Frederic Balmary, Lucas Green, James Townley, and Kate Humphreys are among the latest senior leadership roles confirmed at the new Banijay Entertainment.

Risk aversion, IP management, YouTube-first rollouts, and creator collaborations are top of mind for executives navigating the global format business today.

Ahead of Banijay Entertainment’s first MIPCOM since completing its All3Media merger, James Townley, chief content officer for development, kicks off our Format Zone strand of ScreenMDM Talks, weighing in on sourcing breakthrough new IP on YouTube and from producers around the world in the quest for the “formats of tomorrow.”

Commissioned by DR from Nordisk Film TV, Date Knight is a new dating/reality format from Banijay Entertainment, set for global launch at MIPCOM.

SAT.1 and Joyn have commissioned The Million Dollar Idea (Die Millionenidee), a new business competition format created by Endemol Shine Germany.