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Banijay, Zodiak merger talks confirmed

Banijay Group and Zodiak Media are in advanced merger talks. Various sources have linked the two Europe-based production and distribution giants in recent weeks, and TBI understands Banijay is engineering a deal that would see it emerge the majority partner in a merged entity. Both production and distribution groups count Italy’s De Agostini as shareholders […]

Lamarra opens Bookhouse with Zodiak

Alaska TV co-founder Ian Lamarra is launching an unscripted programming and formats company with Zodiak Media. Bookhouse represents the new label Zodiak has added to its ranks since acquiring Bwark Productions in 2011. Lamarra is leaving UK-based indie Alaska to launch the company, within which he will be creative director, reporting to Zodiak UK managing […]

Woolf returns to All3 after Zodiak exit

Gary Woolf has returned to All3Media just a year after leaving to join Zodiak Media, TBI can reveal. It was widely rumoured in April Woolf would return to All3 after leaving Zodiak, and he has now been confirmed as All3Media International’s executive VP, business development, digital and insight. At Zodiak, he was head of digital, business […]

Zodiak joins Tower 10’s Tiger Team

The kids division of production and distribution giant Zodiak Media has struck a deal with Australian prodco Tower 10. Zodiak Kids and Tower 10 said they will coproduce a string of kids shows together, starting with an animated series based on the Tiger Team book series, which was created by Tower 10 founder Thomas Brezina […]

Fullscreen okays Fox comedy from Stern, Quinn

Multichannel network Fullscreen has greenlit a comedy that has come through US broadcast network Fox’s multiplatform production venture with Keith Quinn and Jonathan Stern. Filthy Sexy Teen$ is a half-hour comedy making up part of the debut slate from Fox’s partnership with Quinn (pictured) and Stern, the latter of whom runs Wet Hot American Summer […]

Wild Things to roam in Cannes

Wacky UK gameshow Wild Things is set to hit the international market at MIPTV. The physical competition show, in which people dressed in giant animal costumes with no eye holes attempt to win challenges in a woodland, makes up part of Zodiak Rights’ Cannes formats slate. The comic show launched on Sky 1 in the […]

Zodiak’s Alessandri resurfaces with French indie

Former Télé Images Productions president Philippe Alessandri has returned to the fold by launching an animation and drama-focused indie producer in Paris. WatchNext Media will look to create shows with “engaging brands and aspirational stories” for the international market. It will also focus on properties that can work as television series, apps and licensing products. […]

‘Course deviation’ caused Dropped air crash

The helicopter crash has killed ten people filming TF1 series Dropped happened when one aircraft “unexpectedly deviated from its course”. Zodiak Media, parent of Dropped producer Adventure Line Productions, said it had received the information following the crash in Argentina on Monday. “The information we have to date is that the accident occurred during transportation […]

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 […]

Zodiak Americas boss Slow exits

Jonny Slow is leaving the US division of production and distribution group Zodiak Media. Having been COO of Zodiak Media, Slow oversaw the reorganisation of the group’s US activities and creation of Zodiak Americas in 2012, becoming CEO of the new division. Zodiak announced last night that he had resigned. It said he will continue […]

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