company this month as the unit’s creative director.

Blink Films has been commissioned to produce three factual productions for broadcasters in the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia and France.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Documentary Films is set to release LA 92, marking the 25th anniversary of the riots in Los Angeles sparked by the Rodney King case, theatrically this month followed by a TV broadcast.

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