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Banijay
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Banijay hires Fremantle UK exec as content head
Banijay Group has appointed Fremantle UK’s head of development Lucas Green as head of content….
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Banijay buys Survivor prodco Castaway
Banijay has acquired Survivor prodco Castaway Television, TBI can reveal. Castaway owners Charlie Parsons, Lord…
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Vimeo staffs up for content and originals push
Vimeo has made a trio of hires as it pushes into original programming, coproductions and…
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Production hub for show at centre of IP battle
The producers of The Best of All gameshow are setting up a European production hub…
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Raft of Secret Life of 4 Year Olds deals
The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds format has been picked up by broadcasters across…
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New deals for controversial Banijay format
All Against 1, the Banijay format at the centre of an IP dispute with FremantleMedia,…
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Banijay lands ABC order for Gervais gameshow
ABC has ordered Five to Survive, a new gameshow created by Ricky Gervais and being…
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Non Stop gets Connick Jr., new Canal+ deal
French celebrity news channel Non Stop People has renewed its carriage deal with Canal+ and…
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Vivendi’s Guess My Age heads to Germany
Vivendi’s formats division, Vivendi Entertainment, has shopped its Guess My Age format to ARD in…
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Warner Bros poaches BBCWW’s Blot for France
Warner Bros. has hired French TV veteran Jean-Louis Blot to run a new production business…
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Jackson exits Banijay, joins Blue Ant
Banijay Group global sales chief Michael Jackson has left the company and joined Blue Ant…
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New roles for Hansen, Spodsberg at Banijay Zodiak
Peter Hansen and Karoline Spodsberg have landed new roles at Banijay Zodiak Nordic, the new…
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Mutimer to run sales at Banijay-Zodiak
Zodiak Rights boss Tim Mutimer has landed the top distribution job at the soon-to-merge Banijay-Zodiak…
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BBC Worldwide creates Nordic base
BBC Worldwide is setting up a Nordic-specific production operation based in Denmark and has brought…
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Exporting in Asia
ATF is the biggest TV market in Asia. Ahead of the trip to Singapore, TBI…
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Irish Screentime exits Banijay fold
Banijay Group’s Screentime ShinAwiL has been sold back to the Irish prodco’s management. CEO Larry…
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Vivendi buys Can’t Stop, Flab Lab and Studio+
French media powerhouse Vivendi has made three prodco acquisitions in its ongoing content drive, including…
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AMC goes to The West with Redford
AMC has given a straight-to-series order to The West, a new docudrama series fronted by…
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Banijay poaches Michael Jackson from DCD
Banijay International has hired Michael Jackson as head of global sales. The company said the…
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Popstars makes a German comeback
RTL II has ordered a local version of Popstars, one of the first wave of…
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Banijay ups Ambra’s Cipriano
Banijay Group has upped Filippo Cipriano to managing director of its Italian prodco Ambra. Ambra…
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Banijay in Mid East formats pact
Banijay International has signed an exclusive production pact with Middle Eastern prodco Periscoop, TBI has…
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Banijay buys US indie
Banijay Group has bought a controlling stake in Stephen David Entertainment, the US prodco behind…
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Mum of the Week lined up in four more territories
French format Mum of the Week is being remade for four international broadcasters in territories…
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Popstars returns to Denmark after a decade
Music reality format Popstars is returning to Danish screens after ten years away. SBS Discovery…
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Content crunch – the fight for rights
As the pace of consolidation quickens, competition for rights is fiercer than ever. Stewart Clarke…
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Zodiak Media appoints Russia CEO
Zodiak Media has appointed Laurent Saillard as CEO of Zodiak Vostok, its Russian division. Saillard…
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RTL checks into Banijay’s Sex Academy
RTL5 in the Netherlands has ordered a local version of the Sex Academy format. The…
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Des Monaghan leaving Screentime
Des Monaghan is leaving Screentime, the Australian production business he founded 18 years ago. Monaghan…
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Armoza’s I Can do That! sells to Spain
Armoza-distributed format I Can Do That! has been acquired by Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Telecinco. The…