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LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Northern Ireland's Big Mountain Productions (Genealogy Roadshow) to produce Generation Foundation, an hour-long film focused on the art of makeup.

TORONTO: Shaw Media’s Food Network Canada and Scripps Networks Asia Pacific have jointly commissioned a third season of the cooking series Bake with Anna Olson, to be produced in 4K for the first time.

MANHATTAN BEACH: 3 Ball Entertainment has promoted DJ Nurre, a seasoned exec producer, to executive VP of programming and development.

NEW YORK: Leftfield Pictures is teaming up with actress La La Anthony and Grammy-winning producer Timbaland (Empire) to develop a brand-new docuseries profiling Face Time Agency, a casting company for booking music video and hip-hop fashion models.

DUNEDIN: NHNZ has appointed Abigail Rodriguez as the VP of development for Outrun the Sun, the company's new division specializing in character-based factual content for the U.S. market.

NEW YORK: Scripps Networks Interactive has appointed Neil Regan as the VP of programming for Travel Channel.

LONDON: Sky Vision has inked an exclusive two-year development deal with Avanti Media, which specializes in factual and entertainment production.

PARK CITY: Audrie & Daisy, a documentary film in competition at the Sundance Film Festival, is headed to Netflix as an original global premiere.

SANTA MONICA: A new output deal makes Hulu the exclusive streaming home for all future documentary releases from IFC Films, which will include all docs from the brands IFC Films, Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight.

MIAMI: Univision Network's popular reality beauty competition Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty) is returning to the U.S. Spanish-language channel with a special VIP edition to celebrate the show's tenth season.