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NEW YORK: Former ITV Studios America COO Patrice Andrews has been appointed as the general manager at Animal Planet.

SAN FRANCISCO: Discovery Digital Networks has hired Nathan Brown, a digital and production exec, as its senior VP of development and operations.

LONDON: The original crime series Murderers and their Mothers, presented by Donal MacIntyre, is premiering on May 15 at 10 p.m. in the U.K. on CBS Reality.

LONDON: Endemol Shine Beyond UK is launching a fourth season of the popular eSports entertainment franchise Legends of Gaming.

AUCKLAND: A range of BBC Worldwide titles are headed to Prime in New Zealand for its upcoming Prime Planet documentary strand.

NEW YORK: HISTORY has greenlit a third season of its survival series Alone, which will move from Vancouver Island to South America.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has placed several factual, automotive and wildlife titles, including Suburban Monsters, in France and French-speaking territories through a deal with AB Droits Audiovisuels.

NEW YORK: Smithsonian’s David Royle, Discovery’s Nesta Owens, RMC Découverte’s Corentin Glutron and ZDF/ZDF Enterprises’s Kristina Hollstein offered up insight into their programming and acquisition strategies at a MIPDoc panel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati before receiving the inaugural World Screen Factual Trendsetter Awards.

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine USA, Endemol Shine North America's unscripted arm, has made a number of appointments, including naming Rob Day executive VP and head of unscripted production.

LONDON: The documentary series Extraordinary People is returning to Channel 5 for a new run.