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KNOXVILLE: Scripps Networks Interactive’s cable net HGTV is set to launch in Poland in January 2017.

MAINZ: On-demand streaming service CuriosityStream has acquired 56.5 hours of documentaries from ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE).

LONDON: Alison Kirkham has been confirmed as controller of BBC factual commissioning, after occupying the post in an acting capacity since May 2015.

LONDON/AMSTERDAM: NBCUniversal International’s reality SVOD service hayu has launched offline viewing, allowing users to access content without the internet.

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into a first-look deal for unscripted programming with filmmaker, producer and show creator Datari Turner under his Datari Turner Productions banner.

NEW YORK: TLC has begun production on Miss Pooh to the Rescue (working title), featuring viral sensation Veronica “Pooh” Nash-Poleate.

PARIS: Nevision has signed a multiyear deal to invest in a slate of new documentary series currently in development at the French factual label Terminal 9 F, founded by former France Télévisions and Endemol executive Claude Lacaze.

PARIS: Two exclusive first-episode showings of brand-new factual series have been slated as part of the MIPCOM Screenings program: National Geographic’s MARS presented by FOX Networks Group Content Distribution, and Planet Earth II from BBC Worldwide.

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LONDON: Hat Trick International (HTI) has closed deals for Emporium Productions’ Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons and has also taken distribution rights for the company’s new series Inside the Freemasons.