MIPTV Spotlight: Global Agency

Love and betrayal drive siblings apart in the drama Sisters, which Global Agency is presenting.

The series follows as the different dreams of Ümran and Umay leave them and their daughters Hayat and Hayal worlds apart. Their lives collide as the cruelty of Hayat’s father catapults her from village poverty into the glamorous Istanbul life of her high-society aunt Umay. The two daughters uncover their mothers’ dark secret, but the children face a similar twist of fate as they play out a conflict of their own. “Besides its well-known cast, the storyline fits international buyers’ needs, and we are sure it has great potential to be a worldwide hit,” says Izzet Pinto, founder and CEO of Global Agency.

The company is also highlighting Gulperi, which comes from the producers of Magnificent Century, Kosem and Eternal. “Gulperi is a drama that touches on the plight shared by many women living in different geographies,” Pinto says.

The reality game show Upgrade watches as a film crew drops into viewers’ homes and offers them the chance to upgrade their old household items by answering trivia questions. The out-of-studio game show is filmed in the players’ own houses, where they are asked a series of quiz questions. If they answer the majority of them correctly, they can win a variety of electronic appliances or furniture on the spot. If they lose, their household items are going to be locked away for 30 days. “Upgrade is the ultimate reality game show,” says Pinto. “It’s simple, fun, suspenseful and, most importantly, everyone wants to play because everyone has something in their home that they want to upgrade.”

He adds, “We just started to represent the rights for Upgrade to make the show a bigger international hit.”