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A trio of senior international execs are taking their new Asia content-focused company to Mipcom Cannes. Former Endemol Shine International and Fremantle boss Fotini Paraskakis, ex-Discovery Asia Pacific and EMEA President Arthur Bastings and Japanese media exec Shigero ‘Cindy’ Chino have joined…

Banijay Group, now known simply as Banijay, has unveiled a rebrand following its $2.2BN takeover of Endemol Shine Group last week. As Deadline reported last week, the Endemol Shine name is effectively no more. The company has worked with Moving Brands to introduce a new B logo with a fresh color palette, while its…

Sophie Turner Laing is to step down as the CEO of Endemol Shine Group next week after Banijay Group completed its $2.2BN takeover of the production giant. Turner Laing has run MasterChef and Big Brother producer Endemol Shine since 2014, but will step down on July 10 and Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti will take…

EXCLUSIVE: Three stars of BBC Three’s hit mockumentary People Just Do Nothing are reuniting to develop a Channel 4 comedy about a gang who get more than they bargained for after being involved in a robbery. Deadline understands that Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa and Hugo Chegwin are writing the show, which has the…

Banijay Group’s $2.2BN takeover of Endemol Shine Group has been cleared by European regulators. The European Commission announced it had approved the merger in a brief notice on Wednesday. “The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns given the presence of a sufficient…

EXCLUSIVE: The European Commission is preparing to make a competition ruling on Banijay Group’s $2.2BN takeover of Endemol Shine Group, setting a provisional date of June 30 for a decision. Securing clearance in Europe is the biggest antitrust hurdle Banijay needs to overcome to complete the acquisition from Disney…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC One’s Danny Dyer-fronted game show The Wall is set to be filmed in the UK instead of Poland, as a growing number of British producers look to switch to domestic production to keep shows on track during the coronavirus crisis. Deadline understands that Endemol Shine Group producer Remarkable Television…

Channel 4 is to relive some of Big Brother‘s greatest ever episodes in a 10-part celebration of the reality show’s 20th anniversary in the UK. The broadcaster’s youth network E4 has commissioned Endemol Shine Group company Initial to make Big Brother: Best Shows Ever Show, in which original host Davina McCall and…

Wayne Garvie could see the tsunami coming as early as January, but he was still not prepared for the speed with which coronavirus ripped through the TV industry. Sony Pictures Television’s president of international production watched as his colleagues in China were forced into self-isolation. Korea came next and…

Gaspard de Chavagnac, the former Zodiak Media France boss, and ex-Endemol Shine Group international COO Marina Williams are teaming up with former Zodiak CEO Marc Antoine d'Halluin to launch Asacha Media Group. Chavagnac and Williams and the founding partners and joint CEOs of the new venture, while d'Halluin is the…

Endemol Shine Group has become one of the first major independent production groups in the UK to set out plans to furlough or cut the pay of employees after coronavirus ripped through the TV business. Endemol Shine — which owns labels including Tiger Aspect and is in the process of being acquired by Banijay Group — is…

Fresh from making Quibi driving contest Elba vs. Block, Endemol Shine Group has devised an altogether different competition format for the soon-to-launch streamer — this time revolving around cleaning. Endemol Shine producers Shine TV and Authentic Entertainment have been commissioned by Quibi to make Squeaky Clean…