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Banijay Interview: Inside The Covid-Era Creation Of The World’s Largest Independent TV Producer

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Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: It was October 2019 and, in this different world, French millionaire Stéphane Courbit had just realized a years-long ambition in seizing control of Endemol Shine Group.

His plan was simple: combine his company Banijay with his new $2.2BN asset to create a globe-straddling super producer. Sources at the time described it to us as a “patient pursuit,” but Banijay chairman Courbit would be forced to wait just a little bit longer to finally get his deal over the line.A six-month regulatory process was stretched out to eight months as the coronavirus pandemic exploded across the world, with every one of Banijay/Endemol Shine’s 200 business units caught within the blast radius.

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