Zodiak Media
 Logo used from 2012 to 2016
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| Formerly | Zodiak Productions (2007–2008) Zodiak Entertainment (2008–2010) Zodiak Media Group (2010–2012) |
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| Industry | TV production |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Defunct | 2016 |
| Fate | Acquired by, merged with, and folded into Banijay; some assets retain the Zodiak name |
| Successor | Banijay |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
Area served |
Worldwide |
| Divisions | Zodiak Active Zodiak Americas Zodiak Belgium Zodiak France Zodiak Kids Zodiak MEAA Zodiak Nederland Zodiak Nordic Zodiak UK Zodiak Russia |
| Subsidiaries |
Adventure Line Productions Bwark Productions The Comedy Unit GTV Productions IWC Media Jarowskij KM Productions Magnolia Mastiff RDF Television Red House Sol Productions TeleAlliance Touchpaper Television Yellow Bird |
Zodiak Media was a global independent television group with up to 45 companies covering fiction, entertainment, and animation, spread across 15 countries, including France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Spain, the Nordic countries, and Russia.
The group merged in February 2016 with Banijay Group, which then became the world's leading independent producer of content for television and multimedia platforms.
Zodiak Rights, the international distribution arm of Zodiak Media, now a Banijay Group company, is one of the leading distributors on the international market. Its catalogue has over 20,000 hours of programming.
History
The Zodiak Media group was formed by the successive acquisition of television production companies under the impetus of the Italian De Agostini: Magnolia and Marathon Media in 2007 (Italy, Spain and France), Zodiak TV in 2008 (Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Russia), RDF Media in 2010 (United Kingdom and United States) and Bwark in 2011 (United Kingdom).
Zodiak Kids, a subsidiary specializing in family and youth programs, was created in 2014.
In July 2015, Banijay Group and Zodiak Media announce their merger. The merger is effective on February 23, 2016. Banijay Group then becomes one of the world's leading content producers.
Key Programs
Among the programs produced by Zodiak Media: Being Human, the supernatural series produced for the BBC and SyFy US; Wallander; the Millennium Trilogy; the French series Sous le soleil, and Versailles, in co-production with Capa and Incendo for Canal+.
Zodiak Media is also the originator of the formats Koh-Lanta, Fort Boyard (Adventure Line Productions), The Secret Millionaire, The Best Singers (Swedish), and Location, Location, Location.
Zodiak Kids' catalogue includes programs such as Waybuloo, Totally Spies!, Rekkit Rabbit, Mister Maker, and Gormiti.