{"id":2495502,"date":"2026-07-09T19:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2495502"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:49:05","slug":"banijay-and-all3media-complete-merger-set-london-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/banijay-and-all3media-complete-merger-set-london-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay and All3Media Complete Merger, Set London Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/banijay\/\" id=\"auto-tag_banijay\" data-tag=\"banijay\">Banijay<\/a> Entertainment and the Redbird IMI-owned <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/all3media\/\" id=\"auto-tag_all3media\" data-tag=\"all3media\">All3Media<\/a> have completed their $8 billion merger, creating what the two have described as \u201cthe world\u2019s largest independent production company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDespite Banijay\u2019s Parisian roots, the combined company \u2014\u00a0which will go under the name Banijay Entertainment \u2014\u00a0will be based in All3Media\u2019s home of London, adding a further boost to the U.K.\u2019s creative sector. It will be jointly owned by Banijay Group and RedBird IMI, each holding a 50% stake, and will be consolidated by Banijay Group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs was already known, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/jeff-zucker\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeff-zucker\" data-tag=\"jeff-zucker\">Jeff Zucker<\/a> will serve as Chairman, Marco Bassetti as CEO and Jane Turton as deputy CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe merger brings together two already formidable TV giants, with Banijay behind the likes of \u201cBig Brother\u201d and \u201cPeaky Blinders\u201d and All3Media known for hit shows such as a \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-traitors\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-traitors\" data-tag=\"the-traitors\">The Traitors<\/a>.\u201d The new entity has a footprint spanning 25 territories and houses one of the largest content catalogues in the industry, with more than 265,000 hours of content.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAccording to the company, on a combined basis, in 2025, the new Banijay Entertainment would have generated over \u20ac4.3 billion ($4.9 billion) in revenues and over $0.8 billion in adjusted EBITDA; with expected costs synergies of around $57 million to be achieved within one year of closing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe completion of this merger marks a new era in global entertainment and creates a new independent leader in that category,\u201d said Zucker. \u201cWith Marco and Jane we have the finest leadership team anywhere and I am excited to watch the company grow. This also marks a milestone for RedBird IMI, in only its third year, to play such a leading role in the global entertainment stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdded Bassetti: \u201cThis move signals a transformative step for Banijay Entertainment. Together, we are entering a new chapter as a global media and entertainment powerhouse and natural consolidator, uniting first-class creative talent and leadership, standout IP, and the diversified cross-territory expertise to build and retain long-lasting franchises that span every major market and platform. In bridging two major studios, we are confident we can significantly increase our investment in creativity, innovation and the next generation of creators across content and live, to deliver against long- term creation and growth both for Banijay, and the broader creative economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTurton said: \u201cLeading All3Media has been a huge pleasure and privilege, and I have many people to thank \u2013 all of whose contribution has been immense in building something incredibly successful and highly respected. With the completion of the merger of All3Media and Banijay Entertainment, we move to a next phase \u2013 one that is incredibly exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Entertainment and the Redbird IMI-owned All3Media have completed their $8 billion merger, creating what the two have described as \u201cthe world\u2019s largest independent production company.\u201d Despite Banijay\u2019s Parisian roots, the combined company \u2014\u00a0which will go under the name Banijay Entertainment \u2014\u00a0will be based in All3Media\u2019s home of London, adding a further boost to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2140895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[491386,388368,491383,206198],"class_list":["post-2495502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-all3media","tag-banijay","tag-jeff-zucker","tag-the-traitors"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Star-Spinoff-Was-Best-Reality-TV-of-Year.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495503,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495502\/revisions\/2495503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2140895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}