Sky Original Production Riviera has set a new record for Sky Atlantic.
The glossy thriller, starring Julia Stiles and Game of Thrones' Iwan Rheon, has become the most popular new box set release ever for Sky Atlantic, having been downloaded more than 10 million times since its release on June 15.
All 10 episodes of Riviera's first series were available to watch and download on Sky's on demand service when the first episode aired on Sky Atlantic.
The record relates to shows that have been released in their entirety on demand on the same day as their Sky Atlantic premiere, meaning Riviera has beaten the likes of Fortitude's second series and HBO's hit The Night Of.
Riviera has already had one million more downloads than the first season of Billions had across its entire run.
And even though it's not included in the record, Riviera has been viewed three times more than all six seasons of Game of Thrones combined, across the same time frame of 19 days from being made available.
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Viewing figures for Riviera have been rising across its Sky Atlantic airings too, with the first episode watched by 1.2m viewers live and on demand and the second episode watched by 1.78m live and on demand.
Episode three has been downloaded more than 1.2m times, with viewing figures for the episode live still to be confirmed.
Rheon recently confirmed to us that the series was "very different" when he read the original scripts, following series co-creator Neil Jordan distancing himself from the series.
"That's how these shows go. They were still writing as we were filming. You have to expect things to change, because the writers come up with different ideas of how they want the series to go," Rheon explained.
The first season of Riviera is available to download now, with episode four airing tomorrow night (July 6) at 9pm on Sky Atlantic.
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