All Banijay articles – Page 92
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      NewsZodiak USA boss quits; returning to UK
Zodiak USA chief executive Grant Mansfield is leaving the company after just over two years.
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      RatingsBeing Human dips to 540k
SUNDAY: Supernatural drama Being Human has dropped to its second lowest audience to date on BBC3 – while TOWIE pulled more than a million on ITV2.
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      RatingsBeing Human returns with 1.1m
SUNDAY: BBC3 supernatural drama Being Human returned with more than double the audience of its multichannel rivals - but recorded its lowest series opener since its 2009 debut.
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      NewsC5 to investigate fat nation
The morbidly obese are to put under the spotlight for a new Channel 5 series.
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      NewsZodiak Media gets French reshuffle
Zodiak Media Group is rebranding, made three top level Paris-based appointments, and re-jigged its banking so it is managed from the French capital.
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      Behind The ScenesFort Boyard Ultimate Challenge, CiTV
CITV and Disney’s new take on the Fort Boyard format lets kids join in the fun for the first time. Alex Farber visits the 150-year-old fort to see how the first young contestants get on.
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      NewsLucky Day wins trio of orders
Lucky Day has secured three orders from the BBC and Channel 4, comprising one children’s series and two daytime shows.
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      FeaturesHoney, Pack the Bags!
Broadcast shines the spotlight on a new French format that evokes memories of Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush.
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      RatingsCharles Allen's Secret Millionaire draws 1.6m
SUNDAY: The appearance of former ITV chief executive Charles Allen on Secret Millionaire helped the show to its second biggest audience of the series.
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      NewsFremantle’s Marsh joins Zodiak
Zodiak Media Group has poached Robert Marsh from Talkback Thames to head the UK arm of its digital and branded content division, Zodiak Active.
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      NewsComedy Unit founders to step down
The founders of Rab C Nesbitt producer The Comedy Unit are leaving the firm five years after it was bought out by the then RDF Media Group.
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      NewsDickinson's Real Deal to get US treatment
History Channel is to adapt ITV1 format Dickinson’s Real Deal for US audiences.
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      NewsSowerbutts resurfaces at BBC Books
Paul Sowerbutts, a former exec at Diverse and Zodiak, has resurfaced at Ebury Publishing’s imprint BBC Books.
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      NewsZodiak launches Being Human Facebook game
MIPCOM: Zodiak Active has launched a Facebook role-playing game based on BBC3 and Syfy US drama Being Human.
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      NewsCBeebies picks up reworked version of Waybuloo
CBeebies has acquired a reworking of The Foundation’s popular pre-school show Waybuloo, which is narrated by Come Dine With Me’s Dave Lamb.
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      NewsBwark raids BBC for creative director
Bwark has made its first hire since it was bought by Zodiak Media Group, appointing Simon Wilson as creative director.
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      NewsE4 asks contestants to ride the Love Shaft
Singletons will be given a chance to ride the Love Shaft for a new E4 dating show format in one of the channel’s first pre-watershed orders.
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      FeaturesOnes to watch: Mipcom 2011
From animated fun, science fact and fiction to celebrity births and Civil War drama, this year’s Mipcom features content and formats for a growing range of platforms.
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      News71 Degrees North goes global
ITV reality show 71 Degrees North has been sold to six new territories by Banijay International.
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      NewsBwark joins Zodiak Group
The Inbetweeners producer Bwark has been bought by Zodiak Media Group as the super-indie returns to the acquisitions trail.
 



    
    
    














