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BIPOC-led industry collective challenges PBS to ensure diversity mandate is met More than 140 prominent documentary filmmakers and decision-makers in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter to PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger requesting data regarding the diversity statistics ... April 1, 2021 More than 140 prominent docume...

The MIPTV ’21 Shopper’s Guide: Blue Ant Int’l, TVF Int’l An extensive array of non-fiction titles will be launched at this year’s Digital MIPTV online spring market, running April 12-16. Ahead of the excitement, Realscreen presents the fourth in a ... April 1, 2021 An extensive array of non-fiction titles will be launched at this...

Malika The Lion Queen. “This is a space we at Fox have been looking to enter; but we wanted to be strategic about it and the premise had to be something big and broad that would appeal to all viewers. When Grant [Mansfield] and Tom [Hugh-Jones] pitched Malika, I knew straight away it was right for us,” Rob Wade (pictured left), president of alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment, tells Realscreen. The series — executive produced by Plimsoll’s Tom Hugh-Jones, Ma...

Footage industry experiencing growth during pandemic, but challenges remain: survey A survey exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon the archive and stock footage industry illustrates that as companies are seeing increasing demand for archive content — and as ... April 1, 2021 A survey exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pand...

Battle Of The Sexes and Wild Africa and on radio, Slaves To Nature. On becoming editor of Natural History Radio for the pubcaster he led the development and production of award-winning programs such as Tweet Of The Day, World On The Move, Saving Species, Natural Histories and Migration Live. He went on to become an executive producer in television, producing Ivory Wars with ‘Panorama’ and Tigers About the House among other projects. According to the BBC, Hector will “pursue other...

BBC appoints two portfolio editors as part of commissioning restructure British pubcaster, the BBC, has appointed two new portfolio editors, Syeda Irtizaali at BBC One and Jo Smith at BBC Two and Four, as part of a TV division restructuring ... March 17, 2021 British pubcaster, the BBC, has appointed two new portfolio editors, Syeda Irtiza...

OWN’s “Iyanla: Fix My Life” ending after eight seasons Iyanla: Fix My Life, one of the longest-running unscripted series on Discovery Inc.’s Oprah Winfrey Network, is winding down after this season. The series, featuring six-time New York Times bestselling author, ... March 17, 2021 Iyanla: Fix My Life, one of the longest-running u...

Discovery partners with Ellen DeGeneres for natural history multi-year deal Discovery is teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres to partner on a content slate in the natural history space. In this exclusive deal, DeGeneres will develop and produce a variety of specials, ... March 17, 2021 Discovery is teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres to partner on ...

Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator) to the premium docuseries Apostate from filmmaker Kelly Sallaway, last year’s winner of the Propelle Content Accelerator program. Further developed with Everywoman and Eva Orner together with Sallaway, the project takes a deep dive into what has been called America’s biggest, most powerful and fastest growing cult, the FLDS. Through unprecedented access gained by Sallaway, the story will be told through those that recently left the FLDS including the 65th wife...

Britney Spears’ controversial conservatorship is set to be examined in a new documentary from BBC2. Britney (w/t) will see BAFTA-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar seek to “uncover the truth” behind the conservatorship put in place 13 years ago.  Under the conservatorship — a U.S. legal arrangement in which a guardian is appointed by a judge to manage the financial affairs and/or daily life of another person due to physical or mental limitation or old age — Spears (pictured) has not had...