Banijay France Combines Shine Fiction and Banijay Studios France to Create Scripted Powerhouse

Banijay France Combines Shine Fiction and Banijay Studios France to Create Scripted Powerhouse

Banijay France has combined Banijay Studios France and Shine Fiction to create a scripted powerhouse, which will be known as Shine Fiction. The company, which will be led by chairman Dominique Farrugia and chief operating officer Guillaume Thouret, will concentrate on premium series for French broadcasters and global streamers. Shine Fiction now houses some of […]

Marco Bassetti On Banijay’s Billion-Dollar Scripted Ambition & The International Drama Business: “There Will Be More Risk, But Also More Opportunity”

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 business in scripted next year,” Bassetti says in an exclusive interview. […]