Ahead of MIPTV, Eccho Rights announced a new title for its drama slate. The independent distributor will represent the rights to the new Turkish drama series Black Heart from Aka Film. Black Heart tells the story of a brother seeking justice for the cold-blooded murder of his journalist sister who discovered evidence exposing a powerful media tycoon to be little more than a corrupt gangster. To get his revenge, the brother exploits an orphaned girl who needs his help to save her dying sister. … [Read more...] about Eccho Rights signs Black Heart
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SCTV to remake Eccho’s hit
Eccho Rights and SCTV have signed a new deal on Turkish drama Elif. Following the licensing of the first two series of the original format, SCTV will now make a localized version of the series. Elif broke through the Indonesian screens earlier this year and was an immediate hit, doubling shares for the channel. Production for the localised version will begin soon, with SCTV’s sister company Screenplay Productions at the helm. The show will air in January 2016. In other news, Eccho Rights … [Read more...] about SCTV to remake Eccho’s hit
Turkish drama Elif in Indonesia
Eccho Rights has signed a new deal with Indonesian broadcaster SCTV for the Turkish drama Elif. Following extraordinary viewing figures for the first season, the broadcaster has ordered the second season of the daily drama. SCTV started airing Elif at lunchtime at the end of March. The show quickly became number one in the timeslot, consistently scoring over 20% share compared with the channel average of 10%. Fredrik af Malmborg, managing director at Eccho Rights, says, “When we sold Elif … [Read more...] about Turkish drama Elif in Indonesia
Beat the Champions’ premieres on FOX
The U.S. network Fox will premiere a local version of the format Beat the Champions on 30 June. Beat the Champions is an original format from TV Asahi in Japan distributed by Eccho Rights. Fox select amateurs who test themselves against current and former top athletes, such as six-time Basket NBA champ Scottie Pippen, New England Patriots player Rob Gronkowski and four-time swimming Olympic Gold Medalist Missy Franklin on this summer special which will be hosted by Saturday Night Live alum … [Read more...] about Beat the Champions’ premieres on FOX
New Turkish break out hit
Cherry Season is the new series on Fox TV in Turkey that has broken all records for a new series this season. Produced by Istanbul based Surec film, this light-hearted romantic drama hit the screens in July and has since been the No.1 new series in Turkey with some episodes scoring a 32% share; that is almost 6 million viewers. Cherry Season is the 6th new series that Eccho Rights adds to its fall line up after recently signing prime time Turkish series Can't Run from Love and Kacak, new … [Read more...] about New Turkish break out hit
Eccho Rights adds hospital drama to slate
Stockholm based distributor Eccho Rights snaps up the rights to its first Scandinavian drama, Nurses. Produced by Yellow Film & TV, the show will premiere on Finnish broadcaster YLE later this year. Nurses Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength and a black sense of humor they achieve the weird, challenging and … [Read more...] about Eccho Rights adds hospital drama to slate
