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NEW YORK: HISTORY has given the green light to the documentary series Frontiersmen from executive producers Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson and Stephen David.

LONDON: Firecracker Films, part of the Tinopolis Group, has set up a new venture in Glasgow, dedicated to popular factual programming.

NEW YORK: Spike TV has unveiled Spike Serialized, a new documentary series initiative featuring multi-episode programs that take an in-depth look at various topics or people.

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne), alongside Stolen Sky Productions and LBI Entertainment, have entered into a partnership to co-develop and co-produce a new travel series with musician Dave Matthews.

BERLIN: Several documentary series from Germany’s Maximus Film, including The Most Dangerous Ways to School, have been sold into South Korea, Australia, Poland and other countries.

SYDNEY: BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) has reached an agreement with Nine in Australia that will see its natural-history title Planet Earth II premiere on the network in 2017.

LONDON: BBC Studios has appointed Jon Swain, who previously worked for Optomen Television, as head of its new Popular Factual production division.

LONDON: Following the results of the U.S. presidential election, Channel 4 has commissioned a Dispatches special from ITN Productions that examines Donald Trump’s policies and future agenda.

The company's chief programming, content and brand officer shares some of the current programming strategies guiding the networks within the bouquet.

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has signed on to internationally distribute The Shocking Truth and Expedition Earth, two new documentary series from Pyramid Productions.