Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari

Sibel Levendoğlu, sales manager for Latin America and North America at Kanal D International, spoke to Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, editor at TV Latina, during the Turkish TV Festival about reaching Spain and expanding the company’s titles to local television networks.

Kicking off the second day of the Turkish TV Festival, Ateş İnce, managing director at Madd Entertainment, spoke on the synergies between Medyapım and Ay Yapım, the production companies that joined to launch Madd, in addition to the results since its foundation.

At the Turkish TV Festival, Müge Akar, head of sales at atv, explained how the company’s format sales have been growing in various territories.

In conversation with Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, editor at TV Latina, Duda Rodrigues, sales manager for Latin America at Calinos Entertainment, revealed how the company is working to ensure that Turkish dramas remain relevant for the next decade in the region.

In a conversation during the Turkish TV Festival, Selin Arat, director of international operations at TIMS&B Productions, talked about the challenges and opportunities since the company’s foundation in 2017, as well as the search for the next Magnificent Century.

Eccho Rights’ director of Turkish drama, Handan Özkubat, and Özge Özpirinçci, star of I Am Mother, which is distributed by the company and has been renewed for a second season by Show TV, spoke to Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, editor at TV Latina, during the first day of the Turkish TV Festival.

During the Turkish TV Festival, Beatriz Cea Okan, VP and head of sales and acquisitions at Inter Medya, spoke on the importance of co-producing and partnerships and the benefits beyond sharing costs and risk.

The Turkish TV Festival kicked off today with Erdem Seçkin, CEO of OGM Pictures, discussing the importance of Turkey being positioned among the top three exporters of scripted series in the world and how the distribution of these titles remains profitable, considering their high production costs.

The Turkish TV Festival, an English- and Spanish-language virtual event spotlighting the business of Turkish content in Latin America, the U.S. Hispanic market and Iberia, is taking place from May 7 to 9. You can sign up for your free registration here.

Barış Kılıç, star of Global Agency’s One Love, will be part of the Turkish TV Festival, taking place May 7 to 9. You can register for free here.