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News round-up: Top Hat’s 9/11 doc sells in Europe and US; Fremantle takes CNN’s ‘First Ladies’ global; Korea’s CJ ENM strikes pact with Indonesia’s GoPlay

Top Hat’s 9/11 doc sells in Europe and US The Canal+ Group in France, TV2 in Denmark, TV4 in Sweden, RTL in the Netherlands and Discovery in the US have all picked up a new documentary from UK-based Top Hat Productions’ about the 9/11 terror attacks, following a raft of pre-sale deals with Keshet International. […]

Eccho Rights rejigs Turkish drama sales & acquisitions with Handan Özkubat promotion

CJ ENM-owned distributor Eccho Rights has reshuffled the sales and acquisition division for its Turkish content by promoting Handan Özkubat to a new role. Özkubat, who was previously director of Turkish drama, takes up the newly created role of head of sales and acquisition with a remit covering all Turkish content and responsibility for overseeing […]

Korea’s CJENM strikes content deal with Chinese streamer iQiyi

Chinese streaming operator iQiyi is stocking up its international service with shows including Oscar winner Parasite, following a deal with South Korean media giant CJ ENM. The deal will see CJENM’s tvN Movies streamer become available in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam from 8 August via iQiyi International. tvN Movies will provide a […]

Korea’s CJ ENM strikes first-look format deal with Keshet’s Tresor TV

South Korea’s CJ ENM has struck a first-look deal with Keshet International’s Germany production company Tresor TV. The deal, which started from 1 June, covers scripted as well as non-scripted formats and follows the partnership between the Korean firm and Tresor TV on 300: War Of United Voices, which debuted on ProSiebenSat.1 in March. Tresor […]

Netflix snags ‘Parasite’ star for latest Korean drama

Global streaming service Netflix will launch a new Korean drama series later this year, starring one of the cast of 2019 Oscar-winning film Parasite. Record Of Youth is being produced by CJ ENM-owned prodco Studio Dragon and Pan Entertainment and follows the stories of three young people as they chase their ambitions. The series will […]

News round-up: Oz ‘Living Room’ travels to US; CJ ENM & Bunim/Murray format deal; ZDF snags Covid-19 series

Dabl steps into WTFN’s ‘Living Room‘ WTFN-produced The Living Room is headed to the US on CBS-owned digital lifestyle network Dabl, thanks to a 120-hour content deal negotiated by Australia’s WTFN-owned distributor Fred Media. The long-running studio-based series, which was originally made by WTFN for Australia’s Network Ten, offers a “fresh entertainment spin” on lifestyle […]

Fox doubles down on Korean formats with CJ ENM singing format

US broadcaster Fox is looking to build on the success of its remake of South Korean format hit The Masked Singer by acquiring rights to another singing show from the country. I Can See Your Voice (ICSYV) is from Korean giant CJ ENM and was piloted by Fox last month. The US network has now […]

Trendwatch: East to West

Turkish drama has already conquered Latin America and is now expanding into Asia, where synergies look set to pave the way for mutual cooperation and co-productions. Richard Middleton reports Few trends have stuck like the growing appeal of Turkish drama. Rewind a decade or so, and the thought that scripted series from the country would […]

Drama deals: eOne boards first French drama, Eccho swoops for Sweden’s ‘Love Me’

Entertainment One picks up first French-language drama Entertainment One (eOne) has picked up international distribution rights to France 2 crime drama La Garçonne from Call My Agent! producers Mother Production and Gedesel. The deal marks eOne’s first French-language acquisition, and was brokered by Noel Hedges, EVP of acquisitions and international distribution for the studio. Set […]