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Eccho Rights
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Eccho reveals Black Heart
Scandinavia-based Eccho Rights’ latest Turkish drama for the international market is Aka Film’s series for…
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TV4 recruits Finnish Nurses for format
Swedish commercial channel TV4 is to remake Finnish drama Nurses following a deal with distributor…
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Eccho sells Turkish series into Lat Am
Eccho Rights has struck two deals for its Turkish drama series Karadayi in Latin America….
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Scripted format deal for Eccho’s Elif
Indonesian broadcaster SCTV has ordered a local version of Elif, the Turkish drama distributed internationally…
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Change at Sparks Eccho as Keshet nabs Asia boss
Sparks Eccho Group has found a new Asian chief, with former incumbent Gary Pudney (pictured)…
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Turkish drama completes Lat Am set
Turkish drama Ezel has now been sold into every Latin American territory following a new…
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Eccho poaches Imagina exec for Lat Am role
Eccho Rights has hired Barbora Susterova to become its first head of Latin America. Susterova…
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Fox champions Eccho’s Japanese format
US broadcast network will premiere a local version of Japanese format Beat the Champions later…
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Busan Contents Market: 2015 report
TBI speaks to the international content companies that attended the ninth edition of the Busan…
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Eccho’s Cherry Season blossoms in Asia
BCM: Turkish comedy drama Cherry Season has been picked up by several key buyers in…
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US deals for Turkish dramas
Two US Hispanic channels in the US have bought Turkish dramas as the latter’s scripted…
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Eccho’s Turkish drama sales continue apace
Broadcasters in Italy, Pakistan, Vietnam, Albania, Macedonia and Bosnia have bought Turkish drama series from…
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Sparks Network winds down
The global formats group Sparks Network is ceasing to operate in its current form, with…
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Eccho format continues to Crack Them Up
Eccho Rights comedy panel format Crack Them Up is headed for five new territories, including…
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Belgian, Scandi medical dramas for Eccho
Sweden-based Eccho Rights has acquired rights to medical-themed dramas from Belgium and Scandinavia, both of…
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African, Indian firms buy Eccho’s Turkish drama
Broadcasters in Africa and an Indian entertainment firm have acquired Eccho Rights’ widely-travelled Turkish drama…
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Turkish drama lands pilot at Fox
Fox’s plan to adapt Turkish drama The End (aka Son) for US screens lead to…
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MIPTV 2014: Eccho Rights launching Turkish drama
Distributor Eccho Rights is launching Turkish romantic drama Kurt Seyit & Sura – Epic Love…
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Egyptian prodco draws up Exit plan
Egyptian producer Film Maker has acquired Japanese format Exit and is lining up a local…
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Germany, France to remake Turkish drama, Netflix buys tape
German network Sat.1 is developing a local version of Turkish conspiracy drama The End, while…
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Italy, Egypt ask Who’s Got the Money?
Who’s Got the Money?, a paper gameshow from indie French TV, is to be made…
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UK broadcaster ‘sniffing Japanese gameshow’
UK indie Zig Zag Productions has acquired local rights to a Japanese gameshow and is…
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SVT buys Ay Yapim Turkish thriller
Swedish pubcaster SVT has acquired a Turkish thriller, which it will run stripped across weekdays…
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Mid East nets buys Eccho’s Turkish drama
Four broadcasters in the Middle East will simultaneously broadcast Turkish drama Karadayi following deals with…
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Chinese net plans to Crack Them Up
Chinese broadcaster Jiangxi has ordered a local version of Ukrainian ‘reverse’ comedy panel format Crack…
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Eccho Rights opens base in Turkey
Eccho Rights has been a vocal proponent of the Turkish drama genre and is now…
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Eccho Rights asks Who’s Got the Money?
Stockholm-based distributor Eccho Rights has acquired gameshow Who’s Got the Money?, and will launch it…
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Jobs Without Frontiers heads to US, Oz
Beyond Productions has scored a deal with distributor Eccho Rights to take factual entertainment format…
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Russia reaches The End with Turkish scripted deal
St. Petersburg-based Russian World Studios has signed a deal to bring Turkish drama format The…
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Swedish format wins over TV Lab viewers
A Swedish format in which a celebrity sets out to meet all of their online…