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LONDON: Spike UK has snapped up the exclusive rights for ABC's reboot of BattleBots from Sky Vision following a bidding war for the U.K. rights to the hit entertainment series.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is moving forward with additional episodes of its hit documentary series Making a Murderer, with the new installments looking in-depth at the post-conviction process.

LONDON: Channel 5 has ordered the documentary series Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words from Red Planet Pictures, marking the first commission for the company’s non-scripted division.

WARSAW: Viasat World is bringing Viasat History, Polsat Viasat Explore and Polsat Viasat Nature to the nc+ platform in Poland.

LONDON: Parade has snapped up the global distribution rights for more than 800 hours of home, food, garden, health and special-interest content from Australia's H2 and Abode TV.

BURBANK: Actress Zelda Williams (Dead of Summer) has come on board Freeform’s unscripted series The Letter, slated to premiere later this year.

NEW YORK: Atlas Media Corp. has established a digital unit to create and develop IP, launch multiplatform channels and sell sponsorships and branded integrations.

NEW YORK: Next month, Smithsonian Channel is slated to begin airing Behind the Lost Empires, a new programming block focused on the secrets of ancient civilizations from around the world.

TORONTO: Big Coat Productions has named Christine Diakos, a former Bristow Global Media senior producer, as head of production.

LONDON: Kim Shillinglaw, a former BBC executive, has been hired by Endemol Shine UK as director of factual, effective in September.