Stockholm and Istanbul - Ay Yapim have released a first look at their groundbreaking new series Phi. Created for the digital platform Puhu TV, it is the first Turkish Drama Original to be distributed worldwide by Eccho Rights. The series is based on the first in a trilogy of novels; Phi, Chi, Pi, by Azra Kohen, a million-seller in Turkey. The first novel, Phi, is the basis for the first run of 20 episodes, and is to be followed by two more seasons based on the novels Chi and Pi. … [Read more...] about Ay Yapim’s first Turkish Drama Original
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New identity for Inter Medya
Turkey - Founded in 1992 by Can Okan, ITV Inter Medya started out as a film distribution company serving the Turkish film and TV industry solely within the domestic market. In its first ten years, its basic market structure remained more or less the same but soon found itself operating both inbound and outbound. In the following years ITV Inter Medya has also developed into a major content distributor in the field of entertainment, reality and game-show formats in the local and international … [Read more...] about New identity for Inter Medya
Nippon TV deals with MF Yapim
Cannes, France & Tokyo, Japan – On the first day of MIPCOM, Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV), the leading commercial broadcaster and network in Japan offering entertainment, anime, documentaries and news, announced today that MF Yapim & MEDYAPIM, has acquired the format rights to their award-winning drama series Mother and will be remaking the series in Turkish. The drama ANNE, meaning mother in Turkish, is set to air on Star TV and will star the popular Vahide … [Read more...] about Nippon TV deals with MF Yapim
BBC Turkce contents on Kanal SIM website
Text and video content from the BBC Turkce (BBC Turkish) website - bbcturkce.com will now be directly available to the users of the Northern Cyprus-based online video news channel, kanalsim.com. Kanal SIM has changed its website’s video-only format to accommodate the BBC Turkce text stories. Branded news from BBC Turkce, in video, photography and text, are now delivered directly to kanalsim.com, bringing the users of the news portal reports from the BBC Turkce home page as well as … [Read more...] about BBC Turkce contents on Kanal SIM website
Bein Media acquires Digiturk
Bein Media has completed the acquisition of Digiturk, giving the Qatari company a significant presence in the Turkish market, and what its chairman described as the largest deal in the history of the company. The pay-TV operator has 3.3 million subscribers but had stalled under the debts of its previous owner Çukurova Group. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bein Media Group said, “Our expansion into Turkey is an essential next step for Bein Media Group. Digiturk … [Read more...] about Bein Media acquires Digiturk
