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Industry veteran Guy Sheppard has been named head of business affairs at ABC Studios International.

Crackle, Sony Pictures Television Networks’ free, ad-supported streaming channel, has acquired rights for Federal Offense, a movie from Boundless Pictures featuring award-winning actor and comedian Chevy Chase (National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise).

Third-quarter net income available to Discovery Communications of $218 million was down just slightly from the year-ago period, though quarterly revenues saw a 6-percent increase.

Net income rose 33 percent to $87 million at AMC Networks in the third quarter.

RTÉ’s Dermot Horan, SBS Broadcasting’s Rozan Hamaker, Global Series Network’s Jason Thorp and AMC Networks Global’s Aurelie de Troyer discussed acquisition and programming trends at a MIPCOM panel before each receiving a World Screen Trendsetter Award.

Benjamin Salinas Sada, CEO of TV Azteca, shared his strategy for the Mexican broadcaster in conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati during his MIPCOM Media Mastermind keynote.

SDI Media Group has acquired the international film marketing agency PPC Creative from the private equity firm Smedvig Capital.

Sony Corporation reported a 346-percent increase in Q2 operating income and said that it expects to post its highest-ever profit this year.

Michael Jay Solomon's Digital Content International (DCI) has inked a deal with Espen Huseby's Nordic World to acquire the company and merge operations.

Twentieth Century Fox Film (TCFF) has named Vanessa Morrison, who has led Twentieth Century Fox Animation for the past decade, president of Fox Family, a newly created division that will develop and produce family movies.