The merger of Banijay Entertainment and All3Media was completed today, creating an $8BN production and distribution giant, based in London with a 265,000-hour catalog. The new entity, the result of Banijay Group and RedBird IMI merging their content assets, is called Banijay Entertainment. Marco…

Banijay Entertainment and All3Media have completed their merger, creating a new London-based production and distribution giant that makes and sells shows including The Traitors, Big Brother, MasterChef and Peaky Blinders. The combined $8BN entity is called Banijay Entertainment. Coming shortly…

In the end, the Banijay-All3Media mega-merger felt far more like a coming together of France’s biggest production group and Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI. “You can have my house and we will give you hundreds of millions to own the street together,” is the way one informed source characterized the…

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Gadd's Half Man and the Peaky Blinders movie are 2026 drama moments in-the-making. The world of scripted TV drama has, however, been reshaped in a few short years since Covid, and as Executive Chairman of Banijay UK, Patrick Holland's task is making sure those scripted moments work…

Marco Bassetti, CEO of MasterChef and Peaky Blinders production empire Banijay Entertainment, has addressed speculation about the company’s interest in acquiring ITV. The Financial Times reported in April that Banijay has held talks with ITV about a takeover. Deadline reported last month that…

EXCLUSIVE: As the drama biz convenes in Lille for Series Mania, Marco Bassetti, CEO of Europe-based indie production and distribution heavyweight Banijay Entertainment, tells Deadline about his billion-dollar ambition in scripted. "I think that we are going to reach close to €1BN [$1.1BN] of…

The studio used to film the Ukrainian version of MasterChef has been hit in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. There was extensive damage to the studio but no casualties, the producers of the show said. They added that they are working to keep the upcoming season of the cooking series on track. Ma…

EXCLUSIVE: A new film and TV studio has opened its doors in Queenstown, New Zealand. Screentime New Zealand is behind Remarkable Studios NZ and the Banijay label has already filmed a major drama project there. The studio is now open for business to third parties. Used as the backdrop to Peter…

Banijay is in the driving seat to buy All3Media, Deadline understands. Sources have indicated that the Big Brother and Survivor behemoth is now leading the pack and, according to Reuters, Banijay has submitted a binding offer. All3Media’s owners Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Liberty…