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Banijay Rights
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Scripted Hot Pick: Wisting
Distributor: Banijay Rights Producer: Cinenord and Good Company Films Broadcaster: MTG for Viaplay, TV3 (Sweden), ARD (Germany) Logline: An…
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How ‘Masked Singer’ is reviving costume-led formats
The runaway success of The Masked Singer is putting costume-led formats back in the spotlight…
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Aftercare or afterthought?: Unpacking duty of care on youth-skewing formats
With TV’s biggest entertainment format facing backlash over its aftercare practices, do casting directors and…
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NHK to adapt ‘Secret Life of Four Year Olds’
Japanese broadcaster NHK is to adapt The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds for its free-to-air…
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Banijay Rights signs development deal with Greenacre
Banijay Rights has signed a multi-year, first-look development deal with UK independent production company Greenacre…
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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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Banijay sends Israeli drama Juda to Hulu
Banijay Rights has sold Israeli scripted series Juda into US streaming service Hulu, and secured…
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What Friends tells us about rights ownership in 2019
Media giants building SVODs to rival Netflix are talking the talk, but who will walk…
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Formats round-up: Banijay takes Wife Swap to Brazil, Endemol Shine’s Kitchen Impossible gets Dutch remake
Banijay Rights has made a string of new format deals for Wife Swap, which will…
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Banijay Rights sends USA’s Temptation Island up north
Banijay Rights has sold its US reboot of Temptation Island into Canada’s Bell Media. USA…
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560 Media to oversee secondary rights for Banijay Rights
Banijay Rights has appointed 560 Media to oversee its secondary rights. Under the deal, the…
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Distributors: the new producers?
A growing number of distributors are involved in activities that look more like development, production…
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Show of the week: Hidden
Distributor: Banijay Rights Producer: Yellow Bird Channel: Viaplay/TV3 Concept: A man declared dead after a…
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Belgium’s RTBF buys Banijay’s Legacy
Belgian broadcaster RTBF has snapped up gameshow The Legacy from Banijay Rights. Zodiak Belgium is…
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Banijay Rights to distribute Movistar+ drama Hierro
Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of Banijay Group, has acquired international distribution rights to Spanish…
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Show of the week: Ray Winstone’s World: Sicily
Banijay’s latest doc sees well-known actor Winstone bring his passion for Sicily to audiences as…
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Ray Winstone visits Sicily in factual TV debut
British actor Ray Winstone is to front his first ever factual TV series Ray Winstone’s…
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Former Zodiak bosses, Sky exec launch SVOD quiz service
Former Zodiak Media chiefs Rod Henwood and Marc Antoine d’Halluin and former Sky and Lovefilm exec…
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Banijay buys My Kitchen Rules UK producer
Banijay Group has acquired 7Wonder, the UK-based unscripted producer behind the British remake of My…
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Television’s love affair with the People’s Princess
Yearlong activities have taken place to mark the twentieth anniversary of Princess Diana’s death, and…
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MTG reveals Hidden Swedish original
MTG Studios has revealed its next original drama Hidden, fronted by Izabella Scorupco (GoldenEye) and…
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SVT buys Anglo-Welsh drama Bang
SVT in Sweden has bought crime drama Bang, which was created in both English and…
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TBI Weekly: Disney challenges loom
Disney has had a tough week. On one end news emerged that the company is…
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Returning miniseries
Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…
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Banijay secures €365m as Survivor deal nears
Banijay Group has raised €365 million (US$416 million), which will be used in part to…
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Digging into CEE
The number of pay TV homes in Central and Eastern Europe are set to fall,…
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CityTV bags Screenings goodies
Canadian broadcaster CityTV has acquired four new season US broadcast scripted series for its 2017/18…
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Drive picks up ITV & HBO’s Diana doc
As the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death approaches, a new HBO and ITV doc…
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Banijay to distribute Diana death doc
Banijay Rights will sell a French-produced docu-film that explores the death of Princess Diana. The…
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Banijay sticks to the script at MIPTV
Banijay Rights is hitting the Palais des Festivals with a slate of new scripted programmes….