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Banijay Group
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Banijay Rights acquires European distributor Funwood Media
Banijay Group’s distribution arm has taken a majority stake in European sales, production and licensing…
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Business time for Banijay Asia
Since striking a JV with the fast-expanding Banijay Group, Indian super-producer Deepak Dhar has his…
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ATF 2019: Is China still a land of rising opportunity?
China might seem to offer huge audiences and potentially boundless riches, but recent developments have…
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Endemol Shine launches trio of channels on Samsung’s TV Plus
Endemol Shine Group is launching a raft of channels via Samsung’s TV Plus service. The…
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Viaplay explores long life with new docuseries from Niklas Ekstedt
Nordic streamer Viaplay is expanding its docuseries offering with a new English-language show that explores…
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Banijay merges Italian prodcos DryMedia and Magnolia into single entity
Banijay Group is merging its Italian production businesses DryMedia and Magnolia into a single entity….
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US, UK and Nordic prodcos strike deals for Media Ranch format ‘Watch!’
Producers in the US, the UK and the Nordics are among those to have picked…
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Banijay agrees deal to buy Endemol Shine Group
Banijay Group has agreed a deal to acquire Endemol Shine Group (ESG), creating a production…
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TBI Weekly: Why Banijay wanted Endemol Shine Group
As far as ‘will they won’t they’ takeover stories go, Banijay Group’s courtship of Endemol…
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Banijay poised to buy Endemol Shine Group
Banijay Group is poised to buy Endemol Shine Group as the ongoing sale of the…
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Banijay Group strikes ‘Guinness World Records’ format deal
Banijay Group has struck a multi-territory deal with Guinness World Records (GWR) for its self-titled…
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Bear Grylls partners with Banijay for new production outfit
Running Wild‘s Bear Grylls has launched a new production outfit focusing on unscripted and scripted…
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Putting a fragmented audience back together (Column)
Carlotta Rossi Spencer, Banijay Group’s SVP of format acquisitions, argues for a return to family…
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Banijay Rights gets first look at Proper Content
Banijay Rights has signed a first-look, multi-year development deal with UK factual specialist Proper Content,…
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BBC Scotland exec boards IWC to head factual
BBC Scotland’s Pauline Law has joined Banijay-owned IWC as head of factual. The exec most…
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BBCS’s ‘Top Gear’ motors across Nordics with remake deal
BBC Studios’ long-running motoring show Top Gear is being remade across the Nordics as part…
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Viaplay cooks up culinary show with ‘Food & Fire’ docuseries
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is expanding its unscripted offering with a six-part English-language docuseries…
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Channel 5 readies IWC’s ‘Greatest Warships’
Channel 5 has commissioned a doc series from Banijay Group-owned IWC that explores famous war…
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ITV travels with ‘Billy Connolly’s Great American Trail’
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a documentary series that follows comedian Billy Connolly exploring…
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Banijay acquires Germany’s Good Times
Banijay Group’s German division has acquired local production firm Good Times, with its founder set…
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Zodiak Belgium names SBS exec as managing director
Zodiak Belgium has hired SBS’s Isabelle Dams as its new managing director. Dams joins in…
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Rai asks for more ‘Ladies’ Paradise’
Rai Uno has ordered another 320 episodes of Ladies’ Paradise (Paradiso delle Signore) from Banijay Group’s Aurora…
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SVT orders design competition ‘Made In Sweden’
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has commissioned a six-part design competition series. Made In Sweden will…
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‘Temptation Island’ heads down under
Australia’s Channel Seven has signed on for a local version of Banijay Rights-distributed format Temptation…
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AMC orders anthology series from ‘Black Mirror’ writer
AMC has greenlit an anthology series that mixes sci-fi and romance from Black Mirror writer…
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Endemol Shine sale back on the table
Banijay Group has pulled back from plans to buy Endemol Shine Group, TBI understands. It…
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Banijay bosses discuss drive for scale, Endemol sale
Banijay Group’s top brass have spoken out about the business’s drive to achieve scale as…
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Formats round-up: Banijay, Story Lab, Vivendi strike deals
Exclusive: Banijay’s Magnolia options Hold On To Your Seat in Italy Banijay-backed Magnolia has picked…
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Exclusive: RTL II signs on for Banijay’s ‘Wild Things’
German broadcaster RTL II has signed on for four episodes of Wild Things, TBI has learned. …
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Endemol Shine, BBC pull out of MIPTV as Reed Midem eyes floorplan change
Endemol Shine Group and BBC Studios have pulled out of next month’s MIPTV market, leaving…