Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti is ready to obtain the Selection Vanguard Award, which will likely be offered in October on the Mipcom world content material market in Cannes.

The award acknowledges tv trade leaders who’ve made a major contribution to the worldwide enterprise of leisure. Bassetti, who leads the French-headquartered TV manufacturing and distribution big behind hits together with “Survivor” and “Peaky Blinders,” will obtain the award, offered by Selection and Mipcom, on Oct. 13 as a part of his keynote dialog on the Palais de Festivals.

“Marco Bassetti is without doubt one of the most entrepreneurial, visionary and impactful tv executives of our period who has led Banijay Leisure to be the world’s largest manufacturing and distribution group by his championing of creativity, independence, and innovation,” mentioned Lucy Smith, director of Mipcom Cannes and Mipjunior. “It’s our privilege to associate with Selection to acknowledge his achievements in entrance of the worldwide TV trade at Mipcom Cannes and to listen to his insights on wider alternatives, developments and developments globally, which as a real vanguard, are at all times invaluable,” Smith continued.

Cynthia Littleton, co-editor-in-chief of Selection, mentioned “Banijay has confirmed to be one of the dynamic of the tremendous indie content material teams to emerge on the worldwide stage.” “Underneath Marco Bassetti’s management the corporate has delivered robust outcomes and bold slates. We’re comfortable to current him with the Selection Vanguard Award at Mipcom 2025 for his contributions to this ever-growing trade,” she continued.

Banijay has, beneath Bassetti’s watch, efficiently navigated the rocky post-Hollywood strikes and trade turmoils to proceed delivering enviable outcomes. In 2024, Banijay’s content material enterprise reached €3.3 billion and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 15.8%. Already a European chief in unscripted, Banijay is now monitoring €1 billion of revenues in scripted in 2025, with current hits corresponding to “Carême,” produced by its Shine Fiction label for Apple TV+, in addition to the animated sequence “Asterix & Obelix: The Huge Combat” produced by Alain Goldman, whereas its slate of status content material slated for 2025 embody a “Peaky Blinders” movie adaptation on Netflix.

Banijay has additionally pursued its M&A technique by the acquisition of Caryn Mandabach Productions, the corporate behind a number of extremely acclaimed drama hits together with “Peaky Blinders,” following the acquisition of scripted producers Fábrica and The Forge, and a majority stake in stay leisure producer Balich Marvel Studios (“FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022”), and investments in Cris Abrego and Eva Longoria’s Hyphenate Media Group, Conker Photos, Rabbit Observe Photos and Lenny Henry’s new enterprise Esmerelda, amongst others.

The Vanguard Award presentation will shut out a day of C-Suite Converations, an initiative launched two years in the past by Selection and Mipcom to assist attendees and trade leaders navigate the content material enterprise within the age of disruption. Mipcom Cannes will happen Oct. 13-16.