Tag: Banijay

Christian Wikander, global head of scripted at Banijay, is lined up for a keynote at the TV Drama Festival, taking place October 3 to 5. You can register here for free.

Banijay UK has picked up a stake in Rabbit Track Pictures, the London-based TV and film production company founded by James Norton and Kitty Kaletsky.

MoviePlus Productions, part of Banijay, is producing the new scripted series Corduroy, billed as an anti-love story, for HOT in Israel.

HBO Europe alum Steve Matthews has joined Banijay’s central scripted department as content partnerships executive.

Banijay has tapped Christian Wikander, who joins from HBO Max Nordic (Warner Bros. Discovery), as its new global head of scripted.

MIPCOM’s inaugural Seaview Producers Hub featured a panel on Banijay’s evolving scripted slate with Lars Blomgren, Kudos’ Karen Wilson, Endemol Shine Finland’s Max Malka and Pokeepsie Films’ Álex de la Iglesia and Carolina Bang.

In a joint keynote, Lars Blomgren, head of scripted at Banijay, and Karen Wilson, managing director of Kudos, took TV Drama Festival delegates inside the drama development and production process at the company.

Italy-based Picomedia, part of Asacha Media Group, and Banijay’s WeiT Media in Russia have partnered to co-produce the new drama Kurgan.

The head of scripted talks to TV Drama about how he uses his considerable experience developing and producing programs to oversee the group’s drama strategy.

Takis Candilis is returning to Banijay to help the company scale up its co-production and new IP opportunities in the scripted space, focusing on southern Europe.