MIPTV Spotlight: Global Agency

CANNES: In the Global Agency format Bring Your Fame Back, former pop stars get a second chance at stardom.

The performers will be voting for each other. “We sincerely believe that Bring Your Fame Back will open a new [door in] the talent-show genre with its distinctive concept and bags of prime-time appeal,” says Umay Ayaz, the company’s head of acquisitions. “Before the official launch at MIPFormats, we have already started to anticipate interest for the show. A new megahit is on the way.”

Beat Me If You Can is a prime-time format that combines elements of singing/talent competitions and game shows. My Wife Rules is a cooking contest for couples. Husbands are guided in the kitchen by their wives as they communicate only through an earpiece, and the dishes are sampled blindfolded.

“These formats are highly entertaining and fresh, bringing a unique approach to their genres,” says Ayaz.

The new Turkish drama Eternal comes from TIMS Productions, which is behind such hits as Magnificent Century. Senay Filiztekin, the head of drama acquisitions at Global Agency, describes the series as being “one step beyond” what has come to be expected of Turkish dramas. The show stars Engin Akyürek (Fatmagül) and Fahriye Evcen (Lovebird).

“Eternal is an exciting, highly charged love story that starts with a crime committed years ago and the increasing feeling of guilt as the years pass that continues when the main character is set free and pursues the truth,” Filiztekin says. “This drama shows how far [one] would go for the sake of love, conscience and justice.”

Grand Family tells the story of Hizir, who is part of a group that smuggles weapons and is one of the strongest members of this “grand family.” The women in his life are important to him, even though he is balancing having both a wife and a girlfriend.

Romance is at the center of Evermore. “In this breathtaking love story, we watch what happens when two people from different backgrounds meet and fall completely in love,” Filiztekin says. The central characters are Faruk and Sureyya, who get married and move to the hometown of Faruk’s mother. Sureyya is constantly trying to win over her mother-in-law, who has never left the walls of her mansion.