The Restaurant, Versailles Licensed for Epic Drama Platform

Banijay Rights has sold two of its drama series, The Restaurant and Versailles, to Viasat World for its brand-new content platform Epic Drama.

The Swedish series The Restaurant and the Canal+ period drama Versailles join the launch slate of the new channel and SVOD service. Epic Drama will debut on December 14 in Viasat World’s key markets.

Karin Heijink, the VP of content and product at Viasat World, commented: “We’ve been working hard to compile a launch slate for Epic Drama which lives up to the brand’s bold and lavish promise, as well as securing more of the greatest drama series to premiere on the channel exclusively in our key markets. Epic Drama’s exceptional slate is testament to the strength of our relationships with our valued and trusted content distribution partners such as Banijay Rights, alongside our expertise in content curation. We’re very pleased to welcome these world-class drama series for our viewers.”

Caroline Torrance, the head of scripted at Banijay Rights, said: “We are delighted to continue to build and strengthen our relationship with Viasat World. These two series are ‘best in class’ dramas and we are certain that they will attract a wide audience when Epic Drama goes live in many parts of the world next month.”