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LONDON: Broadcasters in Australia and across Europe have picked up the eight-part historical docudrama The West, produced by Stephen David Entertainment and executive produced by Robert Redford, Stephen David and Laura Michalchyshyn.

PALO ALTO: VR specialist Jaunt is working with ESL on a range of documentaries and experiences for Intel Extreme Masters eSports tournaments.

LONDON: Sky Vision has secured additional sales for the fifth run of the docuseries Ross Kemp Extreme World, with Australia becoming the latest territory to snap up the title.

LONDON: A+E Networks UK has commissioned Rocket Ronnie’s American Hustle, an original series featuring snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, for HISTORY in the U.K.

TORONTO: Proper Rights has closed deals for its factual content, including the car series Vegas Rat Rods and several Mike Holmes home-reno titles, across Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

TORONTO: Distribution360, a marblemedia company, is slated to co-develop a portfolio of new factual content with Vancouver-based production company Partners in Motion.

LONDON: ITV Studios’s So Television and Sunnyside Productions have been commissioned to produce the factual-entertainment series Celebrity Home Secrets.

Munia Kanna-Konsek, head of sales, discusses the company’s factual programming catalog.

NEW YORK: Digital sensation Hannah Hart has been lined up to present an untitled project produced by Warrior Poets that has been ordered to series by Food Network.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A second season of National Geographic Channel's global series Breakthrough is in the works for a spring 2017 debut in 170-plus markets.