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CANBERRA: Aussie factual producer WildBear Entertainment has finalized its co-production with China's CCTV10, The War that Changed the World: The Making of a New China, while a licensing deal for the docuseries has been secured by FOXTEL History Channel.

LONDON: Factual content producer/distributor Barcroft Media has entered into two new channel partnerships with OTT platforms in India that will see the Barcroft TV brand expand its presence in the country.

PALO ALTO: Jaunt is collaborating with singer-songwriter Paul McCartney on a six-part series of virtual reality (VR) documentary shorts.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has sold the documentary film Meet the Hitlers, presented by Morgan Spurlock, to Danish broadcaster DR.

NEW YORK: Discovery Channel has aligned with some of today's hottest recording artists for a six-part series that looks at the wonders of the natural world through the eyes of these celebrated musicians.

AUCKLAND: The home and lifestyle brand HGTV is headed to New Zealand, where it will launch on Freeview on June 27.

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media has greenlit Strut, a new original series from executive producer Whoopi Goldberg and 44 Blue Productions that follows a group of transgender models.

BURBANK: ABC News and People have collaborated on a new limited-run summer series, People’s List, premiering June 11 on ABC.

LOS ANGELES: Showtime is teaming up with filmmakers R.J. Cutler (The September Issue, The World According to Dick Cheney) and John Battsek (Searching For Sugar Man, The Tillman Story) on a feature-length documentary about the life of comic legend John Belushi.

NEW YORK/PRAGUE: Big Media and KM Plus Media have racked up international sales for the Cold War documentary series M.A.D. World, placing the title into Germany and Australia, among other territories.