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Banijay Rights
Scripted Hot Pick: Wisting
Distributor: Banijay Rights Producer: Cinenord and Good Company Films Broadcaster: MTG for Viaplay, TV3 (Sweden), ARD (Germany) Logline: An…
How ‘Masked Singer’ is reviving costume-led formats
The runaway success of The Masked Singer is putting costume-led formats back in the spotlight…
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…
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…
Banijay Rights signs development deal with Greenacre
Banijay Rights has signed a multi-year, first-look development deal with UK independent production company Greenacre…
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. …
Banijay sends Israeli drama Juda to Hulu
Banijay Rights has sold Israeli scripted series Juda into US streaming service Hulu, and secured…
What Friends tells us about rights ownership in 2019
Media giants building SVODs to rival Netflix are talking the talk, but who will walk…
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…
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…
560 Media to oversee secondary rights for Banijay Rights
Banijay Rights has appointed 560 Media to oversee its secondary rights. Under the deal, the…
Distributors: the new producers?
A growing number of distributors are involved in activities that look more like development, production…
Show of the week: Hidden
Distributor: Banijay Rights Producer: Yellow Bird Channel: Viaplay/TV3 Concept: A man declared dead after a…
Belgium’s RTBF buys Banijay’s Legacy
Belgian broadcaster RTBF has snapped up gameshow The Legacy from Banijay Rights. Zodiak Belgium is…
Banijay Rights to distribute Movistar+ drama Hierro
Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of Banijay Group, has acquired international distribution rights to Spanish…
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…
Ray Winstone visits Sicily in factual TV debut
British actor Ray Winstone is to front his first ever factual TV series Ray Winstone’s…
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…
Banijay buys My Kitchen Rules UK producer
Banijay Group has acquired 7Wonder, the UK-based unscripted producer behind the British remake of My…
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…
MTG reveals Hidden Swedish original
MTG Studios has revealed its next original drama Hidden, fronted by Izabella Scorupco (GoldenEye) and…
SVT buys Anglo-Welsh drama Bang
SVT in Sweden has bought crime drama Bang, which was created in both English and…
TBI Weekly: Disney challenges loom
Disney has had a tough week. On one end news emerged that the company is…
Returning miniseries
Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…
Banijay secures €365m as Survivor deal nears
Banijay Group has raised €365 million (US$416 million), which will be used in part to…
Digging into CEE
The number of pay TV homes in Central and Eastern Europe are set to fall,…
CityTV bags Screenings goodies
Canadian broadcaster CityTV has acquired four new season US broadcast scripted series for its 2017/18…
Drive picks up ITV & HBO’s Diana doc
As the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death approaches, a new HBO and ITV doc…
Banijay to distribute Diana death doc
Banijay Rights will sell a French-produced docu-film that explores the death of Princess Diana. The…
Banijay sticks to the script at MIPTV
Banijay Rights is hitting the Palais des Festivals with a slate of new scripted programmes….