{"id":8618,"date":"2017-11-17T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:57:16","slug":"viasat-world-takes-knightfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/viasat-world-takes-knightfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasat World Takes Knightfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viasat World has taken on the basic, pay-TV and SVOD rights to A+E Networks&#8217; <em>Knightfall<\/em> for Russia and CIS.<\/p>\n<p>The ten-part period drama about the Knights Templar hails from\u00a0A+E Studios in association with Jeremy Renner\u2019s The Combine, Island Pictures\u00a0and Midnight Radio. It will launch on Viasat World\u2019s ViP Premiere channel and ViPPlay service on December 7, just one day after its debut on HISTORY in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of the biggest independent content aggregators in Europe, we are always looking for the very best content to feed our comprehensive channel and SVOD portfolio and satisfy our audiences,&#8221; said Karin Heijink, VP of content and products at Viasat World. &#8220;Our strategy is to secure the pipeline of relevant, high-quality programming for all our channel brands now and in the future through acquisitions and early pre-buys such as this deal\u2014anticipating the next big hit series before it happens and making our platforms their home.\u00a0<em>Knightfall\u00a0<\/em>is an incredible series and a great addition to our unrivaled library of world-class content, sure to be enjoyed by audiences in some of our key markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denis Cantin, VP\/head of content sales for EMEA at A+E Networks, noted, \u201cWe are thrilled to be continuing our long-standing relationship with Viasat World, bringing premium factual and scripted content to their vast audience throughout the territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deal with A+E also includes TV movies for\u00a0Russia, CIS and the Baltics, among them\u00a0<em>The Flight Before Christmas<\/em>;\u00a0factual series for Russia, CIS and CEE, including <em>Engineering Disasters<\/em>; 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