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Global Agency
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RTL reveals Love is Calling
German broadcaster RTL will launch a live dating format from Turkey on August 25. Love…
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MundoFox, Canal 10 awake for 1001 Nights
US Hispanic channel MundoFox and Uruguay’s Saeta Canal 10 have acquired Turkish drama 1001 Nights…
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News brief: Global Agency bags Israel’s Share or Dare
Turkey-based distributor Global Agency has acquired international sales rights to a new Israeli game show….
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News brief: MundoFox encounters Magnificent Century
Turkish period drama Magnificent Century is now playing for US Hispanic audiences via Spanish-language cable…
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News brief: Ukraine spotlights Keep Your Light Shining
A Ukrainian broadcaster is getting a local remake of Global Agency-sold format Keep Your Light…
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TCB grows with Global Agency hire
Paul Heaney’s growing indie distributor TCB Media Rights has added another sales agent to its…
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Turkey’s Light attracts ProSieben
German broadcaster ProSieben has ordered its own version of Turkish singing format Keep Your Light…
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MIPTV 2014: My Tupelo and TVF bring Bargain Brides to Cannes
US producer My Tupelo has struck a development deal with TVF International and the first…
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CBS attaches Lythgoe to Turkish gameshow pilot
US broadcast network CBS has commissioned a pilot of Turkish gameshow format Keep Your Light…
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News brief: Shopping Monsters hit the high street in Latvia
Viasat’s Latvian channel TV3 has launched a local version of Global Agency format Shopping Monsters….
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CEE, Mid East nets host Rivals-in-Law
Broadcasters in the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and surrounding have acquired Turkish cooking…
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Chinese net to adapt Turkish Light
China’s Zhejiang TV has commissioned a local version of Global Agency talent format Keep Your…
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Zodiak hires new entertainment VP
Zodiak Rights has recruited Andrew Sime as its new VP, entertainment. Sime joins from Turkey-based…
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Global Agency in pre-market restructure as Sime exits
Andrew Sime has resigned from Turkish sales house Global Agency, with the company’s head of…
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Global Agency gets verdict from Israel’s Street Jury
Turkish distributor Global Agency has picked up rights to Israeli “street reality” format Street Jury,…
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Global Agency forms partnership with Israeli format veterans
Turkey’s Global Agency has formed an exclusive partnership with former Armoza Formats exec Metin Bilman…
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Romania prepares to Catch the Answer
PrimaTV in Romania is among the new buyers of Global Agency’s studio quiz show Catch…
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Turkish drama 1001 Nights sells in CEE
A pair of broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe and one in Iran has acquired…
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Spain’s Phileas options formats to FremantleMedia, Endemol
Spain’s Phileas Productions has inked deals with FremantleMedia and Endemol for its format Don’t say…
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More nets experience Magnificent Century
Broadcasters in China, Italy and Lithuania have licensed Turkish drama Magnificent Century. The show, will…
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French net to crown Shopping Queens
French broadcaster M6 has commissioned a local version of Turkish daily makeover show. The channel…
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Ukrainian net serves up family cook off show
Ukrainian channel 1+1 has acquired Global Agency’s cookery format Rivals-in-Law. Furthermore, producer iMagic has optioned…
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Turkey’s Global Agency hires Farrell E. Meisel
Turkey-based formats company Global Agency has recruited Farrell E. Meisel as its first-ever director of…
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Sony options gameshow Sit Tight
Spanish formats house Phileas has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television, which has optioned…
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Int’l broadcasters to remake Global Agency’s Blind Taste
A raft of Eastern European broadcasters are to remake food format Blind Taste after striking…
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Global Agency acquires factual distributor World Wide Entertainment
Turkish drama and reality distributor Global Agency is moving into the factual business after acquiring…