Viaplay Adds French Dramas from STUDIOCANAL

STUDIOCANAL has sold a package of French Canal+ Creation Originale productions to Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), which will deliver the dramas on its Viaplay service.

The productions will be available to Viaplay subscribers across the Nordic region in a bespoke strand entitled Vive La France, which will launch in June. Among the drama series included in the deal are Section Zero, Paris etc and Interns.

Beatriz Campos, head of international sales for TV series at STUDIOCANAL, said, “It is a pleasure to extend our relationship with NENT Group, and we are delighted that the company has chosen some of the very best French drama available to launch its new strand.  We are sure that Viaplay’s ever-growing number of subscribers in the Nordic region will find these internationally relevant titles with a unique French twist very appealing.”