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NEW YORK: Spike has greenlit an all-new ninth season of the hit tattoo-competition series Ink Master.

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine Beyond’s ICON Network, which is celebrating its first anniversary, is headed to multiple new global territories and across Asia in 2016.

CANNES: Among the factual titles Distribution360 (D360) is showcasing at MIPTV is the documentary Tales by Light, which is filmed in 4K and features the work of world-renowned photographers, blurring the lines between science, art and photography.

CANNES: At MIPTV 2016 TCB Media Rights is showcasing The Cruise, chronicling life aboard the Regal Princess and giving viewers exclusive access to one of the largest luxury cruise liners.

LONDON: Endemol Shine Beyond UK has launched the food and lifestyle channel Wild Dish on YouTube.

SILVER SPRING: One year after launching the multiplatform brand extension TLCme.com, TLC is entering the business of creating original video content for its digital and linear platforms through a video hub featuring online influencers in the home, style, beauty and parenting space.

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery (ID) has greenlit the new original true-crime series I Am Homicide, which has begun production for broadcast on the channel later this year.

CANNES: Off the Fence has a range of history, science, travel, lifestyle, and nature and wildlife titles, including the documentary Close to Death, which features animals stopping their hearts and brains in the risky survival mechanism known as deep sleep.

SILVER SPRING: Next month, Discovery Channel is due to debut Sherpa, a film focused on the massive avalanche that killed 16 Sherpas on Mount Everest on April 18, 2014.

SANTA MONICA: Ovation TV has slated the U.S. debut of the six-part documentary series Millennials: Growing Up in the 21st Century for May.