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Q&A

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TRT: 50 Years Making History _/10

Discop Istanbul: the Evolution of TV _/18 TRADESHOWS

Save the Date: RioContentMarket 2014 _/28

Ibrahim Eren, Deputy Director General - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

ITV Inter Medya Breaks the Ice _/14 Can Okan, CEO - ITV Inter Medya

The Independent Era _/30 Marco Altberg, President - ABPI-TV

Spotlight on Canada _/34

Valerie Creighton, President and CEO - Canada Media Fund

On Solid Ground _/42

Ziyad Varol, Head of Sales - ATV

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Executives The Circle of Lifestyle _/16

Lorenzo Bertolotti, Sales manager Africa, Iberia, Italy and Mediterranean - Passion Distribution

The Origins of the Telenovela _/22

Mario Castro, Director of Asia and Africa - Televisa Internacional

High-Impact Telenovelas _/23

Melissa Pillow, Sales Director, Europe - Telemundo Internacional

Caracol Leads the Way _/24

Berta Orozco, Sales executive for Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa - Caracol TV Internacional

Seize the Momentum _/38

Marielle Zuccarelli, Managing Director, International Content Distribution - A+E Networks

Turkish Debut _/40

Fernando Hernández Berzal, International Sales Executive – TVE

Fremantle Shares its Secrets _/44

Daniela Matei, FremantleMedia CEO of Nordics, Eastern Europe and Baltics

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EVENTS

Natpe Europe Open for Business Both early bird registration and exhibition space are open for the inaugural Natpe Europe event in Prague (June 23-26, 2014). Discounts are available for delegates and exhibitors signing up before March 21.

Natpe president and CEO Rod Perth has announced that early bird registration and exhibition space are now open for the inaugural Natpe Europe event in Prague in 2014. Buyer numbers are already pacing ahead of those in 2013 and discounts are currently available for delegates and exhibitors signing up before March 21.

Natpe Europe will take place on June 23-26, 2014 at the Hilton Prague Hotel.

“Natpe Europe taking place in Prague is the only important television event in Europe dedicated to the region and featuring all of the major US studios screening under one roof. NATPE is an efficient market that provides the first opportunity for many to see the new shows that will have been launched at the LA Screenings in May,” said Perth.

“This is our first market in Prague and we are excited about the myriad possibilities for exhibitors of all sizes and special events, parties and networking opportunities. We are also planning a number of special region-focused activities that will add considerable value to both buyers and sellers, and we will make those announcements in the coming weeks. We’re committed to the region and to making certain every buyer and seller benefits from a significant return on their investment,” he added.

Natpe Europe is set to launch for the first time in Prague where the facilities of the Hilton Prague Hotel will enable the market, screenings, special events, networking and social events to take place under one roof. The event replaces Natpe Budapest, the long running market which was previously known as “Discop.”

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billion pounds is how much ITV registered in revenue in the nine months ended in September 2013.

4.6%

is how much GroupM now predicts global ad sales will increase in 2014.

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million US homes will be subscribed to pay TV by the end of 2014, says Parks Associates.

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US$ 1.77 1

billion smartphones were sold globally in 2013, a 38.4% increase compared to 2012.

ANIMATION

Arait Multimedia: More Than Television As one of the first companies to introduce Japanese animation to European audiences, Spain’s Arait Multimedia has been distributing kids and youth’s programming worldwide since 1987, now having one of the world’s largest catalogs. “We work on our properties to make them become much more than just a TV series,” said director Joaquin García Garrido. “We interact with our audiences through social networks, websites, street marketing actions, activities and events. We make the brands real,” he added. With this philosophy, Arait Multimedia has introduced some of the most important Japanese titles, such as ‘Mazinger Z’, ‘Sailormoon’, ‘Dectective Conan’, ‘Hamtaro’, ‘Captain Tsubasa’, ‘Magical Doremi’, ‘Lupin the Third’, ‘One Piece’ and ‘Digimon’; and is now introducing its newest one: ‘Inazuma Eleven.’

“This great hit is an animation TV series based on a successful Nintendo videogame developed by Level 5. The storyline tells us about the adventures of a kid’s football team and their passion for the sport,” García Garrido said. The series is already being broadcast in Asia and Oceania, more than 45 European territories and all across Latin America.

SALES

First Turkish Telenovela Sold in LatAm Chilean network Mega acquired ‘Las mil y una noches’ from Global Agency at the past Natpe in Miami. This is the first Turkish telenovela to be broadcast in a Latin American channel and confirms the popularity of Turkish fiction in the region. The series will be dubbed into neutral Spanish in Chile, but with Chilean idioms in order to make it more relatable for local audiences, Juan Ignacio Vicente, manager of International Content at Mega, explained to local website La Tercera. According to the executive, Turkish fictions’ plots fit Latin American grids because they have “universal” themes. “The production quality is also superior to the one we have.

The pace and rhythm are very similar to the ones Latin American telenovelas have, it’s a classic romantic melodrama.”

Iván Sánchez, Sales Director, Global Agency

ACQUISITION

Armoza, Kanal D Strike Deal Armoza Formats’ new format ‘While You Were Sleeping’ has been picked up by Turkish broadcaster Kanal D. The companies have already worked together in 2013 on primetime game show ‘We Believe in You’, which is now airing on MTVA in Hungary. ‘While You Were Sleeping’, developed by Assi Azar and Kastina Communications, is the first ever game show that gives participants money while they’re fast asleep.

One partner must answer trivia questions correctly to stay in the game, or risk performing a crazy and hilarious challenge - all without waking up their partner. “As Kanal D, we give great importance to innovative ideas and always trying to broadcast different formats to meet with our audience,” said Dilek Dağcıoğlu, Director of Programmes of Kanal D. “We believe ‘While You Were Sleeping’ is a remarkable format that our audience will love to watch. We are so happy to work with Armoza again on this brand new, creative and enjoyable show.”

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TRT: 50 Years Making History As Turkey’s first and only public broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation introduced its country to television over 50 years ago and has since grown from a humble one to an impressive 15 channels, shaping the industry along the way. In a year that also marks 100 years of Turkish Cinema, TRT is celebrating its 50th anniversary, leaving behind over half a century of uninterrupted broadcasts and preparing for the future ahead.

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n May 1, 1964, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation was founded as Turkey’s first public broadcaster. Soon after, the music and voices that filled Turkish homes through the radio came to life as the country met the television for the first time on January 31, 1968 through TRT. Over the next 50 years, the TRT grew from one to fifteen channels, performing its duty in

broadcast TV to the fullest, entertaining generations of Turkish viewers and becoming the living memory of Turkey’s history.

Marking its 50th anniversary, along with 100 years of Turkish Cinema, 2014 will be a year of celebration and new projects for TRT. Ibrahim Eren, Media Management, deputy director general of TRT, takes a look back at half a century of broadcasts and shares the corporation’s projects and goals for the future.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary for TRT. What does this achievement mean for the corporation? 50 years is no mean feat in this industry and TRT has made the best of this time. A corporation that performed its duty to its fullest as far as a public broadcaster and has grown with the help of ever-advancing technologies, becoming 15 channels strong from the humble beginnings of only 1. TRT’s 50th year also coincides with a very important benchmark, the 100th year of Turkish Cinema. Both for us and the sector, this is a very valuable year indeed.

Of course there is a big difference between now and 50 years ago. Growing population and ever advancing technology has changed the ingredients and quantity of content. You have to keep up with this, or you will certainly be left out.

How will TRT celebrate this major milestone? 2014 is TRT’s 50th anniversary as well as the 100th year of Turkish Cinema. Thus, we will participate in several activities this year.

To underline the importance of it further and in the name of using our resources more efficiently and creating value for the industry, we plan to commission 30 new television feature films. These movies surely are bound to bring along lot of activity into the sector and create a lot of opportunities for newcomers. For new talents out there, there will be chances not to be missed. That’s why we value this project immensely. In addition, we plan to produce mini television series in honor of the 50th year. As an alternative to the 90’ an episode marathon series which became the norm in Turkey as of late, we plan to come up with historical series with shorter 4-5 episodes maximum.

What does it mean to be Turkey’s only public broadcaster? A public broadcaster is the one who leads the sector by producing quality content that is creative and genuine, which can reach and can be reached by anyone in any segment of the public itself. It’s the source that passes through knowledge, education and entertainment in a balanced and varied manner to its audience. It mediates the preservation of national and local cultures. Equal access is to have the public broadcaster’s content distributed fairly throughout the country and to have all segments of the society represented in the actual content. With this equal access we are able to contribute even further to the rapid development by informing the public.

“50 years is no mean feat in this industry and TRT has made the best of this time.”

“A public broadcaster is the one who leads the sector by producing quality content that is creative and genuine.”

competition within the local sector continues and keeps getting fed by technology and our cultural heritage, Turkish media will pursue the success of the last few years. One of the reasons why Turkish content got famous is that we have kept family values in mind together with high production quality. And the world loved this; starting from nearby geographies, popularity kept spreading.

What are your goals and expectations for this year’s Discop Istanbul? We consider ourselves as one of the hosts of Discop Istanbul.

We’ve been a part of it from the very beginning. We are presenting plenty of choices: we have 3 new and quite ambitious drama series, ‘The Golden Apple’, ‘A Tale of Yusuf’ and ‘The Poor Boy and The Rich Girl’; and 8 exciting children’s programs for those looking for new content, including ‘Mint and Lemon’, ‘The Moles in The House’, ‘Hey Sis’, ‘Little Lamb’, ‘Rafadan’, ‘Ciciki’, ‘Maysa and Bulut’ and ‘Pirdino’.

What does the near future hold for TRT? We have 2 very important matters in our future plans. One of them is local and international co-productions, and the other one is to become more efficient in the digital world. We have a new establishment just for this purpose named New Media Channel Coordinationship. With this unit we’ll try to participate in all the platforms viewers’ access today. The advancements in technology in recent years have underlined the importance of digital media, so now we plan to devise new products for digital channels that are becoming increasingly popular. Transmedia studies, projects geared towards the worldwide web and an internet-connected TV that has a specific broadcasting stream are among our new projects. In addition we’ll use iOS and Android-based applications, as well as an e-magazine and apps for Smart TV. ttv A Tale of Yusuf Drama series

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With so many years of experience in the business, what’s your opinion about the current situation with broadcast TV in Turkey?

