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NEW YORK: Olivier Widmaier Picasso, the grandson of Pablo Picasso, and Scott Woodward, the executive VP of programming and production at Ovation TV, met with World Screen Newsflash to discuss Picasso, The Legacy and share insight into what viewers may learn from the documentary that they didn’t know before.

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has secured worldwide distribution rights for the three-part documentary The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice from Gruppe 5.

TORONTO: Hunting Nazi Treasure, a new original investigative series featuring The Monuments Men author Robert Edsel, is due to air on HISTORY in Canada next year.

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has revealed the nominees for the 2016 news and current affairs categories, with Al Jazeera English and TV Globo scoring nods in both areas.

LOS ANGELES: Netflix has unveiled four new original documentaries that are set to launch globally on the streaming service, including one about Amanda Knox.

NEW YORK: VH1 has greenlit the tentatively titled Martha & Snoop's Dinner Party, starring Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, for a fall premiere.

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery (ID) has renewed its hit series I Am Homicide featuring former detective Garry McFadden for a second season.

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has secured sales for the World War II documentary China’s Schindlers across Europe.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has secured sales in Europe and Malaysia for crime and nature content, including Hostage: Do or Die.

ALBUQUERQUE: REELZ has lined up a slew of returning shows and new original series and specials for its fall programming slate, including Hollywood Homicide Uncovered from Breakthrough Entertainment.