The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) has chosen the opening and closing films for its upcoming 28th edition, running from November 20-30. The fest will open with Arjun Talwar’s ...

Ontario pubcaster TVO has revealed its greenlight of The Pitch, an original feature documentary about the creation of Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league. Directed by award-winning ...

The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed details on the 50th edition of the festival’s Industry Conference, which is set to run from September 5 to 9. Industry programming at TIFF ...

MediaForEurope has extended the deadline for shareholder acceptance of its takeover bid for German mediaco ProSiebenSat.1, after its initial acceptance period failed to secure a majority stake.

Finland’s Norse Key Studios has acquired global distribution rights to the unscripted format Curiosity, from the London and L.A.-based Harry King TV. Each episode of the series finds celebrity guests ...

All3Media International has promoted Jennifer Askin to EVP, Americas, replacing Sally Habbershaw who has departed the company to relocate to the UK. Askin (pictured left), who previously served as SVP ...

Barry Avrich’s latest doc, The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, has been definitively added to the lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival ...

Netflix has commissioned the feature doc Un Hijo Propio (w/t) from Chilean director Maite Alberdi. The doc follows a woman who fakes a pregnancy for months, eventually leading to a media ...

British pubcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a pair of new series for More4 in the history and travel genres from Salamanda Media and Strawberry Blond TV, respectively. Manchester-based prodco ...

Poppy Dixon (pictured) has stepped down from her role as director of documentaries and factual commissioning at Sky after five years. Her departure was confirmed in a note sent to employees ...

The award-winning Peacock reality competition series The Traitors will come to broadcast network NBC with a new “civilian” version, once again featuring the Emmy-winning host of the Peacock version, ...

Sarah Stevenson has joined All3Media-owned Aurora Media Worldwide (BBC Earth: In Search of Nature, Will Smith vs Rafa Nadal) as director of development. With more than 15 years of experience in ...