Do you believe it’s now stronger than before? We can say Turkey is one of the handful of countries that are able to use their recourses to the fullest for TV broadcasting. Turkish content being watched by 80 different countries is proof of this. And this content has created revenue over US$ 100 million, which proves this point even further. Today we are a brand name in drama production and this puts us amongst the top in the business. As long as the

Deputy Director General - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

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ITV Inter Medya Breaks the Ice ITV Inter Medya wants to make the most of its experience of taking formats to Latin America and do the same with ready-mades. Its CEO, Can Okan, spoke to ttv about the Turkish company’s strategy to break the ice and further expand across the region. “We decided to have our series dubbed to start with sales in smaller territories and see the results. If they are positive I’m sure bigger territories will follow,” he said.

By Gonzalo Larrea Twitter: @Gonzalolarrea glarrea inaja@todotv.tv

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“I’m convinced that once we enter the market with our ready-mades we will be as successful there as we were with our format sales in Latin America.”

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“Turkish stories are global stories, and that’s why I believe they could work anywhere in the world as they are working in the Middle East, the Balkan Region and Central Asia.”

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hey started out as avid telenovela consumers and slowly but surely became great producers themselves; and for some time now, Turkey has been trying to switch places in its traditional relationship with Latin America, to evolve from being buyers to sellers.

As part of this growing trend, there’s one company that certainly stands out from the rest and has been growing its already strong relationship with Latin America for a while: ITV

Inter Medya has already signed several deals all over the region, with a clear focus on formats thus far.

One of the first titles in this journey was ‘Deep Waters’, the first Turkish telenovela to reach Latin America. In 2013, VIP 2000 and ITV Inter Medya announced a deal which saw the Turkish telenovela being dubbed in Spanish and distributed across the region. “We are very happy to be able to finalize this deal with VIP 2000 for Latin America, which includes Turkish series and finished product; a first for

Can Okan,

Latin America,” Can Okan, CEO of ITV Inter Medya said.

CEO of ITV Inter Medya

“Latin America has taken notice of Turkish content for quite some time now, and after evaluating 4 or 5 other companies which also offered this product, we decided to go with ITV Inter Medya, since we believe its product has the most international appeal, both for its characters as its stories,” said Roxana Rotundo, CEO of VIP 2000.

That was the beginning of a long-lasting relationship. And now, ITV is seeking to mimic this success with another type of product, expanding its format catalog with readymades.

“We have prepared four titles to be launched as ready-made products in Latin America and US Hispanic. We have also dubbed a couple of episodes of each into Spanish so broadcasters can screen them and evaluate them as if they were going to broadcast them too,” Can Okan, said.

The strategy is meant as a way to break the ice in the region and open a door the executive believes will never be closed again.

“I’m convinced that once we enter the market with our ready-mades we will be as successful there as we were with our format sales in Latin America,” he explained.

To this end, the executive said the company will test out its strategy in smaller markets and evaluate the results; depending on how this pans out, they will move on to the next phase, trying their luck with their new content in the region’s larger markets.

“I think there is a huge potential. We might not be able to enter the bigger territories in the beginning, but the reason why we are having the series dubbed right now is to start with sales in some smaller territories and see Memories Still Hurt Drama Series

“Turkish people’s look is quite similar to the looks of Latin American people, so that’s another bonus.”

the results. If they are positive I’m sure that bigger territories will follow the smaller ones,” he explained.

In this sense, Can Okan highlighted the interest generated in countries from Uruguay to Paraguay, Chile and Guatemala; mostly from broadcast TV networks.

Turkish content is currently present in over 70 territories. “We have reached 75 territories so far and our titles are starting to reach new territories in Africa. Then, the number of those territories will reach 100 and will continue growing,” he added.

in Latin America, in the US or in Europe,” he said.

“So, they are global stories, and that’s why I believe they could work anywhere in the world as they are working in the Middle East, the Balkan Region and Central Asia,” he added.

Additionally, the executive explained “the look of the Turkish people is quite similar to the looks of Latin American people, so that’s another bonus,” and highlighted the fact that “production quality is really good.”

“The productions are first of all international stories; stories of daily lives of families and people, that can be found anywhere in the world. These things happen in Turkey,

All things considered, ITV Inter Medya has more than enough reason to feel confident about its new distribution strategy; and while no deals have been signed yet, the future seems promising: “We haven’t finalized anything so far, because Natpe is the first market we have launched our series dubbed into Spanish in. But I’m sure you will hear from us quite shortly about some new deals,” he concluded. ttv

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As he explained, Turkish dramas can travel the globe because of the quality and universality of their stories.

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The Circle of Lifestyle As the appetite for lifestyle content grows among the general public, Passion Distribution finds new opportunities to grow and take its catalogue -which comprises of more than 8,000 hours of content- to new and unexpected territories.

Lorenzo Bertolotti,

By Valentina Esponda

Sales manager Africa, Iberia, Italy and Mediterranean - Passion Distribution

Twitter: @espondis vesponda@todotv.tv

“More content has not only allowed us to expand our catalog but also our sales team.”

these are themed channels with a focus on niche audiences, so opportunities for lifestyle content is on the rise, both male and female skewing.”

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ifestyle shows have become more and more popular over the past few years. Formats like ‘Cupcake Wars’ or ‘The Great Food Truck Race’ offer lighthearted entertainment for viewers everywhere, and Passion Entertainment knows how to take advantage of this growing trend.

already worked with.” All this added to the content from the many networks Passion has exclusive distribution agreements with.

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Seeking to make the most of audiences’ demand for this type of shows, Passion Distribution joined forces with the Tinepolis Group in early 2013. “This deal allowed us to benefit from being able to access new content from group producers,” said Lorenzo Bertolotti, Sales manager for Africa, Iberia, Italy and the Mediterranean, adding the new titles complemented “the top-quality programming sourced from third-party producers Passion

To make the most of all this new content, Passion Distribution has recently added more members to its sales team and is now able to “focus more on our specific territories, and expanding and consolidating relationships within various regions.”

Now, the company is arriving at Discop Istanbul, seeking to expand across the EMEA region. According to the executive, the market’s potential is growing “as the analogue signals start to switch off in many countries across the region, especially in Eastern Europe, more and more DTT channels are launching. Networks are launching sister channels, many of

This situation “provides more opportunities to do large-volume deals across the territories that will be attending the Discop market,” the executive said. In this context, the company’s main goal is to expand its business in the region “by increasing our focus on single territories and local broadcasters, and reaching out to those that are not already familiar with the profile of our company and the catalogue we represent.”

To this end, Passion is presenting several new productions at this year’s Discop Istanbul, featuring a new slate of titles from Scripps Networks Interactive, Sundance Channel, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and The Weather Channel; in addition to new content from its independent producers (Paperny Entertainment, Reef Television and High Noon Entertainment). The list includes lifestyle series and documentaries such as ‘Cutthroat Kitchen’, ‘Eat Street’, ‘Gem Hunt’ and ‘Design Star’; as well as recently-launched formats ‘Divorce Hotel’ and ‘Hell’s Kitchen’. ttv

TRADESHOWS

Discop Istanbul: the Evolution of TV The 2014 Discop Istanbul will take place from March 4th to the 6th at the Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Center, presenting a three-day conference program simultaneously translated in English and Turkish to discuss the entertainment business’ new trends and players, along with networking events, cocktails, parties and a gala dinner honoring India.

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rom Tuesday, March 4th, to Thursday, March 6th, the Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Center will open its doors for the 2014 Discop Istanbul, welcoming top players from the international entertainment industry for a three-day event packed with networking sessions, insightful debates and lectures, and plenty of celebration.

ATTENDEES ON THE RISE. More than 1000 exhibiting and non-exhibiting delegates representing 600+ companies from 70 countries are expected to take part in Discop Istanbul 2014.

The event’s organization has registered 628 participants, only 49 less than total registrations for Discop Istanbul 2013 and more than double in comparison to 2012. In addition, current registration numbers show a sharp increase in pre-registered attendants from the Middle East.

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The event will also welcome for the first time all public broadcasters of the Gulf Cooperation Council including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.

The list of attendees includes 7 registered Chinese companies attending under the China Pavilion, 6 Iraqi companies under the Iraqi Pavilion, 10 Ukrainian companies attending under the Ukrainian Pavilion, 8 French companies under the French Pavilion, 75 Turkish companies including all major Turkish content acquisition companies, among others.

AGENDA. This year, Discop Istanbul is especially designed to facilitate content development,

production and distribution business across and with the Middle East, West and Central Asia, Gulf countries and Northern Africa.

Welcoming India as its Guest Country, the event will feature a market driving business between sellers of television and video content, and qualified buyers representing TV stations, pay TV operators, online distribution platforms, mobile and closed circuit networks, and territorial agents servicing countries covered by Discop Istanbul.

Running parallel to the market, a simultaneously translated (English/Turkish) conference program will be available and enlightened by creative thinkers, inspiring thought-leaders and insightful luminaries.

The 3-day program will be packed with informative sessions and case studies, offering a complete immersion into critical trends and topics important to stay relevant, motivated and inspired in Eurasia’s high-growth markets.

Each day will be designed under a special theme, reflecting the changes and evolution experienced by the international entertainment industry. Day 1 (Tuesday, March 4th) will be “The Drama and Format Day,” featuring a keynote entitled ‘Dramas with Passports’, the ‘Create a Successful Format with Lateral Thinking’ workshop, a lecture on ‘Formats that Dominate the World’ and the ‘New Trends in Turkish Dramas’ debate, where the newfound popularity of Turkish dramas will take center stage.

This being the year of the FIFA World Cup, the first day will also present the ‘World Cup Fans Against Drama Aficionados: Who Is Going To Win During Ramadan 2014?’ debate: moderated by Nabil Kazan, President of KPTV MENA, the session will bring together sports and drama content and drama series programmers from the Middle East and North Africa to evaluate the risks and consequences of breaking away from traditional Ramadan programming models.

