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SHERMAN OAKS: Ecuadorian journalist and filmmaker Jeanette Hinostroza, who is behind GRB Entertainment's factual crime documentary Nelson Serrano: I’m Innocent, will be a featured speaker at MIPDoc.

LONDON: Hat Trick International has secured deals with a host of global broadcasters for true-crime titles such as The Mafia with Trevor McDonald.

GLASGOW: STV Productions has produced a new documentary to mark the 80th anniversary of the legendary ocean liner the RMS Queen Mary's maiden voyage, in a co-production for BBC Scotland, BBC Four and Smithsonian Channel.

LONDON: TCB Media Rights has closed presales on Definitive Guides: Extreme Sea Monsters, New Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle and Inside Secret Societies.

SILVER SPRING: Disappeared, a true-crime series about missing-persons cases, is slated to return to Investigation Discovery for a seventh season after a three-year hiatus.

CANNES: Taking place on Saturday, April 2, at MIPDoc, the View From the Top: What Do Buyers Want? session will see World Screen’s Anna Carugati in conversation with executives from RMC Découverte, ZDF/ZDF Enterprises, Discovery Networks CEEMEA and Smithsonian Networks.

LONDON: Zodiak Rights, the international distribution arm of Banijay Group, has secured worldwide sales for the five-part documentary SAS: Who Dares Wins while gearing up for MIPTV.

NEW YORK: WE tv in the U.S. has greenlit My Life Is a Telenovela, a Miami-set docuseries following actresses and actors working within the popular genre.

TORONTO: Distribution360, a marblemedia company, is bolstering its catalogue ahead of MIPTV with the addition of more than 200 hours of non-scripted content, including its first-ever 4K series.

LOS ANGELES/NORTH HOLLYWOOD: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have signed on to executive produce The Runner, a reality competition show for Verizon’s go90 platform.