Banijay Entertainment
| Private | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2008 in Paris, France |
| Founder | Stéphane Courbit |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Key people
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Stéphane Courbit (Chairman) Marco Bassetti (CEO) Peter Langenberg (COO) Takis Candilis (Head of Scripted Group) Marie Schweitzer (EVP Strategy and Business Development) Sophie Kurinckx (Group CFO) Frédérique Sauvage (General Counsel) |
| Website | www |
Banijay Group is a global production and distribution company creating content in all genres for television and multimedia platforms created in January 2008 by Stéphane Courbit.
Through the production companies it brings together and the strategic partnerships developed with talents and entrepreneurs around the world, Banijay Group is present in 16 territories in Europe (France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland), the United States, Russia, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Its merger with Zodiak Media,completed in February 2016, made Banijay Group the largest independent content producer in the world with revenues of around $1 billion. Its catalogue of more than 20, 000 hours of content across all genres, 50% of which is third party programming from independent producers and networks, is distributed globally by Banijay Rights.
Chaired by Stéphane Courbit and led by Marco Bassetti, Banijay Group is controlled by a company (73,8%) composed of Stéphane Courbit’s LOV Group (50,1%) and DeA Communications (49,9%)– a company belonging to De Agostini Group , with Vivendi owning a minority part of the total Group (26,2%).
Banijay Group (initially Banijay Entertainment), is the result of successive acquisitions of production companies driven by French entrepreneur and TV producer Stéphane Courbit (LOV Group).
In October 2008, Banijay acquires Air Productions, famous French host Nagui’s production company. In 2009, Banijay acquires 51% of Cuarzo producciones, takes a 50% stake in Brainpool TV and buys Nordisk Film TV Denmark. In March 2010, Banijay acquires American production company Bunim/Murray Productions for an undisclosed amount.
In September 2012, Banijay acquires a majority stake in Australian Screentime. The same year, celebrity news channel Non Stop People and French popular TV host Cyril Hanouna's H2O Productions join the Group, followed in 2013 by Ambra Multimedia and DLO Producciones.
In 2014, Banijay launches Banijay Studios North America. In 2015, Banijay buys controlling share in Stephen David Entertainment and launches Non Stop People in Spain.
In July 2015, Banijay Group and Zodiak Media announce their merger, giving birth to the world's largest content production and distribution company not controlled by a media group in February 2016.
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