What Banijay’s Interest in Endemol Shine Tells Us About TV Show Fandom

With Vivendi-backed Banijay on the verge of acquiring Endemol Shine this week, we are entering a new era of monetising fandom in the on-demand streaming era. Banijay is reportedly offering $2.2 billion to acquire the Disney/Apollo-owned production company famous for producing hits for two very different eras – the linear TV hit reality show Big Brother and the dystopian Sci-Fi streaming anthology hit Black Mirror.
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