Banijay Entertainment

Background

Banijay Entertainment (later Banijay Group) is a French media company established in 2008. On February 23, 2016 they merged with Zodiak Media Group and folded all of the latter's subsidiaries. The resulting group has 73.8% jointly owned by Stephane Courbit's LOV Group and DeAgostini, with 26.2% owned by Vivendi. Banijay now operates in 16 countries through 61 brands, as stated on their website. On 30 June 2020, the European Commission approved Banijay's purchase of Endemol Shine. The purchase was completed on July 3, 2020 whereby Banijay took on its current name and upscaled from its 16 territories to 22. More recently, it signed a deal with Ninteen11, a production company.

1st Logo (2008-2011)

Logo: Peering at what appears to be a camera lens on a dark magenta background with a bit of pink lighting in the corner, the lens opens up to form a flash of light, beaming straight up before puffing out a trail of yellow/orange/purple smoke that rises up. The camera also cuts to a different angle as it pans up the rising smoke tower. It then cuts to a metal genie figure rising up from the clouds, with his arms crossed and a proud grin on his face, before cutting to another shot to him turning towards the camera. He does a winking motion as he begins to gloat silently and the camera quickly shifts back to reveal "banijay" in a silver futuristic font below him, along with "ENTERTAINMENT" right next to the lower arm of the "j". The clouds at the bottom also move about and there's a light shaft shining on the right side of the screen. The logo zooms out slightly as the genie eventually stops gloating and looks right at us, blinking once.

Variant: A shorter, abridged version of the logo exists. The camera lens, already open, releases a blast of purple/orange/yellow smoke up, along with many particles and the metallic genie spinning upwards. The camera pans up with the genie, whose mouth is now in a permanent open smile, as "banijay" quickly zooms out one-by-one and "ENTERTAINMENT" slides out of the "j". The end result looks cheaper than the main variant, though.

FX/SFX: The genie emerging, the logo forming.

Music/Sounds: Starting off with a drumroll, it continues into a gong and then an orchestral build-up. A ding is heard with the wink, which is then followed up by an Arabian-inspired 3-note jingle, which was composed by Tom Windrif, consisting of also a deep whirring sound and chorus. The short version has a quick drumroll for the jingle's transition, followed by a high-pitched version of the 3-note jingle.

Availability: Rare. The full version was probably only made for branding purposes, as Banijay didn't really produce anything. The short variant, however, could be seen on any Bunim/Murray Productions shows from 2010-2011.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2011-2020, 2021)

Logo: On a white background, a pink spiral forms up as the camera pans up, forming the letter "B" as it does and creating the Banijay logo, a B with a genie-like tail. As it zooms out, it also becomes flat and is left-aligned. The pink text "Banijay" fades in, along with "Group" below in a thinner font. The logo slowly zooms away from the screen.

Variants:

• Earlier on in its life, the logo would still be in 3D, giving off a bright shine.
• Most of the time, the logo would have different text or even a different color depending on what subsidiary was used on the program. They would also have a byline reading "a Banijay Group company" (later on "We are Banijay")
• A short version has the logo start with the finished "B" zooming out.
• A still version exists, mostly for in-credit appearances.

FX/SFX: The logo forming, the text fading in.

Music/Sounds: Reversed chimes and a deep buzz play as the logo forms, followed by a series of beeps when the text appears. Sometimes, it may be low-pitched or absent.

Availability: Very common, but mostly from its subsidiaries.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2020- )

TBA.