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STAMFORD: NBC Sports Group has revealed details for the new automotive game show Shotgun, from the creators of The Amazing Race, which is due to debut digitally prior to its linear premiere later this year.

GLASGOW: Jane Rogerson, former director of commissioning at UKTV, and Ross Harper, executive producer at IWC Media, have teamed up to launch the independent production company Red Sky Productions, which will focus on factual and factual entertainment.

LONDON: IMG has sold the one-hour special Michael Moore in Trumpland to broadcasters in 13 countries.

EVANSTON: U.S. broadcaster Vibrant TV has added to its schedule a range of factual series from DRG, including Very British Problems.

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.