Day 2 (Wednesday, March 5th) will be “The Digital Day”, and feature many keynotes and debates to discuss how digital players, new technologies and online services are affecting

the industry, featuring: ‘The State Of Digital in Turkey and Central Asia’, ‘The TV Screen-Centered Experience and the Multi-Screen Reality of Digital Content’, ‘How Digital Creates Value’, ‘The Future of Broadcast and Beyond,’ among others.

The day will also present a debate entitled ‘Public Broadcasters in the Digital Era’, moderated

by Ross Biggam, President of the European Association of Commercial Broadcasters, which will present major public broadcasters who will engage in conversation and compare the lessons learned in their transitions from analog to digital.

Day 2 will end with Global Agency’s Work Hard Play Hard party at 10:00 PM. Last but certainly not least, the final day of Discop Istanbul will be “The Branded Entertainment and Product Placement Day,” and will focus on cutting-edge strategies and the best practices in the development of branded TV content as brand marketers, creative and media buying agencies, content producers and programming executives engage in a day of panels and compelling case studies, such as ‘Branded Entertainment Success Stories’, ‘How Branded Entertainment Influences Creativity and Budgets’, ‘Branded Entertainment Regulations’, and much more.

“Branded entertainment is one of the hottest topics in marketing communications, but also one of the least understood,” says Benjamin Maftoul, Discop Istanbul’s conference program director, “and this is why we are bringing together the brightest and best minds in the branded entertainment world to provide our attendees with an A-Class crash course.”

Current registration numbers show a sharp increase in pre-registered attendants from the Middle East.

A simultaneously translated (English/Turkish) conference program will be available and enlightened by creative thinkers, inspiring thought-leaders and insightful luminaries.

Day three of Discop Istanbul will feature the official launch of the European Product Placement Association (EPPA).

The day will also feature the official launch of the European Product Placement Association: headquartered in Istanbul, the EPPA is established as a platform to strengthen global brands and facilitate financial sources for production companies.

Attendees are confirmed and expectations are high, everything’s ready for Discop Istanbul 2014, making the region a mandatory destination for everyone in the entertainment industry. ttv

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MARKETWATCH Disney Crosses the Pond The company has opened a production office in the UK, taking advantage of the country’s new tax credits for drama production, and will shoot the pilot for ABC comedy ‘Galavant’.

It’s a Kid’s Thing The first Future of Kids TV Summit will be held during Miptv 2014 as part of the ‘Junior at Miptv’ special focus on children’s and youth programming.

Sky, HBO Get Dramatic UK broadcaster BSkyB has expanded its current deal with US-based HBO to co-develop and produce new, original dramas.

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Comarex to Distribute HBO LAG Content A deal between both companies will allow Azteca’s distributor to take the network’s original content to the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Oceania and a few European territories. Comarex had already included some of HBO LAG’s series in its catalog, but will now have access to major productions such as ‘Epitafios’, ‘Alice’, ‘Capadocia’, ‘Mandrake’ and Prófugos’, among others. “It’s very satisfying for us to have our original productions from Latin America watched by many more people across the globe, like they already do in the US,” said Emilio Rubio, president of Distribution and New Business at HBO Latin America. “At Comarex we are proud to have HBO Latin America trust our international distribution power to manager their hit series,” said Marcel Vinay, CEO of Comarex.

Cisneros Strikes Asian Deal Cisneros Media Distribution signed a deal with Playboy Plus Entertainment for the broadcast rights in Asia of ‘Latin Angels Special’ and ‘Inside Football’.

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DORI’S ‘SMART FACE’ TRAVELS ABROAD Sold in 30+ countries, Dori Media’s hit game show is now airing in Germany, Greece and Portugal, with pilots being produced in France and Belgium.

Keshet Rises in Turkey The distributor sold its talent show format ‘Rising Star’ to Turkey’s Acun Medya, which will develop and air a local version.

DISTRIBUTION

Cisneros Media Distribution Makes its Debut

Cisneros Group’s corporate division Cisneros Media announced the launch of Cisneros Media Distribution (CMD), an international distribution company of programming and content for all platforms.

CMD represents products from Venevision Productions, one of the largest Hispanic content producers in the US, and the Venevision network; in addition to catalogs from international partners. The new distributor is run by César Díaz César Díaz, VP of Cisneros Media as VP and based in MiaDistribution mi, with offices in Asia, Europe and Latin America. “We are very excited about this new era our distributor is entering. Evolving as times change is only natural and lets us stay on top of all technological advancements, new platforms, the growing need for content and new means of distribution,” Díaz said. “Cisneros Media Distribution’s goal is to be a leader in the entertainment business and continue growing from a solid foundation created by its predecessor, Venevision International, which has an excellent reputation and large base of international clients,” Jonathan Blum, president of Cisneros Media, added.

STREAMING

Netflix Sees “Substantial Expansion” The streaming service is in the process of starting a “substantial European expansion” and is reportedly already in talks to reach France by September. “We plan later this year to embark on a substantial European expansion. Our success last year in international net additions and shrinking contribution losses confirms our belief that there is a big international opportunity for Netflix,” said CEO Reed Hastings. The company didn’t release any details as of where it would expand to, but popular guesses include France, Germany and Belgium. Pascal Rogard, MD of France’s SACD Rights Collection Society, confirmed the rumors, stating that meetings with Netflix executives had been held recently; adding that it’s “credible and possible” that Netflix will arrive in France by September. Moreover, Reuters indicated David Hyman and Christopher Libertelli, Netflix’s general counsel and head of Global Government Relations, met French president Fancois Hollande, as well as Rogard in December to discuss the legal conditions for a potential arrival in the country.

Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix

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The Origins of the Telenovela Televisa Internacional, Televisa Group’s distribution division, is arriving at Discop Istanbul to present a large variety of new titles from Latin America’s flagship genre, including ‘Forever Yours’ and ‘What Life Took From Me’; classic telenovelas filled with love, passion and intrigue, made to engage all types of viewers across the region.

Director of Asia and Africa - Televisa Internacional

By Sebastián Amoroso Twitter: @sebamoroso samoroso@todotv.tv

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etween 2012 and 2013, the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region filled its TV screens with Televisa’s top titles, including ‘Sortilegio’, ‘Triunfo del amor’, ‘Cuidado con el ángel’, ‘Llena de amor’, ‘Teresa’, ‘Mujeres asesinas’, ‘En nombre del amor’, ‘Mi pecado’ and ‘Soy tu dueña’.

“The Latin American telenovela, especially those made by Televisa, is as popular as ever, and has travelled all over the world. It’s been over 40 years now since Televisa started producing and distributing telenovelas worldwide,” Mario Castro, director of Asia and Africa at Televisa Internacional, said to ttv.

In this sense, Castro believes local programming will “continue to dominate in primetime” because audiences are drawn to local actors, places, customs and cultures. However, to fill up other timeslots, the region’s channels are now acquiring and broadcasting “high quality content with stories that engage audiences,” such as the Mexican giant’s titles.

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aimed at female viewers. Telenovelas are love stories with different varieties: the classic Cinderella story, sitcoms or intense dramas.”

In addition, new platforms and distribution windows allow producers to find new market niches and destinations for Latin American telenovelas. “New opportunities telenovelas find in pay TV -whether it’s cable, satellite or online- will be very important for producers and distributors like Televisa, since for the most part it will be local productions that take up primetime slots. New platforms are growing and will be even more important for us in the future,” he concluded. ttv What Life Took From Me Telenovela

“New opportunities telenovelas find in pay TV -whether it’s cable, satellite or online- will be very important for producers and distributors like Televisa.”

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In a region where Turkish dramas are all the rage; what does that mean for Latin American telenovelas? “Turkish series are produced with excellent quality and will continue to be produced locally; growing across international markets, especially in the Middle East, CIS and Eastern Europe,” he said.

“The difference between Turkish productions and Latin American ones is that the first are series with 90 or 120-minute episodes, broadcast once or twice a week, with a total of 20 to 30 episodes. They’re stories with a current theme, aimed at both men and women,” he added.

“But Latin American productions are telenovelas with 60-minute episodes, broadcast daily with a total of 120 to 150 episodes each,” he explained. “They’re stories that revolve around a couple and their love for each other,

CLASSIC AND DRAMATIC Televisa International is present at Discop Istanbul 2014 with a new catalog of telenovelas, including two titles that are currently on the air in Mexico, Latin America, Africa and the US: ‘Forever Yours’ is a telenovela based on a Cinderella story where the leading character overcomes obstacles throughout the series. And ‘What Life Took From Me’ is an intense melodrama about a love triangle, with enough intrigue, sensuality and action to appeal to male viewers.

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High-Impact Telenovelas One of Latin America’s main distributors, provider of world-renowned highquality productions, is present at Discop Istanbul 2014 with some of its most successful titles, including ‘The Impostor’ and ‘Second Chance’. Sales director Mellisa Pillow talks about Telemundo Internacional’s new series and how they’re performing in Europe, Eastern Europe and Africa (EMEA).

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ack in January, the Telemundo network premiered ‘The Impostor’ in the US at 8:00 PM. In February, ‘Part of Me’ made its debut in the 9:00 PM timeslot. “Currently on the air, ‘En otra piel’ is a supernatural story based on ‘Second Chance’, one of our best-selling telenovelas worldwide that’s now present in many countries. Both of these are excellent for the Middle East and Eastern Europe; they’re classic and contemporary,” Melissa Pillow, Sales director for Europe at Telemundo Internacional, said to ttv.

With all these recent premieres, the executive is confident in saying telenovelas can travel across many territories and cultures. “Latin telenovelas have great advantages and continues to be successful despite local productions growing in numbers,” she said. “On the The Impostor Telenovela

Lastly, Italian network RAI recently premiered ‘Forbidden Love’, Telemundo’s adaptation of Turkish format ‘Ask I Memnu’ (Global Agency), “a historic event for the genre,” she said.

