WASHINGTON, D.C./TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment's Anne of Green Gables, a two-hour film based on the iconic book by L.M. Montgomery, is slated for broadcast on PBS in the U.S. this fall.

NEW YORK: Manuela Caputi, the head of international sales for the Mediaset catalog at Mediaset Distribution, talks to World Screen Newsflash about the company’s scripted and unscripted format business.

LONDON: Dan Frugtniet has been appointed as the new VP of licensing and consumer products (CP) business development for Nickelodeon International.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) net neutrality rules, which were passed last year.

LAS VEGAS: Mercis BV owns the global rights for the book-based property Miffy, which inspired the new CGI animated series Miffy’s Adventures Big and Small.

LONDON: Beyond Distribution has closed deals with international broadcasters for the latest installments of the Canadian series Highway Thru Hell and Fatal Vows.

LONDON: Dominique Delport, the global managing director of Havas Media Group and chairman of Vivendi Content, has been lined up to deliver a keynote on September 8 at the IBC2016 Conference.

JOHANNESBURG: A+E Networks and Multichoice have renewed their agreement for the carriage of the HISTORY and Crime + Investigation channels in Africa.

Discovery Channel is introducing a first-ever virtual reality (VR) experience to mark its summer event’s 28th year on air starting June 26.

LONDON: Eurosport has secured a five-year agreement with the AELTC to show live simulcast coverage in the U.K. of the Wimbledon finals and highlights, making it the only broadcaster in the country to show live coverage of all four Grand Slams.