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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.

Courteney Monroe, National Geographic Global Networks’s CEO, presented Nat Geo's 2016-17 Upfront slate.

NEW YORK: Singer Christina Aguilera has signed on to develop a new, music-based game show due out on Spike TV as a half-hour special later this year.

LOS ANGELES: Factual entertainment and wildlife producer Plimsoll Productions has acquired a minority stake in specialist distributor Magnify Media, a partnership that grants Magnify the sole rights to distribute Plimsoll’s catalogue.

LOS ANGELES: E! Entertainment has teamed with Bunim/Murray Productions for the docuseries Mariah’s World, which will explore the private life of singer Mariah Carey.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has commissioned the eight-part docuseries Miracle Hospital (working title).

LONDON: 7 Wonder has been commissioned by BBC Four to produce the hour-long special Skinhead, led by the U.K.’s Don Letts.

TORONTO: Blue Ant International has acquired new HD titles in the factual entertainment, nature, wildlife and premium documentary categories, totaling 75-plus hours of unscripted content.

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has signed an overall first-look agreement with reality TV producer Chris Deaux and his new company Two Fifteen West Entertainment.