Front Office Sports, an online outlet covering the sports business, is preparing to launch "Front Office Sports Tonight," a new 30-minute daily syndicated TV news program, aiming to capitalize on sports as a driver for broadcast television.

The CNN mogul helped usher in the merger of Banijay and All3Media, which will bring together 170 production banners across 25 companies to create what's billed as the world's largest indie media…

The merger of Banijay Entertainment and All3Media was completed today, creating an $8BN production and distribution giant, based in London with a 265,000-hour catalog.

In the end, the Banijay-All3Media mega-merger felt far more like a coming together of France’s biggest production group and Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI.

Jeff Zucker has told Deadline the merger of Banijay Entertainment and All3Media will create the biggest independent player on the international TV production and distribution scene.

Banijay and All3Media have successfully completed their $8 billion merger, creating an $8 billion production and distribution giant in the entertainment industry. The newly combined entity will establish its headquarters in London.

Jeff Zucker and Marco Bassetti had their eyes on the same prize two years ago. Now they get to run it together.