Banijay

Banijay S.A.
	The company's logo used since 6 July 2020
Formerly	Banijay Entertainment (2008–2011); Banijay Group (2011–2020);
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment
Predecessors	Zodiak Media; Endemol Shine Group;
Founded	January 2008
Founder	Stéphane Courbit
Headquarters	Paris, France
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Stéphane Courbit (Chairman); Marco Bassetti (CEO); Cédric Brignon (Group CFO); Peter Langenberg (COO); Nicolas Chazarain (Group Chief Legal Officer); Marie Schweitzer (Chief Strategy Officer); Frédéric Balmary (Chief Business Officer); Anne Van Sprang (Group HR Director;
Owners	FL Entertainment N.V.; Vivendi (32.9%);
Divisions	Brainpool TV
Website	www.banijay.com

Banijay S.A. (formerly Banijay Entertainment and later Banijay Group) 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 21 territories, and a multi-genre catalogue containing over 180,000 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 currently a subsidiary of FL Entertainment N.V., based in Amsterdam.

The company has expanded over the years through multiple acquisitions, including its purchases of Zodiak Media in 2016, Endemol Shine Group in 2020, when it adopted its current name, and Beyond International in 2022. The group represents some of the world's most renowned non-scripted television formats including Big Brother, Survivor, Deal or No Deal, Temptation Island, MasterChef, Don't Forget the Lyrics, and Hunted.

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