All3Media CEO Jane Turton has offered a glimpse as to what the merger with Banijay will look like when it likely clears the antitrust review process. The merger, which is set to go through by late summer, will see Banijay boss Marco Bassetti take the reigns as CEO while Turton will stay on as deputy […]
EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has struck its first international deal for buzzy physical comedy gameshow Let’s Play Ball. Heated Rivalry streamer Crave has picked up the format for French Canada and will make a bumper 10 x 60-minute version of the show that sees celebrities push giant balls across various terrains. Produced by Sphere Media, the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Entertainment has acquired global rights to Norwegian comedy format The Comedy League (Ligaen). The show, which has already been recommissioned locally for a second season on TV2, sees entertainers go head-to-head in a series of sporting challenges. Its creators, Håkon Herresthal and Steffan Ludvigsen at Happy Sheriff, say it delivers a “fresh twist […]
The BBC has landed some star power for its drama series about what happens when a celebrity legal battle spirals out of control. Naomie Harris and Christina Hendricks are onboard Reputation. Harris is Lena, a formidable lawyer who gets pulled into the celebrity case of the decade representing global pop star Davina Knight (Hendricks). Knight […]
Après six mois durant lesquels l’audiovisuel public est passé sur le grill de la commission parlementaire, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez est en position de combat. Si le directeur des antennes et des programmes de France Télévisions reconnaît certains manquements à la neutralité et promet une gestion plus rigoureuse des deniers publics, il récuse certains reproches qu’il estime calomnieux ou orientés. Et…
Becoming Elizabeth creator Anya Reiss is penning a BBC drama that shows what happens when a celebrity legal battle spirals out of control. In Reputation, a formidable lawyer who has built her career defending free expression gets pulled into the case of the decade representing global pop star Davina Knight. Knight has released a provocative […]
EXCLUSIVE: Robson Green’s upcoming BBC detective drama The Northumbria Mysteries is coming to the international market after Banijay swooped for the rights. Set against the sweeping Northumberland coastline and surrounding market towns, the drama centers on an unlikely crime-solving duo, led by Grantchester star Green. He stars as Joe Ruby, a jack-of-all-trades whose life has […]
Banijay Germany is bringing the immersive experience “Luminiscence” to Hamburg’s St. Michaelis Church, in collaboration with French immersive producer Lotchi, the creator of “Luminiscence” and part of Banijay Live. Hamburg becomes the third German city, following Münster and Nuremberg, to host the experience, premiering on July 2, transforming the landmark into “a striking landscape of […]
Banijay is getting ready to expand its flagship IP “Black Mirror” with the launch of a dedicated immersive adventure inspired by Charlie Brooker’s hit dystopian anthology. Called “The Black Mirror Experience,” the attraction is set to open in May at Infinity Experiences in Montreal, Canada, with additional locations to follow. Produced by Banijay Live Studio […]
EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Entertainment has made its move into microdrama, with a vertical video order in Finland and a trio of projects in Iberia. Pubcaster YLE has ordered Survival Sisters, a 20-part mockumentary from Banijay Finland. Each five-minute episode will be produced in dual formats, 16:9 for YLE’s streaming service, YLE Areena, and 9:16 for the […]
Endemol Shine Brasil y A Fábrica, productoras brasileñas pertenecientes a la compañía audiovisual multinacional Banijay, trabajarán en conjunto para crear una serie de microdramas en formato vertical con foco en el mercado brasileño. El objetivo de esta iniciativa es crear historias adaptadas para dispositivos móviles, plataformas digitales y ecosistemas de marcas. La colaboración entre estas…
The BBC has landed a starry booking to replace Richard Osman fronting House of Games, with Good Omens star Michael Sheen taking up the mantle. Osman revealed he was stepping down earlier this month after nearly a decade at the helm of the BBC quiz show he created. Sheen, whose credits include Good Omens, Tron: […]
As the UK’s first off-grid production company, Factual Fiction is determined to minimise its environmental impact. Matthew Corrigan meets directors Emily and Tom Dalton to find out how they are achieving their aims
