MIPTV Spotlight: Eccho Rights

CANNES: Eccho Rights specializes in representing top producers from around the world, and its format highlights for MIPTV hail from a diverse range of territories.

For example, Queue Up is a new family game show that recently launched on TRT in Turkey and is produced by Sera Film. “The format is a great mix of intelligence, knowledge and family bonds,” says Fredrik af Malmborg, the managing director at Eccho Rights. “The ratings are very good in Turkey and the format has just been commissioned for a second season.”

The eSports-based u:Supporters format is from Uncle Ned for TV4 in Sweden. Af Malmborg says the format has a “very clever link between the growing field of computer games and real-life sports and television.” Entrepreneurs is a project from Saga Film in Iceland.

“Eccho Rights has extensive experience in launching formats worldwide. Our roots are very much producer-based and we see a returning demand for strong entertainment formats and also scripted formats,” af Malmborg says.

From Endemol Shine Turkey, Winter Sun (Kis Günesi) is among the dramas that Eccho Rights is looking to license into new markets. “It is an amazing series about twins who grow up under very different circumstances, as their father was murdered by his business associates,” explains af Malmborg. He calls the series a “true drama about family bonds and, of course, impossible love.”

Also a Turkish drama, Black Heart comes from Aka Film. “It is based on a very strong script,” af Malmborg says.

Another scripted highlight in the Eccho Rights catalogue is Servant of the People, which is a Ukrainian show. “We are specialized in representing top producers in the worldwide management of drama and entertainment rights,” adds af Malmborg.

“Eccho Rights is a leader in the worldwide distribution and development of Turkish drama, but we are also [growing] strongly in drama development in Western Europe, Latin America and Asia,” says af Malmborg.