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Banijay has confirmed what has been unofficially known for months: that its distribution arm Banijay Rights will subsume Endemol Shine International following the two companies’ mega-merger. Cathy Payne was confirmed as the CEO of Banijay Rights in April after running  Endemol Shine International for nearly five…

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights is in the process of taking control of the global rights to The Inbetweeners — a transition that has caused the comedy’s YouTube channel to go dark. DRG has long held the international rights to the show, but this deal ended in recent weeks and the rights are being transferred to Banijay…

All3Media International has sold both seasons of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Emmy-winning show Fleabag to Japanese pay-TV channel Wowow. Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd’s drama Liar has also been picked up by Wowow. BBC One’s Baptiste will also debut in Japan through an agreement with Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. All…

AMC streamer Sundance Now has snapped up the rights to five international dramas from Banijay Rights, including Norwegian detective series Wisting starring The Matrix actress Carrie-Anne Moss. Wisting will launch on Sundance Now in the U.S. on December 18. Based on novels by Jørn Lier Horst, the 10-part series tells…

Mipcom – the largest international TV market – is changing fast and buyers and sellers are figuring out how to respond to the ever-shifting global landscape. The corporate consolidation that has been the talk of the Croisette for the last few years has started to have a real-world impact on the distribution business…

Adam Scott has gone from sardonic sitcom star in Parks and Recreation to broken-hearted husband in Big Little Lies but his latest challenge is hosting ABC gameshow Don't – a world that includes eating ghost peppers on a treadmill under a blazing heat lamp. Scott has lifted the lid on the format, which is exec produced…

E! Entertainment in the UK is to air the latest U.S. reboot of Temptation Island. The Sky-backed broadcaster has acquired season one, which launched in January, and season two, which was ordered in February of the dating format from Banijay Rights. The show, which is produced by Banijay Studios North America, airs on…

Greenacre Films, the producer of Netflix's feature film Been So Long, has struck a first-look television deal with international distributor Banijay Rights. The indie, which was set up by Amanda Jenks, who produced HBO and BBC co-pro The Girl, and Nadine Marsh-Edwards, producer of Gurinder Chadha's Bhaji on the Beach…

Canada's Bell Media is set to air the U.S. reboot of classic reality series Temptation Island. The broadcaster will air the series on its CTV and E! Entertainment channels as well as SVOD service Crave after striking a deal with distributor Banijay Rights. The 11-episode U.S. series, which is produced by Banijay…

Spanish drama is going through a renaissance in recent years, helped by a multi-million dollar drive by pay-TV operator Movistar+. Banijay Rights is now getting in on the action, picking up the rights to crime thriller Hierro. The distributor will sell the eight-part drama internationally, marking the company's first…

Banijay Group's Bunim/Murray Productions, the company behind Project Runway and Keeping Up With The Kardashians, is expanding its reach into the burgeoning Asian market by sealing a joint development deal with South Korea's Signal Entertainment Group. Under the deal, BMP will develop new formats with Signal. Jeff…