{"id":9806,"date":"2019-12-11T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:59:18","slug":"banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/11\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay Rights Acquires Funwood Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Rights has acquired Funwood Media, incorporating the company&#8217;s sub-brands Funwood Media Italia and Funwood Media Ib\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n<p>Through the deal, Banijay Group\u2019s leading distribution arm is enhancing its distribution, production and licensing capabilities across Europe. Funwood Media, which operates primarily across Italy and Spain, works with Rai, Sky, Discovery, Paramount, Turner, TVE, Mediaset, A3 Media, MGM and Movistar+ as well as a number of regional outfits.<\/p>\n<p>Funwood Media\u2019s production credits currently include the kids\u2019 series <em>Monica Chef<\/em> and the cop thriller <em>La Sala<\/em>. Its licensing and merchandising portfolio features Daniel Tiger, Atari, Animal Planet, Godzilla and Shaun the Sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Mutimer, head of distribution for Banijay Group and leader of Banijay Rights, will partner with Funwood Media Founder Aldo Spagnoli to capitalize on the company\u2019s expertise across Italy, Spain and France.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Bassetti, Banijay Group CEO, said: \u201cBoosting our footprint and expertise across Spain and Italy, Aldo brings a strong track record and extensive portfolio. We are pleased to have him on board and feel the business complements Tim\u2019s existing strategy and operations in these regions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mutimer commented: \u201cAldo is incredibly well-established across Spain and Italy, and with a growing presence in France, he is perfectly positioned to add value to our activities there while supplementing our ongoing distribution and licensing efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spagnoli added: \u201cIt\u2019s a real pleasure to have the opportunity to join Banijay. It is a milestone in our company\u00b4s history that allows us to keep growing with the best partner and team we could have in this ever-changing market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Rights has acquired Funwood Media, incorporating the company&#8217;s sub-brands Funwood Media Italia and Funwood Media Ib\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":9807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[997,2260],"class_list":["post-9806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-rights","tag-funwood-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Banijay Rights Acquires Funwood Media - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/11\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Banijay Rights Acquires Funwood Media - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banijay Rights has acquired Funwood Media, incorporating the company&#039;s sub-brands Funwood Media Italia and Funwood Media Ib\u00e9rica.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/11\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-11T15:59:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/tim-mutimer-banijay-1219.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"334\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/11\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/11\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/\",\"name\":\"Banijay Rights Acquires Funwood Media - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-11T15:59:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-11T15:59:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/11\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/11\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/12\/11\/banijay-rights-acquires-funwood-media\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Banijay Rights Acquires Funwood Media\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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