FORMAT ADAPTATIONS “The demand for Telemundo Internacional’s scripts has been so high in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) that in 2012 we created a new position for someone to manage this part of the business,” Melissa Pillow said. “For many years Telemundo Internacional has distributed scripts worldwide, the most notable one being ‘Missing’, produced in eleven countries and still demanded to this day,” she added. Its adaptation is currently being negotiated in former Yugoslavia for the Middle East; and the Portuguese version on air on TVI has just been extended due to its great success. Lastly, ‘The Return’ is currently being negotiated in Russia and the Ukraine.

AFRICAN NETWORK AND NEW PLAYERS After years of continuous success with its Latin American channel, in 2013 Telemundo Internacional launched its cable network in Africa. “The results registered early this year are much better than we expected, and the idea is to slowly launch the Telemundo Internacional network in other parts of world,” Pillow said. “There are also new opportunities to distribute our programming in new cable channels in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Slovakia and Serbia, among others.”

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In addition, ‘The Return’ is another production making waves across the world as the highest-rated telenovela in Telemundo’s history, airing at 9:00 PM. “It’s currently on the air in Georgia, Spain, Ghana, Romania and Israel; and airs in the afternoon in Armenia, Romania, Kenya and Uganda,” she said.

“We are proud of the fact that ‘Maid in Manhattan’, a Telemundo Studios production made in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, has been programmed in NBCUniversal’s Diva channel in Bulgaria and Romania.” one hand, local productions are risky due to their high costs, and is often not the best choice for many networks, especially to fill daytime timeslots. Thus, acquiring telenovelas becomes a safe and affordable way to fill a schedule for six months with great results.

There’s also the fact that Latin American producers know how to make drama series like no other region in the world. And as far as competition with Turkish telenovelas, we see both products are very different and usually air on separate timeslots,” she concluded. ttv

Telemundo currently has several telenovelas on air across the region, and Pillow highlights her favorites: “We are proud of the fact that ‘Maid in Manhattan’, a Telemundo Studios production made in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, has been programmed in NBCUniversal’s Diva channel in Bulgaria and Romania,” she said, and added: “It’s the first time a telenovela is broadcast on Diva. It’s so successful it became the channel’s number one program and main growth driver.”

‘Maid in Manhattan’ was also broadcast on multiple countries during 2012 and 2013, including Afghanistan and Africa, where it was dubbed into English and has recently ended its run in Ghana with over 40% market share.

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Caracol Leads the Way A catalog full of new titles and the goal of dominating the Eastern European and Middle Eastern markets is what Caracol TV Internacional is bringing to Discop Istanbul, with the confidence of presenting a quality product with international recognition.

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Sales executive for Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa - Caracol TV Internacional in these markets and we’re certain it will continue to engage audiences elsewhere. Other telenovelas such as ‘Love and Fear’, ‘The Secretary’ and ‘The Cartel of Snitches’ I and II, have also become popular in the region,” she said.

In regard to the catalog Caracol TV Internacional is bringing to Turkey, Orozco said it’s “innovative” and “appealing to all audiences.” The company is presenting ‘The Voice of Freedom’, a record-breaking series which premiered in Colombia to reach 44% market share; new telenovela ‘Candy Love’; ‘The Mother in Law’, coproduced with Sony as the dose of comedy in Caracol’s catalog; and ‘The Dark Widow’, its new super production to follow the success of ‘Pablo Escobar’, based on the life of Griselda Blanco, Escobar’s mentor.

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“We have a catalog full of new titles for this edition of Discop which I’m sure our clients will like. We have family-based content, comedy, romance; as well as several action titles,” she said.

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Eastern partners remain as solid as ever,” Berta Orozco, Sales executive for Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa at Caracol TV Internacional, said to ttv. “Fortunately, Latin products are selling well and are even poised to grow further,” she added.

“It’s true that Turkish telenovelas are booming and changing the way business is done in the region. Still, Caracol’s alliances with its Middle

In this sense, the executive highlighted the ‘Pablo Escobar, the Drug Lord’s success in Afghanistan and its recent sale to Irak. “It was also sold in Arab language across the region.

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historic leader in telenovela production with renowned titles travelling the globe, Caracol is present at a new edition of Discop Istanbul aware of the recent changes seen in the Turkish market, yet with the confidence provided by years of accomplishments and a high-quality catalog.

“Fortunately, Latin products are selling well and are even poised to grow further.”

Lastly, the executive highlighted the company’s accomplishments in 2013: “Last year was very positive in both sales and our productions’ international performance. We reached over 65 hours of simultaneous broadcasts around the world. We continue to sign deals in new markets such as Brazil, China, Nigeria, Kenya, Vientam, Middle East and Greece; and have sold our scripts in key places around the globe,” she said, adding the company is ready for new coproductions.

“All co-production offers are welcome, heard and evaluated. As far as format adaptations go, we now have two formats optioned in Turkey: ‘La Pista’ (which is also optioned in several European countries) and ‘Do Re Millones’. In addition, we are working on signing new deals in Arab countries,” she concluded. ttv

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ACTF Takes Animal Championship to Asia Pacific Recently acquired by Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation’s new wildlife series ‘World Animal Championships’ will make its debut on Discovery Kids across Asia in 2014. The 52-part series puts the animal kingdom through its paces and has a heap of fun along the way. Hosted by Amberley Lobo and Scotty Tweedie, ‘WAC’ sees all animals -great and small- go head-to-head for wildlife supremacy. Who is the strongest animal of them all? “We’re thrilled that ‘WAC’ will be seen all over Asia on Discovery Kids; which is such a natural home for this series,” said ACTF CEO, Jenny Buckland. “’WAC’ has the perfect blend of high-energy fun and rapid-fire facts and is a great fit for Discovery Kids’ promise of smart fun for school-age kids,” said Sarah Kwek, Manager, Programming, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific. ‘WAC’ is distributed by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF).

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Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s New CEO Microsoft Corp. announced its Board of Directors has appointed Satya Nadella as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Nadella previously held the position of Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. “During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft than Satya Nadella,” said Bill Gates, Microsoft’s Founder and member of the Board of Directors. “Satya is a proven leader with hard-core engineering skills, business vision and the ability to bring people together. His vision for how technology will be used and experienced around the world is exactly what Microsoft needs as the company enters its next chapter of expanded product innovation and growth.” In addition, Bill Gates steps up to new role as Technology Advisor, and John Thompson becomes Chairman of Board of Directors.

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Save the Date: RioContentMarket 2014 As one of the region’s biggest audiovisual content production events open to the TV and digital media industry, the fourth edition of RioContentMarket will bring together 2,500+ people in Rio de Janeiro, including international scriptwriters, investors, BUYERS AND SELLERS; AND OFFER A WIDE-REACHING DISCUSSION on the trends for the sector.

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rom March 12 through the 14th, Rio de Janeiro will be the stage of one of the largest audiovisual content production events open to the television and digital media industry in Latin America. Staged by the Brazilian Association of Independent Television Producers (ABPITV), and organized and produced by Fagga|GL events Exhibitions, with Esmeralda Produções as its curator, RioContentMarket -now in its fourth edition- has already become an important platform for fostering business in the sector.

Venture Capital (ABVCAP), in partnership with ABPITV, has the aim of bringing audiovisual sector entrepreneurs and investors closer together.

In addition, producers and network executives from South Africa have also confirmed they will travel to Rio to talk about the transformation and reconciliation of a nation that lived through racial segregation.

WHO’S COMING? This year, the estimate is that the event will be attended by 2,500 professionals from production companies, networks, programmers, operators and government, in addition to Brazilian and international executives, sales agents and commissioning editors.

Moreover, the South African delegation at RioContentMarket 2014 will be made up of twenty-two government officials and representatives from production companies. South Africa, together with the United Kingdom, South Korea, United States, France, Mexico and Russia are part of the target markets seen by BTVP -a sectoral project aimed at the export of audiovisual content by ABPITV- as priority for the 2012-2014 period.

Set to attend the event, the Venture Forum Audiovisual, which will be promoted by the Brazilian Association of Private Equity and

FULL AGENDA. The lengthy programme thought out for the three-day event in 2014 anticipates content exhibitions, business

An estimated 2,500 industry executives from production companies, networks, programmers, operators and government will attend RioContentMarket 2014.

meetings and pitching sessions for the presentation of projects, spread out through six rooms in five areas for networking and oneto-one meetings. There will also be exhibition areas and private rooms for sponsors and exhibitors. The programme will address everything from narratives, innovation and sports, to the sector’s mains policies, business and trends.

The one-to-one meetings are presented as an opportunity to present projects from several genres and formats, like TV series and programmes, feature films, reality shows and other products to potential audiovisual content buyers. The buyers are television and digital media networks, distributors and broadcast executives, as well as market players and investors.

Moreover, the 2014 RioContenMarket will bring to Brazil big names such as the creators of the series ‘Game of Thrones’, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss; European Documentary Network director Paul Pauwels, French philosopher and cyberculture expert Pierre Lévy; Lucinda Axelsson, producer of the BBC Natural History Unit, in charge of the series ‘Wild Brazil’; and Hellen Hawkin, programming director at Discovery Networks International, among other stars.

RIOCONTENTMARKET FOCUSES ON INTERNATIONAL ADAPTATIONS

In its three previous editions, the event brought together around 6,000 digital media executives and audiovisual professionals from over 30 countries. In addition to this, 2,050 meetings and one-to-one meetings were arranged with over 230 national and international market players.

All in all, 225 panels, keynote lectures and presentations have been made, with the attendance of over 485 speakers. Names such as David Shore (creator of the series ‘House’), Jack Bender (director and executive producer of the series ‘Lost’), David Chase (author, creator, scriptwriter and executive producer of the series ‘The Sopranos’) and Jonathan Mildenhall (Coca-Cola vicepresident of Global Content Excellence), have attended the event as keynote speakers. ttv

The market for adapted international series is in constant growth, but many networks prefer remaking instead of importing them. The growth in this segment will be one of main issues discussed at RioContentMarket 2014, and will be addressed by Gideon Raff, director and writer of ‘Hatufim’, adaptation of US series ‘Homeland’. In Brazil, ‘Sessao de Terapia’ has earned itself a place on the list of successful adaptations. The original version called ‘Be Tulip’ was produced in Israel by a psychoanalyst. In other parts of the world, the list of international adaptations includes ‘Les Relevants’, a French series produced for Canal Plus, which has remake projects in the US and UK; the world famous US series ‘Breaking Bad’, which will soon have a Colombian version, to be produced by Sony; ‘The Killing’, produced in the US as a local version of Danish series ‘Forbrydelsen’; among others.

