BURBANK: ABC, dick clark productions and For The Record have partnered to develop For The Record Live, which will see the soundtracks of iconic filmmakers turned into live entertainment events.

SHENZHEN: WME/IMG has entered into a new China-based joint venture with Sequoia Capital China and internet group Tencent to expand its business in the country across sports and entertainment.

NEW YORK: Lifetime in Africa has commissioned its own version of Married at First Sight, which will be produced by Oxyg3n Media.

LONDON: Filming has started on the second season of the ITV drama Unforgotten, starring Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar.

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.