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LONDON: RDF Television is bringing back its hit format Wife Swap for a one-off, Brexit-themed special for Channel 4.

MIAMI: NATPE presented the third annual Reality Breakthrough Awards at a ceremony hosted by comedian Bob Saget at the Fontainebleau, with O.J.: Made in America taking home the prize in the documentary category.

AUCKLAND: New Zealand broadcaster Prime has licensed a package of factual and documentary titles from BBC Worldwide, including Planet Earth II.

NEW YORK: North American nonfiction producers have ranked HISTORY and A&E as their top cable networks to pitch to and work with, according to a new survey.

PARIS: France 5 has commissioned Pernel Media to produce the blue-chip documentary miniseries Extreme Earth (working title).

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media has sold a number of factual titles to Asian broadcasters, including Discovery Asia, EBS South Korea and CNN Southeast Asia.

MIAMI: Several new deals have been signed for RuPaul’s Drag Race, which has been picked up by VIMN The Americas, among other deals.

MUNICH: Harry Gamsu has been promoted to VP of non-scripted at Red Arrow International.

MIAMI: The modeling competition series The Fashion Hero has been acquired by the cable and satellite channel TLT (La Tele Tuya) in Venezuela.

LONDON: ITV Studios’ factual label Shiver has brought in Mark Rubens to serve as the head of documentary formats.