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LOS ANGELES: Keshet Studios is building up its factual slate with the ten-hour event series Kabbalah.

NEW YORK: Mark Cronin, one of Hollywood’s most successful reality-TV creators and producers, sat down with World Screen Newsflash to divulge some of the secrets for making an addictive reality show and laying the groundwork for and capturing authentic moments. Watch the interview here.

LONDON: Channel 4 has acquired the docuseries 60 Days In from A+E Networks and will air the show as 60 Days In Jail later this month.

LONDON/NEW YORK: MTV International has greenlit a new docu-reality show, Just Tattoo of Us, to air across its network of 62 channels and digital platforms.

NEW YORK: Page Six TV, a daily show from the New York Post and Endemol Shine North America, will return to FOX following its successful three-week preview last summer, with a U.S. debut set for FOX Television stations in 17 markets.

TORONTO: Banger Films has begun production on a 4K documentary chronicling this year's cross-Canadian concert tour by The Tragically Hip for launch on multiple Bell Media platforms in 2017.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has sold a number of crime series, including FBI Takedowns, to Bell Media in Canada and Sony Pictures Entertainment in the U.K., Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Ireland and Malta.

LOS ANGELES: Multicom Entertainment Group has entered into a multiyear exclusive deal to distribute Ora TV’s content across all media worldwide, including programming hosted and produced by figures such as Larry King and William Shatner.

LOS ANGELES: Discovery Channel has tapped Stephanie Angelides as VP of development.

LONDON: A raft of new deals has been signed for Plum Pictures’ seven-part series James May: The Reassembler, which sees the motoring expert and TV personality reassemble beloved objects.