Eccho Rights Sells Korean Dramas into Turkey

Eccho Rights has signed a deal for more than 150 hours of South Korean content for the K-Drama strand on the recently launched SVOD platform Exxen in Turkey.

The deal comprises three titles from Eccho’s parent company, CJ ENM, and four from SBS, as well as the streaming rights to SBS’s 2020 K Pop Festival, which features BTS, among others. From CJ ENM, Exxen licensed the romantic dramas Cheese In the Trap and It’s Okay That’s Love, along with the crime thriller Tunnel. The SBS titles are Giant, Brilliant Legacy, The Inheritors and Pretty Ugly.

Handan Özkubat, director of Turkish drama at Eccho Rights, said: “Turkey has been adapting Korean formats for many years now so we know that the storytelling works for Turkish audiences. Therefore it is no surprise that we are now seeing a demand for the original series as readymades as well, and it is a great opportunity for Eccho Rights with our unique links to South Korea.”