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LOS ANGELES: FOX has ordered the first-ever unscripted dating series from eight-time Emmy Award-winning executive producer Mark Burnett, whose credits include Survivor and The Voice.

MIAMI: Corus Entertainment will have representatives at both NATPE and Realscreen Summit this year, with titles such as Masters of Flip, Buying the View and Cheer Stars.

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media has clinched a deal with NBCUniversal International Networks for a pan-Asian broadcast of seasons one and two of the paranormal investigative series The R.I.P. Files.

TORONTO: Blue Ice Group has renewed its support for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, adding C$1.25 million ($871,000) toward a special fund to help finance African filmmakers.

PASADENA: To mark the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, National Geographic Channel has slated for January 25 a documentary reconstructing the event through NASA footage and news reports.

LONDON: Arrow Media has appointed Howard Swartz, formerly of Discovery Channel, as executive VP of development and production.

SILVER SPRING: Days after the capture of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, American Heroes Channel is set to premiere this Sunday the hour-long special El Chapo: Caught!

MIAMI: Fred Media’s reality series Go Ahead Bake My Day, which is one of the company’s highlights for NATPE, sees three bakers compete for the chance to serve their cake at a real wedding in just 24 hours.

MIAMI: Teams of FBI agents try to track down the world’s most-wanted criminals in FBI Takedowns, a GRB Entertainment title. From one teen who suffered the consequences of taking drugs in high school to another who was involved in a …

SHERMANK OAKS: GRB Entertainment has inked several factual deals in Asia, with Discovery Asia Pacific taking a bulk of the titles. How Stuff Works, Nasty By Nature and When Fish Attack went to Discovery Asia Pacific’s Indian-territory feed, while FBI …