Banijay Group’s leisure and dwell items noticed adjusted half-year earnings rise 5.7% to €207.5M ($236M), with gross sales additionally up and a YouTube push within the crosshairs.
Revenues at Banijay Leisure and Banijay Stay got here in at a mixed €1.43B, up 3% year-on-year, with the production-distribution wing contributing €1.1B and distribution €149M for the six months to June 30.
The “regular” development was put right down to “additional penetration” with international streamers, with 17% of income coming from offers with the likes of Netflix and Prime Video. Banijay – which makes exhibits equivalent to Temptation Island, SAS Rogue Heroes and Large Brother – stated it had a “robust pipeline” of exhibits anticipated to ship in H2.
The Euronext-listed Banijay cited Netflix Spanish-language collection El Jardinero (The Gardener), Black Mirror Season 7, LOL: Final One Laughing UK and Prime Video Germany unscripted present The Summit amongst key performers in H1. Round 5,000 hours have been added to Banijay Rights catalog within the sathree months to finish of June, that means the corporate now retailers 215,000 hours in complete.
Banijay Stay, which can also be led by Banijay Leisure CEO Marco Bassetti and is grouped with the manufacturing enterprise, noticed its dwell experiences unit add €173M.
“Banijay Leisure, with Banijay Stay, continues as an example a strong enterprise mannequin, as demonstrated by these newest H1 outcomes,” stated Bassetti. “Yr-on-year, we’ve considerably elevated our actions with streamers, maintained vital funding in creativity to bolster our aggressive market benefit, and accelerated our digital transformation efforts.
“The latter will quickly unlock better efficiencies, additional amplify the worth of our catalogue, and improve our presence on YouTube particularly. In embracing new applied sciences and diversifying our income streams in areas like sport too, we proceed to organize the group for the longer term, cementing our home because the primary for expertise, IP, and artistic innovation.”
The broader Banijay Group, which additionally homes a betting enterprise, took revenues of €2.21B, up 6.1% and adjusted EBITDA of €424.3M, up 15.8%. Adjusted free money stream was €344.1M, although web debt grew to €2.79B. Restructuring and different single objects value Banijay €11.1M, down from €26.3M in 2024.