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Somebody else is now feeding Phil. “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator-turned-ultimate-foodie Phil Rosenthal is on the move, signing a new deal with Banijay Americas that will see his “Somebody Feed Phil” franchise shifting platforms. Under the new deal, “Somebody Feed Phil” will move to YouTube starting next year. The deal with Banijay launches in 2027 with […]
Good afternoon Insiders, thanks for joining for another week where news has been coming thick and fast. Keep reading, and sign up here. Banijay & All3 Come Together “The name of the game”: In the end it came together quickly. Consolidation is the word of 2026 so far and we took a break from probing […]
ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall has rejected concerns that the newly announced Banijay-All3Media merger leaves ITV Studios subscale, while also pushing back against reports that the company’s talks with Sky over the possible sale of its Media & Entertainment business have lost momentum – telling journalists the two sides remain “actively engaged.” McCall made the […]
Jeff Zucker and Marco Bassetti had their eyes on the same prize two years ago. Now they get to run it together. Zucker’s RedBird IMI and Banijay have struck a deal valued at $8 billion to merge All3Media with Banijay, which is headed by Bassetti as CEO. The transaction will bring together All3Media shows and […]
Las multinacionales de producción audiovisual Banijay Group y All3Media informaron que han alcanzado un acuerdo para fusionarse en una única compañía, la cual tomará el nombre de Banijay. Las negociaciones habían sido reconocidas en enero de este 2025. All3Media pertenecía desde 2024 a RedBird IMI, empresa conjunta respaldada por RedBird Capital Partners y el grupo […]
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Jeff Zucker has told Deadline the merger of Banijay Entertainment and All3Media will create the biggest independent player on the international TV production and distribution scene. “This is the world’s largest independent media content company by catalog, by hours, production, by any measure, with an enterprise value of $8BN and equity value of $5BN,” Zucker […]
The deal between Banijay and All3Media to create a European media powerhouse is done. The pact, which has been in the works for some time, will bring together the producers of series including The Traitors, Big Brother, Survivor, Peaky Blinders and Gogglebox as well as movies including Hamnet. Officially, Banijay Group and RedBird IMI, the […]
Banijay wants to bring some Fear Factor to Europe. The revival of the NBC show, which launched on Fox last year hosted by Johnny Knoxville, has achieved stellar ratings in the U.S. and the distributor used its London TV Screenings event yesterday to talk up European ambitions. Season 2 talks in the States are “well […]
EXCLUSIVE: Home to Big Brother, The Voice and The Traitors, the Netherlands has always been an entertainment formats powerhouse. Banijay Entertainment is now banking on a pair of shows from country adding to the lineage, as the global production giant gears up for its London TV Screenings showcase today. Adventure-reality series The Bicycle Race and […]
Banijay Entertainment has struck a partnership with Yoshimoto Kogyo, one of Japan’s largest entertainment groups and the creator behind global phenomenon “LOL: Last One Laughing,” to acquire global format rights to long-running comedic challenge series “You Laugh You Lose.” Under the deal, Banijay Entertainment will lead adaptations across its 23 territories, with Yoshimoto retaining distribution…
“The only upshot of the whole deal would be synergies and distribution,” mused one ex-All3Media executive of the Banijay-All3 merger when news first emerged last month. The Reuters report revealing talks between French-headquartered behemoth Banijay and RedBird-owned production giant All3 – soon confirmed via a statement from publicly-listed Banijay – in some senses took the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Heard the one about the Danish comedy-crime entertainment format headed to the London TV Screenings? Banijay will be taking Who’s Guilty? to its screening in the UK capital this month, and will be the hoping the punchline is a set of deals for the Denmark-originated show. The format comes from Banijay Nordic-owned Metronome and […]
Peaky Blinders producer Kudos has invested in Senti Films, the indie run by Sex Education producer Rem Conway. Kudos has made an undisclosed investment in Senti and the pair will work on projects together. Conway is already a development producer for Kudos Knight, the Birmingham-based Kudos hub launched by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, who […]