Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of content powerhouse Banijay, announced further landmark sales of historical drama Marie Antoinette. Produced by Banijay Studios France, CAPA Drama and Les Gens, this CANAL+ Creation Originale eight-part series – created and written by Deborah Davis (The Favourite) – has been acquired by Antenna Plus (Ant1+) in Greece, Ceska Televize in the Czech Republic, DIRECTV in Latin America and Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada for CBC Gem … [Read more...] about Banijay Rights takes Marie Antoinette worldwide
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Beyond Productions experiments with Mind Games for global release on Amazon Prime Video
Beyond Productions, a Banijay company, announced that its new feature documentary, Mind Games – The Experiment, will drop globally on Amazon Prime Video on the 19th of January. Narrated by Stephen Fry, Mind Games – The Experiment captures an international, ground-breaking study that follows sedentary and physically inactive gamers from across the globe to see if exercise can take their game to the next level by improving cognitive function, mental performance - and hopefully their global gaming … [Read more...] about Beyond Productions experiments with Mind Games for global release on Amazon Prime Video
Red Arrow Studios International inks international deals for new formats
Red Arrow Studios International has signed a wave of international deals for titles in its latest format slate, including the unique relationship format Love for the Ages, the hit new social experiment series Old People’s Home for Teenagers and the headline grabbing new factual entertainment format Hold the Front Page. Love for the Ages, a new take on the relationship format, and originally produced by Kinetic Content for Tplus (US), has been optioned by ZPR Media (Poland) and Banijay, in a … [Read more...] about Red Arrow Studios International inks international deals for new formats
Banijay Group CEO, Marco Bassetti to deliver keynote at MIPCOM Cannes
RX France (formerly Reed MIDEM) today announced that Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti will give a keynote address at MIPCOM CANNES (17-20 October). As CEO of the world’s largest independent content producer and distributor, Bassetti oversees a burgeoning operation spanning 22 territories, over 120 production entities and a catalogue that includes Survivor, Peaky Blinders, Big Brother and MasterChef, as well as upcoming break-through titles Rogue … [Read more...] about Banijay Group CEO, Marco Bassetti to deliver keynote at MIPCOM Cannes
Legend Media announces new package deal with Banijay Rights
Legend Media, one of the leading content aggregators in China, announced a new package deal with Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay. Under the new agreement, Legend Media will distribute five Banijay Rights titles exclusively across China including award-winning factual series Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty and The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick Specials, one of the top performing shows for Channel 4 in the UK. “Our friendship with Banijay Rights extends over … [Read more...] about Legend Media announces new package deal with Banijay Rights
Banijay Rights announces further sales of ‘RFDS’
Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay, announces further sales of RFDS, following the gripping drama’s second season renewal by the Seven Network in Australia last month. In deals negotiated across the Banijay Rights global sales team, the first season of RFDS has been acquired by Sky Italia, RTE in Ireland, M7 Group S.A. in Czech Republic and Slovakia, TV JOJ in Slovakia and The Walt Disney Company in Africa and the Middle East. These agreements follow previous sales of the … [Read more...] about Banijay Rights announces further sales of ‘RFDS’