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The series’ creators, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, will attend RioContentMarket 2014 to talk about the process behind its creation and its worldwide success. The critically acclaimed series was nominated for several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe, both for best drama series. It won the Emmy and Golden Globe for best supporting actor, as well as the Emmy for best opening credit project.

The duo will be joined in Rio de Janeiro

by Gideon Raff, who adapted and produced ‘Homeland’, and Jeff Swampy March, creator and producer of ‘Phineas and Ferb’, as keynote speakers at the event.

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The Independent Era When Law 12,485 was passed in Brazil, it changed the audiovisual landscape, providing new opportunities and challenges for independent producers.

In the following interview, Marco Altberg, president of the Brazilian Association of Independent TV Producers (ABPI-TV), explains how producers in Brazil are adapting to this new era.

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“We’ve made great breakthroughs in terms of new laws, financing, technology and creativity.”

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“The law increased the Audiovisual Sector Fund, which provides resources for content development.”

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aw 12,485 coming into effect in Brazil allowed independent producers to develop their business with local and international pay TV channels operating in the country. In addition, it opened up broadcast TV, prompting independent producers to work with commercial broadcast TV channels, something that wasn’t possible before.

In general terms, what’s the situation like now for independent operators in Brazil?

After a long period of construction and organization, developing the independent TV production industry -which was practically nonexistent in Brazil- we can now say we’ve made great breakthroughs in terms of new laws, financing, technology and creativity. This is represented by the many alliances with di-

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fferent TV channels -especially subscriptionbased- and the amount of Brazilian content in their lineups. Recent international awards are also proof of independent producers’ creativity and entrepreneurship.

In this sense, how has Law 12,485 modified the country’s minimum content quotas for pay TV? The new pay TV law was essential in modifying Brazil’s audiovisual landscape.

Practically every national and international channel operating in Brazil’s pay TV industry broadcasts and co-produces independent content. Minimum quotas were taboo in Brazil, but same as in other countries, they were necessary to help develop the national industry. These quotas set minimum content levels from independent producers, but the networks broadly surpassed that number of hours. This is because Brazilian production is helping increase viewers’ loyalty with the channels, especially among new subscribers who recently acquired pay TV packages and were used to watching broadcast TV with national content.

How have independent producers benefitted from the new law? The number of producers currently active in the market increased greatly. Each of them has their own specialty: documentaries, fiction, animation, variety, etc. The law increased the Audiovisual Sector Fund, which provides resources for content development. There are also regional initiatives taking place, such as the automatic financing mechanism for TV by RioFilme, a distributor from Rio de Janeiro, and the creation of SP Filmes in Sao Paulo, among others.

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How can foreign companies benefit from Brazil’s current investments in audiovisual production? Co-production has always been sought after by international market players as a way to make projects viable. For ten years now Brazil has been promoting these deals between international producers and channels. For instance, there’s the international program ABPITV, which allows our producers to conduct business internationally. Brazilian animation’s “boom” is a specific example of this. There are other possibilities for international alliances, both for producers and networks.

What new opportunities do independent producers find in international events taking place in Brazil such as the FIFA World Cup 2014 or the Olympics in 2016?

At this specific time, when the world’s eyes are set on Brazil, there is plenty of interest in developing projects related to sports.

This already happened with major Brazilian and international companies present here, which saved up their resources to do so. It’s only natural for there to be a higher number of projects about soccer or the Olympics.

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“We already sense broadcast TV networks are more willing to work with independent producers.”

While the opening of pay TV channels has proven beneficial for the independent industry, what does it mean for broadcast TV channels? Are they open to working with independent producers too? Negotiations in broadcast TV are long and delicate. Because Brazil’s legal framework doesn’t regulate independent and regional production’s presence in broadcast TV, this is controlled solely by the market. Yet, we already sense broadcast TV networks are more willing to work with independent producers. We are jointly working with reps from broadcast TV networks, building a path for independent production to make its way to broadcast television. We also have alliances with public channels.

What are your expectations for the upcoming Rio Content Market 2014? It’s an opportunity to show results we’ve obtained in many different levels: the new pay TV law, international co-productions, etc. We are happy to be able to welcome the international market in Rio de Janeiro. It’s a great step towards promoting the Rio Content Market event in the international arena. ttv

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Spotlight on Canada More than 1,420 TV productions financed in Canada, 600 AWARDS AND OVER 100,000 jobs created are some of the ways the Canada Media Fund has changed the country’s audiovisual industry since its creation in 2010. CEO Valerie Creighton explains how the organization helps develop projects, ideas and co-productions, and shares its goals for the future.

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“Since 2010, over 300 CMF-funded productions have received 600 prizes in Canada and 61 programs have earned 81 prizes internationally.”

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reated in 2010 as a public-private partnership between the Government of Canada and Canada’s cable and satellite distribution companies, the Canada Media Fund (CMF)has provided a total of US$ 1.1 billion to support 1,421 television shows and 769 digital media productions; contributing to create 100,000 creative jobs and what is now a US$ 13 billion industry for Canada.

“Our goal is to provide domestic and international audiences with access to Canadian audiovisual content anywhere at any time,” said president and CEO of CMF, Valerie Creighton, explaining the many ways her organization has helped foster the Canadian audiovisual production industry.

By providing financial aids, the organization has helped the country’s audiovisual market

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grow notably, making high-quality Canadian productions “like no other” Creighton said, praising the industry as one that “works diligently to produce content that is enjoyed by audiences everywhere.”

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Since 2010, over 300 CMF-funded productions have received 600 prizes in Canada, 61 programs have earned 81 prizes internationally, and more than 200 titles have been sold to 65 territories in 6 continents.

In addition to providing financial aid, the CMF works closely with producers and creatives to tend to other needs. Last year the organization travelled across Canada to meet with producers, broadcasters, content creators, and other partners to discuss their programs and policies. “We are working diligently to make sure our programs reflect the needs of our industry and provide new opportunities for growth,” the executive explained, highlighting the recently launched Accelerator Partnership Pilot Program, designed to provide producers of digital media projects funded through the CMF’s Experimental Stream with better access to mentorship, markets and capital.

Also last year, the CMF joined forces with the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA), and Telefilm Canada to launch “Eye on Canada” to promote Canadian content, and has since partnered with more than 30 Canadian associations within the industry to promote the brand.

And while Canadian talent is evident, the CMF also works hard to find and encourage co-productions with other countries. “As we finance productions, we also work with the industry to foster and develop new ideas and innovative ways of doing business at home and with international partners, to develop strong relationships to create content for international audiences. This includes a new framework for Canadian digital media producers who want to coproduce with other countries and an incentive program to provide funds for this type of international cooperation,” she explained.

“In terms of landscape, Canada offers everything from oceans, to mountains, to prairies, to forests, not to mention dynamic cityscapes. And then there’s also talented cast and crew who have experience from television series, to movies of the week, feature films, point of view documentaries, and formats as well as big Hollywood blockbusters,” she added.

With a long list of projects completed, jobs created and awards won to be proud of, the CMF is still looking forward and searching for ways to further increase Canadian production, keeping a close eye on new platforms and technologies to do so. “As audience behavior is evolving from watching content on a traditional television screen to watching it on multi-screens like tablets and mobile phones, we want to ensure that our industry has the sufficient tools and resources to produce content for all types of platforms,” Creighton said.

And although the CMF doesn’t work directly with new technologies, the executive explained it “works with producers who are experts at creative innovative and interactive digital content from these technologies,” and added that as a result, “through our funding programs and industry research, CMF provided support to exciting interactive projects such as video games, mobile applications, and webisodes, and software that Canadians and international audiences are now using daily.”

To this end, the organization develops funding programs that reflect this new reality.

Through a Convergent Stream, the CMF supports the creation of television projects along with at least one digital media component.

Through a separate Experimental Stream, the CMF encourages the development of innovative, interactive digital media content and software applications.

With only four years since its creation, the CMF has accomplished many goals and helped develop Canada’s audiovisual industry notably.

So what are its goals for the future? “In 10 years from now, I see the CMF as a key partner and promoter of Canadian content in Canada and abroad,” she said. “We want Canadians and world audiences to have access to and demand innovative, successful Canadian television and digital content on all platforms where and when they choose,” she concluded. ttv

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Why should other countries want to co-produce projects with Canada? According to Creighton, the reasons are quite a few. “I believe there are many reasons to produce in Canada,” she said, starting her list with the financial benefits the country provides: “First, there are financial support programs in virtually all provinces and territories that complement federal funds and tax credits. These benefit production companies and lower the cost of production.”

“In 10 years from now, I see the CMF as a key partner and promoter of Canadian content in Canada and abroad.”

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Seize the Momentum After a year of producing a variety of content and closing deals in every corner of the world, A+E Networks wants to pick up where it left off last year; looking forward to capitalizing on 2013’s momentum and breaking new ground in 2014.

Marielle Zuccarelli,

Managing Director, International Content Distribution - A+E Networks

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ast year was ground-breaking for A+E Networks. Not only did it launch over 30 new movies and close deals in new territories, including Africa, Portugal, Finland and the Middle East; but cofunded its first international mega history project, ‘World Wars’, which will be launched this year. Marielle Zuccarelli, managing director of International Content Distribution at A+E Networks, explained to ttv why the company shows no signs of slowing down.

The executive said the company’s Lifetime Original Movies have been an important driver for its success, adding that it has recently “finalized a major movie output agreement with Antena3 in Spain.”

