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VIENNA: ORF-Enterprise is reporting positive results from its trips to Sunny Side of the Doc and NATPE Budapest, clinching a co-pro pact with Scottish firm Maramedia and a host of deals in Central and Eastern Europe.

PARIS/LOS ANGELES: ABS-CBN has acquired 65 hours of the series Fitness First Class to air on Lifestyle Network in the Philippines.

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has secured the exclusive distribution rights for the new U.S. true-crime docuseries Deep Undercover in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

WARSAW: SPI International/FilmBox has added the 24/7 linear channel NatureVisionTV to its global offering.

LOS ANGELES: Actor and TV host Mario Lopez has signed on to join the talent lineup of Awestruck, AwesomenessTV’s digital lifestyle entertainment brand for Millennial moms.

Reality shows, factual entertainment and high-end docs are finding slots across Central and Eastern Europe.

TORONTO: Blue Ant International has placed several of its original home-themed lifestyle series with global broadcasters, including What’s For Sale? and Brojects.

LONDON: ITV has added to its summer lineup The Investigator: A British Crime Story, a new documentary series led by former police detective Mark Williams-Thomas.

SILVER SPRING: TLC is reinventing the reality series A Baby Story by broadcasting live births from the TLCme Facebook page.

LONDON: Pioneer Productions has appointed Thomas Viner, formerly of Arrow Media, as its new creative director.