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Another extension has been agreed between Pact and Bectu for the pair’s UK TV Drama Agreement, with the saga now looking set to rumble on for almost a year. Broadcasting union Bectu was supposed to be balloting its members from 14 October to 23 October with a result due today but instead the…

Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti has criticized the global streamers’ approach to rights and data sharing, as he predicts “in five-to-10 years time IP and talent will be the most important way of creating value.” Banijay has placed intense focus on developing talent and IP since the acquisition of Endemol…

ITV has shifted focus to “aggressively pursuing talent deals”, according to CEO Carolyn McCall, who said the UK outfit is more lukewarm on straight acquisitions and has turned some down “because they were not the right economics.” Speaking during a two-hour investor conference this afternoon following the release of…

ITV Studios has outlined mega five-year ambitions to increase revenue by 5% per year, double its number of scripted hours and almost double its proportion of total revenue from the streamers. Setting out plans before an investor seminar this afternoon, ITV’s production outfit said it should return to 2019 levels by…

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother is returning to South Africa 20 years after it debuted in the nation on M-Net channel Mzansi Magic. Banijay Rights’ smash format has experienced a Covid-induced sales boost and is currently airing 31 productions in 21 markets, with MultiChoice-owned network Mzansi taking the South African…