Zodiak Media

Zodiak Media
Formerly
  • MTV Produktion AB (1981–2005)
  • Zodiak Television AB (2005–2008)
  • Zodiak Entertainment (2008–2010)
  • Zodiak Media Group (2010–2012)
IndustryTV production
Predecessor
  • Magnolia Group
  • Marathon Group
  • RDF Media Group
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981), in Sweden
Defunct2016; 8 years ago (2016), in Paris, France
FateAcquired by, merged with, and folded into Banijay Group; some assets still retained the Zodiak name
SuccessorBanijay Entertainment
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
DivisionsZodiak Active
Zodiak Americas
Zodiak Belgium
Zodiak France
Zodiak Kids
Zodiak MEAA
Zodiak Nederland
Zodiak Nordic
Zodiak UK
Zodiak Russia
SubsidiariesAdventure 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 Swedish and later French 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.[1]

Zodiak Rights, the international distribution arm of Zodiak Media, now a Banijay Entertainment company, is one of the leading distributors on the international market. Its catalogue has over 20,000 hours of programming.[2]

  1. ^ "Home". Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Zodiak Rights (24 November 2016). "Zodiak Rights". Zodiak Rights. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.