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Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti is to deliver a keynote at Mipcom. Bassetti joins the likes of Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier and BBC bosses Tim Davie and Tom Fussell on the speaker list for the October Cannes event, which is the first at full capacity for three years. Bassetti will speak as part of the Media…

Kim Shillinglaw, a former BBC Two Controller and Endemol Shine Factual Director, has become a Non-Executive Director of Squad Goals and Reclaiming Amy producer Curious Films. Shillinglaw, who has held some of the most senior roles in British TV, will seek to help the non-scripted company capitalize on a spate of…

Banijay UK Executive Chair Peter Salmon is to step down next year as the global producer/distributor completes its integration with Endemol Shine in the UK. Salmon had taken up the Banijay UK reins alongside CEO Lucinda Hicks when the acquisition completed last year, having served as Global Chief Creative Officer for…

Italian broadcaster Rai has commissioned The Bride, a six-part 1960s-set drama series from Banijay-owned Endemol Shine Italy. Described as a “touching tale of redemption and liberation,” by Banijay, the series centers on Maria, a young woman who marries Italo by proxy, a widespread practice in Italy at the time. Set…

A few weeks before Banijay announced its $2.2 billion takeover of Endemol Shine last year, Endemol Shine International's esteemed distribution chief Cathy Payne stepped down from her role. Her resignation was not directly related to the takeover, she says, but as the months rolled on with the mega-merger, Banijay…

EXCLUSIVE: Nicola Bamford, the CEO of Endemol Shine’s international operations, has become the latest executive to step down after Banijay completed its $2.2BN takeover of the MasterChef production group earlier this month. Bamford has worked at Endemol Shine for the past three years, but joins the likes of CEO Sophie…

EXCLUSIVE: Endemol Shine Group and top TV maker Vizio have reached a deal to bring four channels dedicated to Endemol unscripted programming to Vizio’s ad-supported smart-TV platform. Two of the 24-hour channels, streaming on Vizio’s SmartCast platform, center on individual shows: Deal or No Deal and Wipeout. The DIY…

MasterChef Australia, one of the biggest non-scripted formats down under, aired its first episode produced under COVID-19 safety protocols last night. The show, which airs on ViacomCBS-owned Network Ten, offered a glimpse of how reality producers in the U.S. may be able to get their unscripted projects back up and…

EXCLUSIVE: Cathy Payne, former head of Endemol Shine International, is set to head Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of the Keeping Up With The Kardashians production group, we have learned. Deadline understands that the move will see Tim Mutimer, who is Head of Distribution at Banijay Group and CEO of…

Endemol Shine has sold Wiedemann and Berg Television, the drama producer behind hit Netflix series Dark, to Leonine, the German media conglomerate backed by New York investment outfit KKR. This comes after Leonine, which was formed through the merger of Tele München Group, Universum Film, i&u TV, acquired Wiedemann…

Amazon is making an Italian version of British entertainment format Celebrity Hunted – its first non-scripted original in Italy. The SVOD service has ordered Celebrity Hunted – Caccia all'uomo from Endemol Shine Italy with the six-part series set to launch around the world in 2020. The series, which follows…

The BBC has commissioned Crystal Maze-meets-Ninja Warrior-style primetime gameshow First and Last, as first revealed by Deadline. British comedian Jason Manford is to host the comedy game show from Endemol Shine's Zeppotron. The six-part series will air on BBC One. Deadline broke the news that the British public…