EXCLUSIVE: Following the merger of Banijay Entertainment and All3Media, which created an $8B production group that is responsible for series such as Big Brother, The Traitors and Peaky Blinders, the company highlighted the U.S. as one of its biggest opportunities to grow.
That growth will be led by Banijay Americas CEO Ben Samek, Deadline understands.
Deadline understands that he will lead the company following the mega-deal. We hear the paperwork hasn’t been signed, but that’s more of a matter of procedure, not helped by it being summer in Europe.
The move is not a huge surprise given that
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