{"id":16069,"date":"2021-12-15T09:41:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-signs-package-deal-viaplay-u-s\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T10:04:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:04:19","slug":"banijay-rights-signs-package-deal-with-viaplay-for-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-signs-package-deal-with-viaplay-for-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay Rights Signs Package Deal with Viaplay for the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Rights has licensed more than a dozen of its scripted titles to Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), ahead of the launch of its Viaplay streaming service in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The deal provides Viaplay subscribers in the U.S. access to more than 250 hours of Banijay Rights\u2019 Nordic drama series, including <em>A Class Apart<\/em>, set at Sweden\u2019s top-ranked boarding high school, which is home to a secret society for the most affluent students: the Zebra Club.<\/p>\n<p>Also part of the pact, <em>Countrymen<\/em> sees four men with dubious plans move to a farm in the rural Norwegian countryside where, more or less against their will, they end up as the founders of Norway&#8217;s first halal cheesemaking business.<\/p>\n<p>Both <em>A Class Apart<\/em> and <em>Countrymen<\/em> will be premieres in the North American market.<\/p>\n<p>Further titles include two seasons of Jarowskij thriller <em>Black Lake<\/em> and <em>Dystopia<\/em>, seasons one to five of the crime drama <em>G\u00e5smamman<\/em>, the first two seasons of the Swedish science-fiction drama <em>Real Humans<\/em>, seasons one to six of <em>Solsidan<\/em>, <em>The Councilman<\/em> and seasons one to nine of <em>The Sandhamn Murders<\/em>. Viaplay in the U.S. will also show the first two seasons of the Swedish crime hit <em>Wallander<\/em> and seasons one and two of <em>Wallander UK<\/em>, alongside <em>Wisting<\/em>, the first two seasons of <em>The Third Eye<\/em> and <em>The Truth Will Out<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Creasey, executive VP of sales, acquisitions and co-productions, excluding EMEA, at Banijay Rights, said: \u201cOur catalog contains a stunning range of premium stand-out Nordic titles including Norwegian sensation <em>Countrymen<\/em> and Swedish drama <em>A Class Apart<\/em>, and we are thrilled to be working with NENT Group to ensure this package deal will become a cornerstone of Viaplay\u2019s launch in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Rights has licensed more than a dozen of its scripted titles to Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), ahead of the launch of its Viaplay streaming service in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":16070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1605,820],"class_list":["post-16069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-rights","tag-viaplay","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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