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DNI delves into Ashley Madison hack

Discovery Networks International (DNI) has greenlit a quick-turnaround doc on the fallout from the hacking of Ashley Madison, the website that helps married people set up affairs.

Sex, Lies and Online Affairs (1×60’) is being produced by Tinopolis-owned UK prodco Mentorn Productions and will air on DNI’s channels around the world in late September.

The names and details of 30 million worldwide users of the site – which bears the motto ‘life is short, have an affair’ – were hacked and released earlier this summer.

The doc will examine the effects of the hack and ask whether such sites are fulfilling an existing need or actively encouraging adultery.

The one-off doc was commissioned by Sarah Thornton, VP of production and development for factual entertainment at DNI.

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