Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we’ll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to Turkish TV powerhouse Tims & B Productions. The company is coming off the back of launching new drama Another Love in Mipcom last month and Selin Arat, Director of International Operations at the company reveals what next steps are for the prolific producer and why Turkish TV content will continue to punch above its weight in the international arena.
When rival producers Timur Savcı and Burak Sağyaşar decided to join their two production outfits – Savcı’s Tims Productions and Sağyaşar’s Bi Yapım – in 2017, it marked a union of two of Turkey’s most prominent creators of television content. Savcı had been the producer behind Ottoman period drama Magnificent Century, a worldwide phenomenon that is...
When rival producers Timur Savcı and Burak Sağyaşar decided to join their two production outfits – Savcı’s Tims Productions and Sağyaşar’s Bi Yapım – in 2017, it marked a union of two of Turkey’s most prominent creators of television content. Savcı had been the producer behind Ottoman period drama Magnificent Century, a worldwide phenomenon that is...
- 11/2/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Telemundo has struck a multi-year co-production deal with Turkish producer-distributor Inter Medya. The pair plans to capitalize on success of Turkish telenovela formats re-worked for Spanish-speaking audiences in the U.S. and co-create several scripted shows for the Telemundo network.
Telemundo has had success with several Turkish-created dramas in recent years and today’s deal “propels Turkey’s storytelling powerhouse into the U.S. Spanish-language marketplace exclusively with Telemundo,” said Karen Barroeta, Executive Vice President, Production and Development for Telemundo Television Studios. “Merging the power and appeal of Turkish properties with Telemundo’s superior production capabilities further strengthens our position as a leading producer of premium scripted content.”
Inter Medya is among the most well-known Turkish production and distribution companies, comprising one of several that have established the country has a key creator and seller of high-end telenovela formats globally in the past decade.
It represents well-travelled Turkish series such...
Telemundo has had success with several Turkish-created dramas in recent years and today’s deal “propels Turkey’s storytelling powerhouse into the U.S. Spanish-language marketplace exclusively with Telemundo,” said Karen Barroeta, Executive Vice President, Production and Development for Telemundo Television Studios. “Merging the power and appeal of Turkish properties with Telemundo’s superior production capabilities further strengthens our position as a leading producer of premium scripted content.”
Inter Medya is among the most well-known Turkish production and distribution companies, comprising one of several that have established the country has a key creator and seller of high-end telenovela formats globally in the past decade.
It represents well-travelled Turkish series such...
- 5/17/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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