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Formats are also a growing force for the company, which closed several of deals with numerous channels from all over the world, such as ‘Pawn Stars’, which proved to be a ratings success for History in the UK and many other territories worldwide. In addition, FOXTEL commissioned ‘Aussie Pickers’ for History in Australia and Shaw Media picked up the format rights to ‘Miracles Decoded’ for History in Canada.

The years of successfully selling content worldwide have given A+E Networks invaluable experience when it comes to knowing its target audience. Arriving in Istanbul for the new Discop, the company will unveil an array of new, custom-made programming to draw in buyers from the region.

“We’re looking forward to capitalizing on 2013’s momentum and breaking new ground in 2014.”

“We find that themes such as crime, magic and action perform really well in this region, as well as family dramas,” Zucarelli explained, “EMEA is a particularly important region of focus for A+E Networks. We have identified tremendous opportunities to sell our formats throughout this territory as well as our key franchises. In addition, many of our EMEA partners have shown a huge appetite for our “History Gold” catalogue, which includes ‘The Universe’ and the hugely popular series, ‘Ancient Aliens’”.

Mayne’ which follows a likeable trouble-maker who also happens to be a brilliant illusionist; ‘Big History’, a History co-production made in association with Bill Gates’ Big History Project, which according to the executive “gives a new take on how history has impacted science and science has impacted history;” and finally ‘Kim of Queens’, a real-life series starring pageant coach Kim Gravel.

The company is also presenting the controversial Lifetime adaptation of literary classic ‘Flowers in the Attic’, which proved a major ratings hits in the US with over 6 million viewers; the magic-themed series ‘Don’t Trust Andrew

All in all, the company’s expectations for Discop Istanbul are quite high, even more so since it’s “seeing more broadcasters registered for Discop Istanbul from the MENA region than in 2013” and as such is “ramping up program sales activities and really looking forward to closing further deals at this market.” ttv

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Turkish Debut In its first time attending Discop Istanbul, TVE is seeking to make the most of the increasingly important market, searching for new partners to extend the international distribution of its channels across the region.

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Fernando Hernández Berzal,

International Sales Executive - TVE closer to a region that’s in constant growth, and a pay TV market that’s only getting stronger; TVE is confident it will be able to find new partners and sign deals at Discop Istanbul.

“There are DTH and cable operators we’ve already had meetings with, and we hope negotiations can continue on at a good pace,” he said.

“As part of our public-service mission in this part of the world, our goal is to increase our presence in the market and become a solid player,” he said.

The executive also said TVE has excellent products in its catalog that set it apart from other distributors, such as its renowned newscasts, its historical drama ‘Isabel’ and its new production ‘Los misterios de Laura’. “The NBC has already showed interest in it and is preparing an adaptation,” Hernández said.

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s the Turkish, Middle Eastern and Eastern European markets become a mandatory destination for international content providers, Spanish distributor TVE has decided to make its debut in Turkey this year, attending Discop Istanbul for the first time to promote its international channels.

“Discovering the Turkish market and its movements first-hand is essential to our business.

We used to distribute content there and now we are back to rebuild those relationships and offer our product to the region’s operators,”

Fernando Hernández Berzal, International Sales executive at TVE, said to ttv.

“Our channels’ presence in the EMEA region is quite good, but we certainly wish to expand our penetration and offer our programming to a larger number of viewers.

Our two networks are complementary. TVE provides general content while 24H offers news with special topics for each territory,” he added.

With Spanish as the second-most used language in the world, the goal to take its culture

“We are back [in Turkey] to rebuild relationships and offer our product to the region’s operators.”

“Our stories are something new to the region where our presence has been limited so far.

We offer stories with real characters and real issues that all viewers can relate to. In fact, ‘Cuéntame cómo pasó’ has already registered great ratings in more than ten territories and has been adapted in the Mediterranean countries. We believe it can work very well in Turkey,” he explained.

Providing even more reasons for TVE to be hopeful is the fact that Latin American telenovelas have always been very successful in Turkey. And while TVE’s products are different, audiences’ familiarity with the language and culture opens many doors.

“Our production is clearly different in terms of theme and format, but having content in our language already present in the region is definitely an advantage when it comes to negotiating our own products,” he concluded. ttv

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On Solid Ground Turkish content’s quality has grown consistently over the last few years, adapting to the country’s increasingly competitive TV industry where audiences are becoming more demanding. As a result, Turkey is now full of high-quality fiction productions that travel all over the world. Ziyad Varol, HEAD OF SALES AT ATV, spoke to ttv about these and other trends in Turkish television.

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“2014 will be a year in which every path will be tried in order to achieve the best rating results.”

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“Expanding into new markets, networking and starting sales processes for new dramas are among ATV’s main expectations for Discop Istanbul 2014.”

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n the following interview, Ziyad Varol, Head of Sales at ATV, highlights the importance of attending Discop Istanbul as part of the company’s distribution strategy and presents its new fiction series, explaining how their success in Turkey and the Middle East was fueled by an incisive social media campaign.

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“To make things easier for our international audience and our partner firms, we have established Twitter and Facebook accounts in English.”

What was 2013 like for ATV? Expansion to new markets such as Pakistan and the Ukraine was our main focus this past year.

We partnered with new clients in markets we were already present in across the Balkan region. The Middle Eastern market remained stable in 2013 by we are expecting it to grow in 2014.

What is the company’s business like in the Eastern European region and what other regions would you like to expand to?

Eastern Europe is one of the main markets for our business. We already have a strong presence in Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, the Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia Herzegovina. Moreover, Turkish drama seems to have no limits since it has a very strong presence in all these countries. Surely, there is still room for us to continue growing and be the first choice of many potential clients.

What shows have you recently premiered in Turkey? How was their performance there and in other regions? ‘Fugitive’ and ‘The Noble of Today’ premiered in Turkey last year.

‘Fugitive’ is one of the season’s most successful dramas in our home market. In January 2014, it became the star of Tuesdays with a 17% average share. ‘The Noble of Today’ also draws an increasing number of viewers despite the fact that it’s aired on Saturday; a night on which viewers tend to watch entertainment shows instead. So far, the series reached 13% average share in the AB demo.

‘The Noble of Today’ and ‘Fugitive’ are expected to reach 17 and 21 episodes respectively until Discop Istanbul. Currently, these series have only been seen by Turkish audiences. We will introduce them to the international market at Discop Istanbul and we believe that they will spark great interest.

What makes your series ‘The Noble of today’ and ‘Fugitive’ special? ‘Fugitive’ is one of the most popular series among our new projects for this season. It has reached very high ratings and secured a top place on its airing day. ‘Fugitive’ was included in the top ten most-watched series of Turkey in 2013.

This is very important since competition in the Turkish drama market is so stiff that nearly 50% of the newly introduced series don’t run longer than six episodes. A strong cast and thrilling action scenes, and the fact that main actor (Gürkan Uygun) was already known by the audience from ATV’s ‘Valley of the Wolves’ had a great impact on this success story. ‘The Noble of Today’ was inspired from a Turkish novel of Refik Halid Karay. It’s mostly targeted at female audiences with its hidden love affairs, romance, secrets and all happening in a magnificent historical Istanbul seaside mansion.

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ATV has recently started using social networks to communicate with its clients and audiences. Has this initiative been successful? How do you monetize these actions? ATV is already present in social media in Turkey and it’s highly successful. We have even seen international audiences following Turkish updates and translating news about their favorite drama series. To make things easier for our international audience and our partner firms, we have established Twitter and Facebook accounts in English under the name of atvdistribution. This way, we are able to share the most updated news, photos and synopsis in a very short time. For every episode, special hashtags are created and the audience can follow the story via social media. We run campaigns on Twitter and Facebook for our viewers, with prices that include visiting the sets and taking photos with the casts.

What do you think will be the “new thing” the industry will talk about in 2014? The Turkish TV market will be very interesting to look at in 2014. Especially the new upcoming season as new players come into stage such as Acun Ilıcalı’s TV8, the competition between the channels will be very visible. As the most watched formats are brought by Ilıcalı, it makes people curious as to what will happen next. It will be a year in which every path will be tried in order to achieve the best rating results.

What goals and expectations do you have for Discop Istanbul? We believe it’s the most important industry gathering for the region.

Expanding into new markets, networking and starting sales processes of new dramas are among ATV’s expectations for Discop Istanbul 2014. This is the market where the negotiations started early in the year are finalized.

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What new projects or deals would you highlight for Discop Istanbul? ‘The Noble of Today,’ ‘Fugitive,’ ‘Peace Street’ and ‘Tatar Ramazan’ will be our major highlights for the event.

As we have a vast library, we will also offer classic series such as ‘Sıla’ and ‘Unforgettable’.

In the upcoming days ATV will introduce new drama series to its audience. Even though the English titles are not available yet, we can give a hint about one of them: ‘Kara Para Aşk,’ which has already made audiences curious since famous Turkish actress Tuba Buyukstun, will be returning to the screens after a long pause. It will have a very strong cast, inclu-

ding artists such as Nebahat Cehre and Engin Akyurek.

Executives ttv

Fremantle Shares its Secrets Producer and distributor FremantleMedia has recently been focused on developing high-end dramas; products increasingly demanded by the market these days. One of the company’s most notable titles in this genre is its drama ‘Secrets’, created in Croatia. Its great success across the region has the company confident about its potential as both a format and a ready-made.

CEO of Nordics, Eastern Europe and Baltics - FremantleMedia

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ware of an increasing demand from the international market, FremantleMedia has recently umped up its efforts to create and distribute high-end dramas; a genre the company believes has excellent growth potential.

“FremantleMedia has many of the longestrunning, most successful daily dramas of all times. This is a core area for us, and we look to continue to deliver these schedule pillars to many broadcasters around the world for years to come. The recent focus is towards high-end drama, something we believe we should do more of, as it is more and increasingly requested by our clients”, Daniela Matei, FremantleMedia’s CEO of Nordics, Eastern Europe and Baltics, explained to ttv.

