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Zodiak Media
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Former Zodiak Media CEO David Frank dies aged 63
Former Zodiak Media CEO and industry veteran David Frank has died suddenly, aged 63. David…
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Zinc Media hires former Sky, Zodiak Media exec for new brand-funded arm
Factual production outfit Zinc Media Group has launched a new division to create brand-funded programming…
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Zodiak Media, Canal+ alum appointed to head up Middle East’s MBC
Former Zodiak Media and Canal+ executive Marc Antoine d’Halluin has been appointed as CEO at…
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Eccholine expands into UK with Endemol, Zodiak alum in charge
Former Endemol, Twentieth Century Fox and Zodiak exec Peter Van den Bussche has joined production…
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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 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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Banijay rebrands Zodiak Rights
France’s Banijay Group has rebranded its sales arm, Zodiak Rights, just under a year after…
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Banijay nabs Warner Bros. exec for COO post
Banijay Group has hired Warner Bros. International Television Production vice-president Peter Langenberg as COO. Based…
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Banijay UK chief to exit
Rod Henwood is stepping down from his post as CEO of Banijay UK, Belgium and…
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TRX names Asian agency
Online deal brokering platform TRX has appointed the distribution arm of Vision New Media as…
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Canal+ takes Kissman stake
French commercial broadcaster Canal+ has taken a 50% stake in Kissman Production Group. Kissman is…
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Banijay takes stake in new Italian prodco
France-based Banijay Group has acquired a minority stake in new Italian producer DRY (Don’t Repeat…
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Zodiak Nederland hires ex-Endemol Shine exec
Zodiak Nederland has brought over former Endemol Shine Group formats exec Remco Lentjes to take…
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Ex-Banijay sales exec joins New Flemish Primitives
Former Banijay International sales manager Siobhan Herriot is joining The Flemish Primitives as head of…
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Ex-Zodiak, MEG exec joins Zee TV
Former Zodiak and MEG exec Sarah Coursey has joined the sales arm of Indian broadcast…
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BBC Worldwide rejigs Europe team, ups Percy
BBC Worldwide has rejigged its European operation, handing Tobi de Graaff a wider role and…
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Banijay hires Endemol Shine pair in Finland rejig
Banijay Group is merging its Finnish assets with those of Zodiak Media, splitting its scripted…
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Zodiak Rights in $150m scripted pact
Banijay Group’s sales arm, Zodiak Rights, has closed a deal with British writer-director David Raymond…
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Banijay completes Zodiak merger
The merger of Banijay Group and Zodiak Media has completed, creating TV’s latest super-indie. Operating…
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Vivendi ‘tables offer’ for Mediaset pay TV unit
France-based entertainment giant Vivendi has reportedly made an offer for the pay TV assets of…
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Vivendi: Canal+ losses cannot continue
Vivendi has stated that it “cannot on a long-term basis continue to finance the losses…
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Details of Banijay-Zodiak structure emerge
Vivendi could ultimately take control of the soon-to-be-created Banijay-Zodiak group, according to Les Echos. Initially,…
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Zodiak-Banijay merger gets EU approval
The merger of Zodiak Media and Banijay Group has moved a step closer to completion…
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Sky Arts, Bookhouse to profile Pogues frontman
UK satellite channel Sky Arts has commissioned Zodiak Media-owned prodco Bookhouse to create a documentary…
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Hoogstra resurfaces with Banijay’s Stephen David
Former History programming honcho Dirk Hoogstra has resurfaced as chief creative officer of Banijay Group-owned…
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Vivendi deal for 26.2% of Banijay-Zodiak
Vivendi has signed an agreement to take a 26.2% stake in the new production and…
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Zodiak, Coolabi team for Sea Quest adaptation
The kids division of Zodiak Media has joined forces with IP specialists Coolabi Group and…
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Zodiak toasts chef Marco Pierre White at MIPCOM
Michelin star recipient Marco Pierre White plans to cook up a storm in Cannes. The…
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Sky Arts is Occupied with Scandi drama
UK pay TV channel Sky Arts has acquired Norwegian political thriller series Occupied. The deal…
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Vivendi acquires famous French studio
European median group Vivendi has acquired Paris film studio Studios de Boulogne as it continues…