{"id":17764,"date":"2022-10-26T09:26:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/turkish-drama-golden-boy-sells-mena\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:49:09","slug":"turkish-drama-golden-boy-sells-into-mena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/turkish-drama-golden-boy-sells-into-mena\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Drama Golden Boy Sells into MENA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MBC has acquired the Turkish drama <em>Golden Boy<\/em> from Eccho Rights to air on the free-to-air channel MBC4 and SVOD platform Shahid.<\/p>\n<p><em>Golden Boy<\/em> is slated to premiere on October 30 on MBC4, making it the first Turkish drama on free-to-air TV in MENA since 2018, when a blanket ban on Turkish content was implemented by linear broadcasters throughout the region following political tensions between Saudi Arabia and Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by OGM Pictures, <em>Golden Boy<\/em> premiered in late September on Star TV. The series is now Turkey\u2019s most watched across the entire week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to see the reopening of this vital market\u2014audiences in the MENA region were among the first to embrace Turkish drama internationally and to be able to serve them the latest and best content again is really exciting,\u201d said Melis Hamamcioglu, director of digital media acquisition and content sales at MENA, Israel and India at Eccho Rights.<\/p>\n<p>Handan \u00d6zkubat, director of Turkish drama at Eccho Rights, said: \u201c<em>Golden Boy<\/em> is proving hugely popular with domestic audiences, and has all the hallmarks to succeed worldwide. 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