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“While non-scripted entertainment shows are still very popular, we see a clear trend towards locally-produced scripted series -mainly dramas, but occasionally also comedies- occupying an ever increasing number of hours in the broadcast schedules. If we move outside the sphere of traditional broadcast, into other distribution platforms and the digital space, high-end dramas are most sought-after by platforms, and most devoured by worldwide audiences,” she added.

This growing popularity, in addition to Central and Eastern Europe’s newly found role in telenovela production, have led to an array of new, high-quality dramas produced and distributed across these regions.

“Central and Eastern European audiences have been watching these South-American series for quite some time now but in the last few years, they have started to watch locally-created and produced ones. There was a learning curve -without doubt- to get us to this point. However, the local creative and production communities

Daniela Matei,

are now delivering very high-quality series, both in terms of writing and production values,” she said, highlighting FremantleMedia’s Croatianmade drama ‘Secrets’. “’Secrets’ is a top example of this new breed of show. I think of this format as a ‘must see’ show for audiences who love telenovelas,” she added.

The series (120 one hour-long episodes) tells the story of two families from very different backgrounds whose destinies became intertwined two generations earlier, when a piece of treasure was buried. The secrets of the past keep haunting the descendants of the families, twisting their lives in very surprising ways, over decades. True love tries to bring out the truth, but as always, the path is hard and convoluted.

“I would say the show is very strong, and in only 120 x hour-long episodes it tells the story of powerful characters -some in search of the truth, some trying to hide it- with a lot of surprising twists and turns to be encountered along the way,” she said.

Very successful on RTL Croatia, the series has already been sold to several partners in the Balkans and the company is already in dis-

“The recent focus is towards high-end drama, something we believe we should do more of, as it is increasingly requested by our clients”. cussions with channels and territories outside the region, where it has gained interest both as a finished programme and as a format.

In fact, selling the format is one of FremantleMedia’s current priorities: “The story being told could take place anywhere. The main drivers are universal human emotions and therefore it can be easily adapted in different territories,” she said.

“I see there is an increased demand for great formats, something we’ve known for a very long time. What’s new is that now the “format” doesn’t only refer to reality, factual or game shows, but also very much to scripted series.

I believe this trend will continue and intensify in the years to come,” she concluded. ttv Secrets Series

Flowers in the Attic

The Cube

Looking For Kate

Fugitive

A+E Networks

All3media international

Arte France

ATV

235 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017 Tel.: +1-212-210-1400 Website: www.AETNinternational.com Email: intl.sales@aetn.com Booth: S24

Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7AA Tel.: +44 (0) 20 7845 4350 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7845 4360 Email: international@all3media.com Website: www.all3mediainternational.com Booth: L20

8 rue Marceau – F 92785 Issy Les Moulineaux Cedex Tel.: 00 33 1 55 00 70 81 E-mail: infosales@artefrance.fr Website: www.artepro.com/sales

Abbasaga Mh. Ihlamur Yıldız Cd. Toprak Center Binası, No: 10 Besiktas, 34353, Istanbul, Turkey Tel.: +90 212 381 28 48 Fax: +90 212 227 83 88 Email: info@atvdistribution.com Website: www.atvdistribution.com Booth: Pavilion 01

Executives Attending

Thomas Gould, Coordinator, International Content Sales, EMEA

TOP EXecutivE

Executives Attending

Facundo Bailez, Format Sales Executive

TOP EXecutivE

Mario Cerna, Manager, International Content Sales, EMEA

Flowers in the Attic

The Cube

Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne

‘Cases of Doubt’ is a modern “who-done-it” format.

An unsuspecting family, husband or wife is confronted with the possibility that a family member might have committed a crime. At the heart of each episode is the question, “Can this really be true”?

Big History

(16 x 30’ + 1 x 120’ Special) Twenty years ago, a group of innovative teachers had a breakthrough idea: break down the artificial wall between science and history. The idea: use science to teach history, and use history to reveal science. Bill Gates discovered the course and vowed to help spread the revolutionary idea. In each episode, science - from biology to astronomy, geology to chemistry - reveals an unexpected twist on historical events. The 2-hour finale will reveal a breakthrough idea that connects all of the Big History episodes into one grand narrative of the universe.

Alec Herrmann, Head Of Pre-Sales And Acquisitions For The Publishing Department Audrey Kamga, Sales Manager Emilie Kleinmann, Sales Manager Anne Voirin, Sales and Pre-sales Assistant

TOP EXecutivE

Kelly Shek, Sales Executive

(Movie - 1 x 120’)

The film, based on the iconic bestseller, tells the gothic horror story of four siblings who are forced by their evil grandmother and weak mother to live in an attic, in order to conceal their existence from their dying grandfather so their mother can inherit his estate. At first they think their confinement is temporary, but as it drags on over years, they form a surrogate family, with the two older siblings serving as parents to two small twins, whose growth is stunted by their confined life in the attic.

(Entertainment Format - 13 x 30’)

‘Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne’ follows a charming, underhandedly likeable trouble-maker who also happens to be a brilliant illusionist. Andrew uses his comically antagonistic sense of humor and creates an arsenal of illusions to help someone exact revenge on a friend or family member who has done them wrong. Despite Andrew’s politicallyincorrect edge, in each episode, he performs the greatest magic trick of all - he stays incredibly likeable and charming.

Executives Attending

(Entertainment/Competition/Format – 1 hr.)

Welcome to ‘The Cube’ - a ground-breaking format where just seven simple physical and mental challenges stand between you and the big cash prize.

The challenges appear to be simple – but games become fraught with extraordinary pressure and tension when played inside ‘The Cube.’

Cases of Doubt

(Constructed Reality/ Format – over 600 scripts)

Gadget Show, Series 18

(Factual Entertainment - 48 x 1/2 hr.)

The 18th series of the show boasts a brand new presenter, Rachel Riley as well as a new studio setting. Not only will the team be testing tech, they will also be building their own creations and road testing these to see if they stand up to the vigour of real life.

Undercover Boss

(Entertainment - 137 x 1 commercial hr. & Format) High-level corporate executives go undercover in their own companies, slipping in to low-level positions to work the coal face alongside their own employees.

The Inside Job

Cedric Hazard, Head of International Distribution

Executives Attending

Emir Düzel, Content Sales Specialist Müge Hanilçi, Content Sales Specialist Mahmut Ipsirli, President, Thematic Channels Aysegul Tuzun, Content Purchasing Specialist Erdi Zencirli Egeryılmaz, Movie and International Acquisition manager Mutlu Inan, Asst. General Manager and Editor in Chief Didem Demir, Format aquisition manager Pinar Canbaz, Movie & International Drama Acquisition Manager

LOOKING FOR KATE

TOP EXecutivE

(Fashion – 52’ HD)

A documentary to celebrate the 40th birthday of the top-model. Kate Moss, the top model who is only 1.69 meters tall, still remains, at the age of 40, the model that everyone wants to employ and that everybody knows. But who really is Kate Moss?

Kate Moss has had the longest and most successful modeling career, but also the most turbulent, and yet she still the remains the top top-model.

A SEASON AT THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL (Performing Arts – 6 X 26’ HD)

A captivating discovery, to the rhythm of the school calendar, of the path followed by several students and the philosophy of an institution, where social and community involvement is as much part of the curriculum as the artistic teaching. The long list of its graduates, which includes Pina Bausch, Kevin Spacey and Miles Davis, is both prestigious and eclectic, and other art schools around the globe are pale with envy.

CARTIER, THE SMALL LITTLE RED BOX (Lifestyle - 52’ HD)

The Cartier house has been championed by both Charles de Gaulle and Lady Gaga, and has conserved his noble allure over the passage of time…

Punctuated by the various stages in the creation of piece of high jewelry, the film features extensive previously unseen archives, in particular from Cartier’s visual heritage. It also contains numerous accounts and interviews by personalities.

Ziyad Varol, Head of Sales

Fugitive

(Drama - 90’) Serhat is a modest married man with a child, who has come from Istanbul to a small town in Anatolia and started living there and made his life by running a coffeehouse. After saving a jewellery shop from a group of thieves, he’s announced as a hero and his story is spread around newspapers, callling the attention of a mafia leader who ordered for Serhat’s son to be kidnapped and killed. Then we understand that Serhat used to be a police before he moved to Anatolia, but couldn’t escape his past.

The Noble of Today (Drama - 90’)

Ata, is both jewellery craftsman and the owner of a well-known firm, is having some tough days with new firms in the sector. Having lost most of his fortune, Ata has to sell the heirloom mansion to stand on his feet. Ata discovers that the new owner of the mansion is Yasar, his former butler, who had fled the house in the past to be with Asuman, a former maid.

(Entertainment - UK 4 x 1 hr., US 6 x 1 hr. & Format) Job applicants undergo the ultimate performance assessment; unaware that amongst them is a company mole, planted to spy on their every move.

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Lucky Me

The Dark Widow

Dangerous Confessions

Azteca

Caracol Televisión

Periférico Sur #4121, Col. Fuentes del pedregal, CP 14141, Mexico City, Mexico Tel.:+5255 52511410 E-mail: sales@comarex.tv Website: www.comarex.tv Booth: S85

Calle 103 # 69B -43, Bogotá, Colombia 150 Alhambra Circle. Suite #1250. Miami, FL, 33134 USA Ctra. Fuencarral-Alcobendas, km 12.450 28049 Madrid, Spain Tel.: +1305-960-2018 (Miami)/ +571–6430-430 (Bogotá)/+34 670 21 4935 (Spain) Fax: +1305-960-2017 Web: www.caracolinternacional.com Booth: S-25

Executives Attending

Martha Contreras, Sales Asia Adela Velasco, Sales Europe and Africa

TOP EXecutivE Marcel Vinay Jr., CEO Comarex

Executives Attending

Berta Orozco, Sales Executive for Western Europe and Africa

CISNEROS MEDIA DISTRIBUTION 121 Alhambra Plaza, Suite 1400, Coral Gables, Florida, USA Tel.: +1 (305) 442.3411 Fax: +1 (305) 446.4743 E-mail: info@cisnerosmediadist.com Website: www.cisnerosmediadist.com Booth: S-2

Executives Attending

Cristobal Ponte, Exclusive Independent Representative for Europe, Africa & M.E.

