Kanal D


Kanal D ups pair in int’l rejig

Turkey’s Kanal D is rejigging its international business, with Kerim Emrah Turna and Ezgi Ural promoted in the process. Emrah Turna (right) has been named Kanal D International’s director of business development and sales for the Americas and Africa, while Urai (below left) become director of business development for Europe, MENA and Asia. Kanal D […]

Dogan names new deputy CEO

Turkey’s Dogan TV has named Ozge Bulut Marasli as deputy CEO, putting her in charge of national channel Kanal D and the group’s production and distribution companies. Marasli joined Dogan TV in 2010 as head of investor relations and corporate affaris and subsequently served as vice-president, international and corporate strategy. In her new role she […]

Two distributors debut Turkish OTT originals

Kanal D International and Scandinavia’s Eccho Rights are both debuting Turkish dramas produced for local OTT services. The sales arm of Turkish broadcaster Kanal D is distributing two BluTV series, Innocent (pictured) and Possessed, while Eccho is selling Puhu TV original Phi. Kanal D said its shows are the first Turkish original dramas for BluTV, […]

Chilean net bags Kanal D dramas

Chilean broadcaster Mega has acquired a trio of drama series from the sales arm of Turkish network Kanal D. The deal comprises Wounded Love and Time Goes By, plus a re-up of Fatmagül, and in total represents around 1,200 commercial hours of content. Wounded Love follows a family shattered by war during a period of […]

FremantleMedia poaches Kanal D exec

Amaç Erol has joined FremantleMedia International and will take a new role at the company as its Dubai-based sales director. Erol joins from Turkish distributor Kanal D where he was across sales and acquisitions and covering the Middle East, Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Macedonia, Ukraine and Georgia. At FMI Erol will work across sales of finished […]

Turkey: imports and exports

Following this week’s Discop Istanbul event, TBI speaks to Turkey’s main distribution companies about how changes in the domestic market are impacting their business, how they are dealing with the challenge of selling into the Middle East and how Turkish drama is becoming hot property in Latin America. A country of 20 million TV homes, […]

MundoFox, Canal 10 awake for 1001 Nights

US Hispanic channel MundoFox and Uruguay’s Saeta Canal 10 have acquired Turkish drama 1001 Nights after it scored well on Chilean television. According to distributor Global Agency, 1001 Nights has become Chile’s “most successful foreign series” after launching in March on the Mega Chile channel. This has prompted the new pick-ups, plus new negotiations with […]

Turkey takes up The Chase

Turkish broadcaster Kanal D has acquired a local version of ITV gameshow The Chase. The format deal will see a local remake of the show on air in Turkey this spring, and brings the total number of countries airing a local version to seven. The news comes soon after distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment sold […]

Kanal D rises for While You Were Sleeping

Turkish net Kanal D has acquired a local version of Armoza Formats’ gameshow While You Were Sleeping. The 30-minute format tasks a competitor with answering trivia questions and undertake “crazy and hilarious” challenges without waking their partner up. Armoza and Kanal D previously hooked up for We Believe in You, which has broadcast and is […]

French net to crown Shopping Queens

French broadcaster M6 has commissioned a local version of Turkish daily makeover show. The channel is getting its own version of Global Agency-distributed format Shopping Monsters, which will launch next month on June 10 in a daily 16.25 slot. It will be known locally as Les Reines du Shopping (Shopping Queens). Hervé Hubert, the French […]