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EXCLUSIVE: Major industry bodies Equity, Time’s Up, and Jack Thorne’s Underlying Health Condition lobbying group have joined the Coalition for Change, the body seeking to improve working conditions in UK TV. The Coalition, which already has buy-in from broadcasters, big super-indies and producer trade body Pact…

EXCLUSIVE: New Zealand TV personality Craig Busch AKA The Lion Man is attempting to return to TV screens after more than five years with a duo of formats. The Lion Man Adventures and The Lion Man’s Wildlife Kitchen will film in 2022 and 2023 in Busch’s new South African park, as he assembles an ensemble of co-stars…

EXCLUSIVE: What started out as a Polish university project about two LGBTQ+ women in a country ranked first by Rainbow Europe in its human rights abuse list will soon be available around the world on Discovery+. Deadline can reveal that season two of 22-year-old Natasza Parzymies’ Control will drop on the global…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is seeking a Head of Development, with incumbent Gavin Boyland moving to series-produce an unannounced major landmark brand that he has developed for the division. A job advert was issued earlier this week for one of the most senior roles within the NHU, overseeing…

Food Network and Discovery+ are cooking up a primetime cooking competition series starring chef Alex Guarnaschelli. The cable network and streamer have ordered Alex Vs. America, which will see 15 chefs from across the United States take their best shot at beating Guarnaschelli for the ultimate culinary triumph in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Discovery+ has ordered a pair of specials starring professional chefs Giada De Laurentiis and Carla Hall. The streamer has ordered My Dream Kitchen: Giada De Laurentiis and My Dream Kitchen: Carla Hall, which will follow the Food Network stars as they design the ideal kitchen. The specials, which will air…

EarthX, the Texas-based environmental group building out its presence in TV and streaming, has appointed six senior execs with experience from Discovery networks and Ride TV. The appointments cover areas such as content, global distribution, marketing, production, finance, ad sales and impact. Michael Fletcher, who…

EXCLUSIVE: The general wisdom is that the United States mainland was not attacked during World War II. However, a new documentary launching on Discovery+, from Objective Media Group America, highlights that this isn't technically true. The streamer has ordered Great Balloon Bomb Invasion, a history special that will…

Weeks after it appeared he would be leaving the Food Network after 27 years, Bobby Flay has reached a three-year, exclusive deal with the Discovery outlet. The pact was confirmed by Courtney White, president of Food Network and streaming food content for Discovery. The new agreement includes development of new content…

Discovery+ is to tell the story of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s relationship breakdown from each of their viewpoints in a two-part documentary from All3Media indie Optomen entitled Johnny vs. Amber.  The celebrity court case of the decade will first introduce Depp’s side, how he felt he was married to a Machiavellian…

A mammoth SEC filing by Discovery today offers some tidbits on its upcoming merger with WarnerMedia – like the new Nasdaq stock symbol, WBD – and pages detailing back-and- forth calls between David Zaslav and AT&T CEO John Stankey starting in February when the Discovery boss first reached out. They spoke, they met in…

Fernando Jerez, an industry veteran and former Movistar+ and Discovery exec, is setting up a Fremantle-backed factual and documentary indie in Spain. En Cero Coma Producciones will focus on the high-end non-scripted space in which Fremantle is making a push, having also unveiled Germany’s UFA Documentary earlier this…