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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Entertainment |
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Founded | January 2008 |
Founder | Stéphane Courbit |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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Parent | Banijay Group N.V. |
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Subsidiaries | See § Assets |
Website | www |
Banijay Entertainment S.A.[2] (formerly Banijay Group and later Banijay) is a French multinational television production and distribution company which is the world's largest international content producer and distributor with over 130 production companies across 23 territories, and a multi-genre catalogue containing over 185,000 hours of original programming. Headquartered in Paris, the company was founded in January 2008 by Stéphane Courbit, former president of Endemol France, and has risen since its inception, to become a €3.2bn turnover business. It is a subsidiary of Banijay Group N.V., based in Amsterdam.[2]
The company has expanded over the years through multiple acquisitions, including its purchases of Zodiak Media in 2016, Endemol Shine Group in 2020,[3] when it adopted its current name, and Beyond International in 2022.[4] The group's non-scripted television formats include Big Brother, Survivor, Deal or No Deal, Temptation Island, MasterChef, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, and Hunted.