Russia’s more.tv Picks Up Paradise Lost, Reprisal

Among the new shows included in an agreement between the digital platform more.tv and ViacomCBS is the Southern gothic drama Paradise Lost, starring Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful) and Bridget Regan (Agent Carter).

The family saga Paradise Lost follows a prodigal son as he returns to his hometown in Mississippi and struggles to choose between his past and his future.

Additional new series include Reprisal, starring Abigail Spencer as a woman who sets out for revenge against the gang that tried to kill her, and the comedy First Wives Club about three divorced women who share a common past. Also included are the military comedy-drama 68 Whiskey and the adventure fantasy Dwight In Shining Armor, about a 21st-century teen who falls into an ancient underground chamber and meets a gothic princess who has been asleep for a thousand years.

Through the deal, more.tv will be the only Russian provider authorized to offer an array of brand-new television series via SVOD in Russia and the CIS countries.

Denis Gorshkov, CEO of more.tv, said: “ViacomCBS has one of the strongest and most diversified TV content portfolios on the market, and also a great library of global hit TV shows. These new shows boast incredible casts, directors and showrunners and are being created for the world’s leading platforms. We are glad to be working with ViacomCBS in Russia and CIS countries. This deal will provide more.tv a stable source of premium foreign content on a multiyear basis.”

“This agreement includes new world-class television series from some of the top talent in
entertainment today and we are delighted to be working with more.tv to bring these exciting shows to subscribers throughout Russia and CIS countries,” said Lisa Kramer, executive VP of TV licensing for EMEA at ViacomCBS.