Koh-Lanta


Reduced costs boost TF1

Reduced costs thanks to be absence of the Euro 2016 football championship helped boost TF1’s second-quarter and first-half performance, together with a small increase in revenues. The French commercial broadcaster posted revenues of €498.9 million (US$580.1 million) for the second quarter, up from €481.9 million, and revenues of €1.037 billion for the first half, up […]

Banijay buys Survivor prodco Castaway

Banijay has acquired Survivor prodco Castaway Television, TBI can reveal. Castaway owners Charlie Parsons, Lord Waheed Alli and Bob Geldof have sold the company and format to France-based Banijay, and Banijay Rights will be selling it internationally once the deal closes, TBI has learned. Contacted this morning, Castaway confirmed the news. “We have had an […]

TF1’s Dropped in helicopter crash tragedy

Ten people have died, including staff from Adventure Line Productions, after a pair of helicopters crashed while filming a French version of Zodiak Media format Dropped. The helicopters were each carrying four passengers and a pilot near the town of Villa Castelli in the La Rioja province of Argentina, near the Chilean coast. A mid-air […]

CSA launches reality TV consultation after Koh-Lanta deaths

French media regulator the CSA has initiated a joint consultation with the country’s channels on reality shows following the deaths of two people involved in the making of TF1’s Koh-Lanta, the local version of Survivor. The move follows the death of 25 year-old contestant Gérald Babin, who suffered a heart attack while completing one of […]