Headquartered in Paris, the company was founded in January 2008 by Stéphane Courbit, former president of Endemol France, and has risen since its inception, to become a €3.2bn turnover business.

[2] The company has expanded over the years through multiple acquisitions, including its purchases of Zodiak Media in 2016, Endemol Shine Group in 2020,[3] when it adopted its current name, and Beyond International in 2022.

Banijay Entertainment was formed in January 2008 through the successive acquisition of production companies, first in France then internationally under the leadership of Stéphane Courbit (who was previously the CEO of Endemol France) alongside Groupe Arnault, the Agnelli and De Agostini families and AMS Industries.

[6] Five days later in that same month of 2009, Banijay Entertainment announced that they had expanded their growing television empire and their entry into the American television production industry by launching its American reality TV production outfit Angel City Factory with veteran producers Chris Cowen and Jean-Michel Michenaud.

[40] One week later Banijay Group announced that it had launched a new British script production company with Jolyon Symonds which was named Fearless Minds.

[45][46][47] At the beginning of March 2018, Banijay Group announced that they had expanded their Germany presence by launching a division based in Cologne named Banijay Productions Germany with Arno Schneppenheim founder of Endemol Shine-owned German production company Florida TV leading the new outfit.

[49][50] In June 2018, Banijay Group announced that they are expanding their Italian businesses by launching a scripted content division based in Rome named Banijay Studios Italy with former Endemol Shine Italy executive Massimo Del Frate heading the new division.

[54] Two days later in that same month Banijay Group announced that they had brought French drama producer Terence Films.

[56][57] On 8 November 2019, Banijay Group had announced that they have merged two of their Italian non-scripted production companies which were DryMedia and Magnolia SPA to form a new Italian unscripted production division dedicated to non scripted content named Banijay Italia and becomes part of Banijay Group's Italian operations with DryMedia founder Fabrizio Ievolella leading the merged division as their CEO alongside Danila Battiglini which became their chief production officer with Francesco Lauber became their CCO and Leopoldo Gasparotto heading the programming of the merged company.

[61] Two days later on July 3, Banijay Group announced that it had completed its merger with Dutch-based global production and distribution company Endemol Shine Group from The Walt Disney Company and Apollo Global Management turning Banijay Group into a global international production and distribution titan and had upscaled their operations from their then-current 16 territories to 22 with Banijay retaining the Endemol Shine name for most of their labels.

[66] In November 2020, Banijay under their French division Banijay France had announced that they've entered a joint venture with former managing director of Newen Connect, former deputy director of TV sales at EuropaCorp and former senior acquisition manager at Disney EMEA Malika Abdellaoui to establish a new scripted production company named Marathon Studio to increase Banijay France's scripted portfolio reviving the Marathon name after four years.

[67] In January 2021, Banijay under their German division Banijay Germany announced that their Endemol Shine Germany label had launched a reality production label in partnership with renowned TV producer Rainer Laux named Rainer Laux Productions.

[73] Banijay Germany also partnered with Stephan Denzer in October to found fiction label Good Humor.

Later this month, a partnership with award-winning French producer Alain Goldman via Pitchipoï Productions and Montmartre Films was confirmed.

[107] During a prestigious breakfast in Cannes for MIPCOM 2023 Banijay, unveiled a brand-new global accelerator program, designed to exclusively support women creators with promising unscripted formats.

Banijay Launch is geared towards discovering and incubating untapped talent, to support the next generation of global franchise makers.

Banijay UK announced on 24 October its investment in Esmerelda, the new production venture from actor, comedian and writer Sir Lenny Henry.

The new scripted start-up will focus on broad appeal drama and comedy, with an emphasis on working with under-represented writers, cast and crew.

On 11 January 2024, it was announced that Beyond International's former owner Mikael Borglund had purchased back Beyond Productions from both companies, including all content produced within the ownership.

[109] In September 2024, Banijay Entertainment purchased a majority stake in French animation studio Procidis, placing it into its Kids & Family division.

Some of its better-known programmes and formats produced by its many subsidiaries (past and present) are: Assets owned by Banijay Entertainment include:[115]