{"id":5507,"date":"2017-03-31T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2017-03-31T12:19:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:19:29","slug":"ae-networks-newen-in-french-formats-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/ae-networks-newen-in-french-formats-pact\/","title":{"rendered":"A+E Networks & Newen in French Formats Pact"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK: A+E Networks is partnering with Newen Studios to bring a range of formats to French audiences.<\/p>\n
Under the pact, Newen will be able to produce such A+E formats as Alone<\/em> and Bride & Prejudice<\/em> for local versions. Bride & Prejudice<\/em> features couples trying to overcome differences in race, religion, class or sexuality. Alone<\/em> is a self-shot format that features survival experts being dropped into wilderness locations.<\/p>\n \u201cOur deal with Newen demonstrates A+E Networks’ commitment to continued expansion in the international marketplace through strong, long-term partnerships with the best broadcast and production players,\u201d said Patrick Vien, the executive managing director of international at A+E Networks. \u201cOur formats belong to a new generation of television; they are entertainment with a social purpose. After major success in the U.S.\u00a0and the U.K. we consider France\u2019s audience to offer enormous potential for groundbreaking formats.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled to be partnering with Newen to grow our collective businesses together,\u201d added Denis Cantin, the VP, head of international sales for EMEA at A+E Networks. \u201cAs Newen becomes A+E\u2019s production partner in France, it opens the door to our U.S. channels for Newen\u2019s formats and their next high-end drama series.\u201d<\/p>\n Bibiane Godfroid, the managing director of Newen, commented, “Production Valley (Newen\u2019s subsidiary in charge of factual and entertainment) will be highly dedicated to the promotion of A+E formats on the French market and will work with all the broadcasters to promote them.”<\/p>\n Alexandra Crucq, the managing director of Production Valley, said, \u201cI am delighted that this agreement could be made between this great player of the U.S. market and Production Valley. A+E formats question society and the world that surrounds us through new forms of storytelling, thus enabling them to reach a very large audience. Alone<\/em> and Bride & Prejudice<\/em> are already being well received on the French market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK: A+E Networks is partnering with Newen Studios to bring a range of formats to French audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":5510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[413,918],"class_list":["post-5507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ae-networks","tag-newen-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n