Cannes, France – Studio+, the first app developed by Vivendi Group for viewing digital short premium series, has acquired New Form’s sci-fi adventure series Miss 2059 from Keshet International. The worldwide exclusive first run deal (exclu. US, China, Norway and Poland), brokered by Rose Hughes Senior Sales Manager, will see season one of Miss 2059 available on the SVOD platform in the coming months.

Streamy Award-nominated Miss 2059 is an intergalactic sci-fi adventure about a beauty queen on Earth who is mistakenly selected to represent humanity in a life-or-death Galactic tournament, It stars Anna Akana , Nikki Soohoo and Hartley Sawyer .

Aline Marrache-Tesseraud, SVP International SVOD Acquisitions at Studio + said, “We are delighted to initiate a collaboration with Keshet International for Studio+ on premium digital scripted content, and to participate with such a dynamic international company on their developments in digital.” Keren Shahar, COO & President of Distribution at Keshet International, said “We’re pleased that Studio + has selected this premium mid-form series as one which will help them carve out their audience as they build their brand.”

STUDIO+ is the first offer dedicated to premium scripted short series. STUDIO+ is the promise of a brand new and enriching viewing experience, based on a new fictional format of Originals. Launched in Latin America, France and Italy, STUDIO+ brings unexpected and powerful stories to life: its intuitive app offers a catalog of Original series, as well as acquisitions of first run and exclusive series in short formats.

New Form is a leading digital entertainment studio creating and distributing premium narrative content. In October last year KI became distribution partner for three of New Form’s original millennial and young adult digital scripted series: Miss 2059, Cold and Mr Student Body President which was acquired by Channel 4’s on-demand channel All 4. The series are available in the US on go90.