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LONDON: all3media international has signed representation deals with new international producers, in addition to renewing some of its first-look partnerships.

TORONTO: Canada's Discovery Channel has ordered a ten-episode season of the documentary series Andrew Younghusband’s How Hard Can It Be (working title) from Proper Television.

NEW YORK: IMAX has entered into a distribution and marketing partnership with Discovery Communications regarding original documentary content.

LONDON: TCB Media Rights has appointed a new acquisitions and sales executive and has also finalized sales for three of its top U.S. titles, among them Murder Made Me Famous.

LOS ANGELES: Content Media has picked up the global sales rights for MANOLO (The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards), an upcoming documentary about the famous shoe designer Manolo Blahnik.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel’s new six-part limited series Generation X, narrated by Christian Slater, will explore the achievements and pivotal milestones of the so-called Gen-Xers.

LOS ANGELES: Empire's Lee Daniels has signed on to direct the documentary feature The Apollo Theater Film Project, which will explore the history of the legendary New York theater.

LONDON: Tin Roof Media, which was founded by former DHX Media principal Neil Court, has made an investment in the British factual production company Blink Films.

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.