World Screen

As budgets soar and competition intensifies, Jay Stuart explores how distributors are piecing together the financing for high-end drama series.

Corus Entertainment, with Entertainment One (eOne) and Cameron Pictures, have announced the start of production on the second season of Mary Kills People.

Heart of the City co-stars Kerem Bursin and Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu sat down with World Screen Newsflash’s Mansha Daswani to discuss the show and their characters, and why they think Turkish drama has been so successful globally.

UnREAL co-stars Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer sat down with World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati to discuss the journey of their complicated characters, who are involved in a non-romantic “love affair.”

Alongside telenovelas, the TV Azteca International catalog has a number of series on offer at NATPE Budapest.

Real-life couple Halit Ergenç and Bergüzar Korel co-star once again in Wounded Love, a drama that Kanal D International is highlighting for buyers at NATPE Budapest.

Brave and Beautiful and Insider, on offer from Eccho Rights at NATPE Budapest, have become top-rating shows in Turkey during the past six months and also secured various international sales.

Intellecta, which has been working on the syndication of Indian drama series and movies in Europe for the last six years, will be at NATPE Budapest showcasing such highlights as Strange Love.

This year marks ATV’s second consecutive time attending NATPE Budapest, where the company will be offering up Orphan Flowers, which airs in Croatia, Romania, Macedonia and Greece, and has been renewed for a third season.

From the Turkish powerhouse producers Ay Yapim, Phi is a 20-part series made for the new Puhu TV VOD platform that Eccho Rights will be showcasing at the L.A. Screenings.