The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal is to launch a new sports documentary production division, NBC Sports Films.
The division will produce and broadcast an average of one documentary every three months, according to Mark Levy, the senior vice-president of original production and creative programming at NBC Sports.
The documentaries are likely to focus on sports such as ice hockey and Nascar stock-car motor racing, according to media news service Variety.
The first one-hour programme to be produced by the division, looking at the life of former NHL ice hockey star Derek Sanderson (pictured), will be shown on June 8 following the NBCSN channel’s coverage of game three of the 2015 Stanley Cup final.