At Austrian broadcaster ORF, Gernot Lercher, head of natural history for the storied UNIVERSUM brand, has 44 prime-time slots to fill every year. Some viewers have been with the block since its launch ...

Alaska -- A solid natural history documentary that explores the beauty and harsh realities of nature in an extreme environment, Alaska is deserving of its 1997 Oscar for best documentary short.

In South Africa, there’s a daring plan to save the endangered rhino by moving a whole population to a secret location. But the only way out is by dangling them underneath a helicopter! Actor Sean Bean ...

“The American Southwest” is a new film that explores the importance of the Colorado River in western North America to people and to wildlife. Part natural history film, part social documentary, it ...

Toby Gorman and Shelby Shaftel have shepherded the series through its five-year production. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor With that success, two of the executives who have shepherded The ...

Are natural history shows getting softer? Or are we getting less squeamish? The Americas, a stunning 10-part series from the BBC Natural History Unit and US studio NBCUniversal, suggests the Wild West ...

In 2015, a 30-ton humpback whale breached and landed on Tom Mustill’s kayak in Monterey Bay, California. Incredibly he survived the incident, but the near-death experience haunted Tom and left him ...

BRISTOL, U.K—Wounded Buffalo Sound Studios is an audio postproduction facility that has worked on countless award-winning TV productions, including “Planet Earth III,” “Earthsounds,” “Our Great ...

Gernot Lercher, who heads up natural history at Austrian pubcaster ORF, and Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, director of acquisitions and distribution investment at ORF-Enterprise, discussed how they ...

When NBC announced its series order for The Americas in January 2020, the network’s sister streaming service, Peacock, did not yet exist. The head of NBC’s entertainment division has changed multiple ...