Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights is in the process of taking control of the global rights to The Inbetweeners — a transition that has caused the comedy’s YouTube channel to go dark.DRG has long held the international rights to the show, but this deal ended in recent weeks and the rights are being transferred to Banijay, which owns Inbetweeners producer Bwark Productions.
Banijay will now control the show in the UK and the rest of the world.The timing of the transition has been unfortunate, however, as it resulted in The Inbetweeners‘ YouTube channel going offline, prompting internet conspiracies that it is among the shows that have been taken down in recent days over discrimination concerns.
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