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Zodiak Rights, now a part of Banijay Group, has secured a first look finance and distribution deal with Arise Pictures. Arise Pictures’ original slate of programming was created (…)

Independent U.K.-based distributor DCD Rights has secured new deals for docudrama Real Detective. The series blends the genres of true crime documentary and scripted storytelling. Produced by WAM for Investigation Discovery, (…)

U.K.-based Woodcut Media has been commissioned to produce a new factual entertainment series Animal Antics by MTG World for Viasat Nature. Animal Antics showcases a compilation of funny animal escapades, from (…)

A+E Networks has promoted Christopher Barry to svp, head of Finance and Business Planning, International and Digital. Barry will report to Art Vomvas, evp, Financial and Business Planning, A+E Networks, (…)

At this year’s MIPTV, the Médailles d’Honneur will go to Ben Pyne, president Global Distribution, Disney Media Network; Marcel Vinay Sr.; president of Mexico’s Comarex; Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka, co-CEO’s (…)

Local adaptations of Zodiak Rights’ new format Undressed have been commissioned in the U.K. and in The Netherlands. Undressed is a social experiment, which sees two complete strangers undress each other (…)

Sony Pictures Television will launch new U.K. channel, True Crime, on March 22. The channel will be devoted to crime programming, with a lineup that includes series such as “Deadly Women,” (…)

Ralph Baruch, founder of Viacom, died in his Manhattan home at the age of 92 last week. His life was recalled in the autobiographical book “Television Tightrope,” which we reviewed

Producer Mary Parent has been appointed to the newly created position of vice chairman of Worldwide Production, Legendary. Parent will oversee all aspects of the company’s film, television, digital, mobile (…)