Banijay Germany Acquires Local Production Company Good Times

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Banijay Germany, part of the hungry Banijay Group, has bought Cologne-based TV production outfit Good Times, known locally for making day-time formats, factual programming and docu-soaps. Good Time…

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Marcus Wolter, CEO Banijay Germany commented, “Good Times has been synonymous with successful daytime formats and strong in-house developments in the field of factual entertainment and social docu for many years. I am personally pleased that Sylvia Fahrenkrog-Petersen has chosen us as a partner since the brand is a perfect addition to the current genre portfolio for Banijay Germany.

Fahrenkrog-Petersen added, “Banijay offers all the prerequisites of a great new home for Good Times. My team and I can now access a strong format catalogue and finally market our own ideas worldwide. Working in a large international network, is an exciting challenge for us, which we accept with enthusiasm.”

Speculation has been rumbling for some time that French TV group Banijay was looking to acquire distribution giant Endemol. At this year’s MIP in April, Banijay chairman Stéphane Courbit and CEO Marco Bassetti discussed the need to scale up in order to compete.

 

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Blecch. I hope their productions are better than their logo and more imaginative than their wordmark. Even the color is gross.

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