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Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of French production company Banijay Group, has acquired Funwood Media, the producer of Spanish crime thriller La Sala (The Room). Banijay has taken a majority stake in the Spain and Italy-based company for an undisclosed fee, marking another acquisition after it agreed to buy Endem…

Banijay Group has merged two of its Italian non-scripted production outfits, DryMedia and Magnolia SPA, to create Banijay Italia. Banijay, which is fresh from signing a $2.2 billion deal to acquire Endemol Shine Group, will bring together the two companies under the leadership of DryMedia CEO Fabrizio Ievolella, who…

Bear Grylls has teamed with European production group Banijay to launch a new production company. Grylls, star of Netflix's You Vs Wild and Running Wild With Bear Grylls, which aired on NBC before moving to Nat Geo, is launching The Natural Studios with his Bear Grylls Venture partner Delbert Shoopman and Banijay…

Banijay, the European superindie that owns Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer Bunim/Murray, has found itself in the middle of its own dramatic reality series in recent months after emerging as one of the frontrunners to buy Big Brother and Black Mirror rival Endemol Shine. Most companies would hide under the…

European superindie Banijay Group is making its first original move into scripted drama in the U.S. with a joint venture between two of its biggest production companies. Keeping Up With The Kardashians indie Bunim/Murray Productions has teamed with Wallander producer Yellow Bird Sweden to launch Yellow Bird U.S. with H…

Banijay reality format Temptation Island is set to launch in Germany on RTL and TV NOW. Temptation Island – Temptation in Paradise will see four couples at a crossroads in their relationships travel to a summer resort where their fidelity is tested to the hilt. Produced by Banijay Productions Germany, the latest…

London-based indie producer Nevision has optioned author MG Leonard's trilogy of children's books, Beetle Boy, Beetle Queen and the recently released Battle Of The Beetles. Published by Chicken House in the UK and Scholastic in the U.S., Canada and Australia, as well as more than thirty other markets, the books center…

Temptation Island is returning to U.S. television. The controversial series aired on Fox from 2001-2003 and entailed couples agreeing to live with several singles of the opposite sex in order to test their relationships. No networks have been specifically announced. Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti announced the…

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks format Bride and Prejudice is heading to the UK after Channel 4 commissioned a local version of the relationship series. The British broadcaster has commissioned a five-part series, based on the show that launched on FYI in March 2016, from 7 Wonder. The production company was recently acquired…

French superindie Banijay Group is expanding its German presence with the creation of Banijay Productions Germany. Arno Schneppenheim, the founder of Endemol Shine-owned German production company Florida TV, will lead the new outfit from its headquarters in Cologne. Banijay has been on the move lately, this week acquir…

French superindie Banijay Group, which owns Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer Bunim-Murray, has acquired British factual producer 7Wonder. The deal is one of the biggest acquisitions by the group, which is run by former Endemol chief Stéphane Courbit, in a number of years and is its first non-scripted deal…

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay, the European production group that owns Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer Bunim/Murray, is expanding its UK drama business with the launch of its latest label, Neon Ink. Banijay has established the London-based production firm with former ITV Studios executives Kate Lewis and Julia Walsh…