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GRB Entertainment has signed agreements for several of its documentary titles with partners around the world, including in Germany, Japan and Australia.

Scooter Braun, founder of SB Projects, and JD Roth, co-founder and former CEO of 3 Ball Entertainment, have formed a new unscripted content studio, GoodStory Entertainment.

The new ITV documentary series The Manson Family: The Lost Tapes (working title), produced by Naked Entertainment and sold by FremantleMedia International, features 100 hours of previously unseen footage.

Nat Geo WILD’s SharkFest is returning this summer for an extended two-week run of shark-themed programming.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off tomorrow, and TV Real checked in with distributors and producers about the increased interest in factual football-themed programming across the globe.

Twofour Rights has inked volume deals for 60 hours of finished tapes across Asia and Africa.

Discovery’s free-to-air factual-entertainment channel Quest has ordered three new seasons of Salvage Hunters and commissioned sophomore runs of its spin-off series The Restorers and Classic Cars.

This year, PiXii (Paths of Interaction, eXperiences in Immersion & Innovation), an event focused on digital innovation, returns to Sunny Side of the Doc for a second edition.

Passion Distribution has secured additional sales for the documentary series Pompeii’s Final Hours: New Evidence.

Alison Kirkham, the controller of BBC factual commissioning, has revealed a range of new nonfiction highlights set to air across the BBC channels in the coming months, touching on topics such as homeless teenagers in Britain and gun violence.