{"id":7395,"date":"2017-03-08T09:04:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/frances-groupe-altice-boards-riviera-as-co-producer\/"},"modified":"2017-03-08T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T19:05:09","slug":"frances-groupe-altice-boards-riviera-as-co-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/frances-groupe-altice-boards-riviera-as-co-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s Groupe Altice Boards Riviera as Co-Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON\/PARIS: Groupe Altice is joining the new Sky original drama <em>Riviera\u00a0<\/em>as a co-producer.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Neil Jordan (<em>The Crying Game<\/em>), the ten-part series is set against the backdrop of France\u2019s opulent C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur. Julia Stiles (<em>The Bourne Ultimatum<\/em>) stars in the series, which will have its World Premiere TV Screening at MIPTV. The co-pro investment fits in line with Groupe Altice\u2019s ambitions to develop original drama series and its announcement of the launch of a new premium pay-TV linear channel for summer 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was brokered by Sky Vision.<\/p>\n<p>Michel Combes, Groupe Altice\u2019s CEO, said: \u201cAs part of Altice Group\u2019s investment in original creation since Altice Studio\u2019s launch in October 2016, this partnership with Sky Vision is a new step in our strategy to become a strong player in the production industry and to reach our ambition to propose the best series to our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zai Bennett, the director of programming at Sky, said: \u201cWe\u2019re so pleased to be co-producing the thrilling <em>Riviera<\/em> with our partners Altice. Original drama is key to Sky\u2019s ongoing programming strategy and this smart, fun and sexy drama will add breadth to our already world-class offering on Sky Atlantic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nora Melhli, the director of original creation at Groupe Altice, commented: \u201cWe are delighted to co-produce Riviera with Sky Vision and Archery Pictures. Collaborating again with Anne Mensah on such a unique and ambitious drama is a very exciting adventure. Following the series <em>Medicis<\/em>, <em>Sirens<\/em> and <em>Taken<\/em>, <em>Riviera<\/em> will be a different and strong proposal for our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anne Mensah, the head of drama at Sky, said: \u201cStarting this new co-production journey with Altice is something we\u2019re really thrilled about. We really valued working with Nora Melhli on two seasons of <em>The Tunnel<\/em>, so we know Nora and Altice will be the perfect partners for delivering the glamor and thrills of <em>Riviera<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON\/PARIS: Groupe Altice is joining the new Sky original drama Riviera as a co-producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1708,1198,508],"class_list":["post-7395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-altice-group","tag-riviera","tag-sky-vision","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>France\u2019s Groupe Altice Boards Riviera as Co-Producer - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/frances-groupe-altice-boards-riviera-as-co-producer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"France\u2019s Groupe Altice Boards Riviera as Co-Producer - 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