TOP EXecutivE

(Drama - 120 x 610’)

Forbidden Love (Drama - 120 x 60’)

The Dark Widow

(Tele-Series - 60 x 45’)

Her angelic beauty is Griselda Blanco´s biggest enemy. At the age of 14, her mother’s partner raped her, which unleashed the fury that will remain for the rest of her life. After taking revenge against her rapist, Griselda falls in love for the first time. Eyebrows, her partner, is the first to betray her, turning her into the great crime legend: the Black Widow.

Based on the book ‘Sangre en el Diván,’ by Ibéyise Pacheco, the story follows Veronica Garcia who seeks justice after her young daughter is murdered.

Her suspicions target a renowned psychiatrist Dr. Raimundo Acosta Sandoval, who in turn uses his power and influences to have her arrested and declared insane. To make matters worse, she is put under his care and the doctor begins experimenting on her.

The Sweetest Love (120 X 60’)

Lack of money, detractors and unexpected debts on account of a house will force Martin Guerrero to quit the racetracks and sit behind the wheel of Natalia Toledo’s car as her chauffeur. The woman’s countless demands and Martin’s habit of breaking the rules will end up bringing the two closer.

Thanks to their differences they discover they are perfect for each other.

The Agency

(120 X 60’)

(Drama - 120 x 60’)

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Dangerous Confessions

The story follows a passionate love triangle between Gabriela Ramirez, a successful fashion designer, Ignacio Aguilera, the owner of a familyowned textile emporium and Rafael Hernandez Cosio. With almost 40 years on his shoulders, Rafael ignores the indestructible link that ties him to the family – a blood link where Ignacio is his real father.

But another strong link to this family is his love for Gabriela, a love so strong that it will separate him from the man who gave him life and a love, which will pull him closer together to his father’s wife.

In a very prestigious advertising agency, a woman is willing to stand out in a man’s world. El Tiburon Lomelin is the owner of L & L, a very successful advertising agency. He’s waiting for Raquel, his only daughter, to join the company after finishing her studies abroad. On her return she meets Roman, and falls in love with him, but this love isn’t meant to be. Tiburon Lomelin will forbid Roman from seeing his daughter and he will do everything within his power to make him give up Raquel’s love, all in order to stop a terrible secret from being exposed to everyone.

The Mother in Law Victoria Maldonado, a famous talk show host in the United States is accused of paying guests to give false testimonies on her show. Victoria goes back to her country to be with her family, with the intention of living off her wedding gown company “Victoria’s House”. But she never imagined that during her absence, her children ruined the company. And to make things worse, she finds out that Caliche, her eternal love, is now going steady with her best friend, Beatriz!

Bosque de Duraznos #69-905, Bosques de las Lomas, México D.F., 11700 Tel.: +52 55 52 51 14 10 Fax: +52 55 52 51 14 09 Email: sales@comarex.tv Website: www.comarex.tv Booth: S85

Executives Attending

Martha Contreras, Sales Asia Adela Velasco, Sales Europe and Africa

TOP EXecutivE Marcel Vinay Jr., CEO Comarex

Cesar Diaz, Vice President, Cisneros Media Distribution

Lucky Me

(80 X 60’)

Comarex

TOP EXecutivE

Berta Orozco, Sales Executive for Western Europe and Africa

The series follows Oscar Leal, a very charismatic taxi driver. He has no worries in life, except to collect money for his famous “karaoke night parties.” But everything changes when he meets Tatiana, a very smart and educated young woman who he knows is way out of his league. But when Oscar wins the lottery, he will do everything in his power to win Tatiana’s heart, even to the extent of buying a condo in her expensive building.

Niñas mal 2

Sweet Thing

(Telenovela - 150 x 45’) The Lujan and Rincon families live in almost opposite worlds; the Lujan’s live a privileged life among luxury, enjoying the benefits of high-class economic status; while the Rincon’s are a middleclass family, simple, hard-working and close-knit.

Fate, and the love between Diego Lujan and Ana Rincon, will lead these two very different families to cross paths, uniting them forever.

Emerald Heart

(Telenovela -120 x 45’) Beatriz Elena, a young ecologist, battles Valle Bonito’s most powerful industrialist, Don Cesar Augusto Salvatierra, unaware of her true identity as heir to the capitalist’s fortune. Falling in-love with the man hired to find her, Salvatierra’s long lost daughter is the victim of vicious lies and shocking secrets, and is betrayed by those scheming to bury the truth and claim the inheritance.

NIÑAS MAL 2

(Telenovela/Youth/Drama - 70 X 60’) Adela is about to leave for New York to follow her dreams when a call from Maca changes the course of her life. Maca is overwhelmed with her new pupils and needs a break. Adela accepts the challenge and arrives to bring the class of new “bad girls” into line: Clara, a skilled liar; Giselle, who is obsessed with sex or to be more precise, her own version of it and who believes her success rides on her looks; Corina, who is addicted to order and swimming and who lives to compete; Renata a quiet girl with a mysterious past and finally the worst of the bunch Paloma, a socialite who falls in love with a common criminal and follows in his footsteps. As if this wasn’t enough to deal with Adela falls in love with “bad boy” Alex, who really gets her hormones acting up like never before and who will make her doubt her promise to never to fall in love again.

SENIOR YEAR

(Telenovela/Youth/Thriller - 70 X 60’) Martin is a young and handsome man. Everyone thinks he is the ideal boy. He joins a very important school thanks to a scholarship program and lives at Benjamin’s house, the most popular guy in school who just happens to be in love with Celeste. Martin also falls in love with Celeste and he starts manipulating Benjamin who ends up all alone, unpopular and without any friends. Having stolen his whole life Benjamin now has to try and reclaim what belongs to him and take control of what’s been taken away from him by his new “friend”.

Bandolera

Keep Your Light Shining

Brave Woman

Black Rose

Comercial TV

Global Agency

Globo

ITV INTER MEDYA

Gran Vía Carlos III, 84, 9º3, 08028, Barcelona, Spain Website: www.comercialtv.net Booth: 36

Abdi İpekçi Cad. Arman Palas Apt. No: 7 / 17, Istanbul Tel.: +90 (212) 240 57 69 Fax: +90 (212) 296 60 53 E-mail : info@thglobalagency.tv Web: www. theglobalagency.tv Booth: Rumeli Hall Pav.07

Rua Evandro Carlos de Andrade, 160 / 7º andar, Vila Cordeiro 04583-115, São Paulo, Brazil Tel.: + 55 11 5112- 4286 Website: www.globo.com/licensing Booth: VB 04

Valikonagi Cad. 26/3 34367 Sisli Instanbul/Turkey Tel.: (+90) 212 231 0102 Website: www.itv-intermedya.com E-Mail: Olimpia.DelBoccio@nbcuni.com Booth: RSV 11

Executives Attending

Executives Attending

Executives Attending

Paloma Garcia Cuesta, International Sales Executive

TOP EXecutivE

Paloma Garcia Cuesta, International Sales Executive

Executives Attending

Brianne Bonney, Sales director Cagla Menderes, Sales director Isil Turksen, Sales director Ivan Sanchez, Sales director Melis Konca, Head of Licensing and Merchandising Mem Bakar, Sales director Senay Tas, Sales director Umay Ayaz, Head of Acquisitions

TOP EXecutivE

Bandolera

(Drama - 535 x 45’) S.XIX, Sara Reeves is a young English woman that returns to the place where she was raised by his uncle in the mines of Rio Tinto, Andalucía. Sara wants to live her dream of being a writer and travelling around Spain searching for new adventures.

Like Robin Hood she became a Bandit to help to poor people.

MMA STARS

(Sports - 18 x 45’) ‘MMA Stars’ is a unique international sport competition which combines Mixed Martial Arts and reality entertainment. Fighters from different cultures and backgrounds will have to compete against each other for the prize of US$ 100.000 and the Gold Belt.

Latin Angels

(Travel Entertainment - 52 x 26’) Sport Illustrated meets the Travel Channel, and the most beautiful Latin girls will take viewers in a worldwide tour. In each episode the stunning Top Models will travel to wonderful locations to go to the best restaurants, the most exclusive hotels and know the best hidden secrets of every location.

Ricardo Scalamandré, Head of International Business

Izzet Pinto, CEO

Keep your light shining

(Talent Competition - 13 x 1,5 hr.)

‘Keep Your Light Shining’ is a fully interactive talent show that lasts 13 weeks. Every episode, 12 contestants take to a circular stage in darkness and prepare to sing a song in turns. With only 15-20 seconds to sing in the spotlight, they have to give it everything before the light moves onto the next performer. At the end of the song, the audience must eliminate one contestant.

Rivals in Law

(Cooking competition - 60’) It’s a timeless conflict, wife vs. mother-in-law in a domestic test of who’s the best cook. In this challenge, the bride and mother must cook a meal of the son’s choice. After the meal is prepared, a celebrity chef will first comment on each dish and then he will present both plates to the son. The son must taste each dish and then make the ultimate choice of which is the best.

Shopping Monster

(Entertainment format - 60’) Five women compete each week to see who can do the best makeover on themselves in a limited amount of time, and on a fixed budget. Every day one contestant puts together her new style, and is then given a secret score by her four rivals. At the end of the week, the woman with the highest total score wins a cash prize.

TOP EXecutivE

Ahmet Ziyalar, Managing Director Sibel Ozdemir, Sales Executive Elena Pak, Sales Executive Beatriz Cea Esteruelas, Sales Executive Layla Apa, Sales Assistant

Rodrigo Vilela, Sales Executive, Africa, Middle East, France

TOP EXecutivE Can Okan, President & CEO

Brave Woman (140 X 60’ - HD)

A moving tale of courage and resilience. The story follows Morena, a beautiful woman with spontaneous sensuality and great inner strength.

In order to escape a human trafficking ring without jeopardizing her family’s safety, she will have to fight an arduous battle in which her freedom and her love are at stake.

Trail of Lies (160 X 60’ - HD)

Paloma is a willful woman whose newborn baby is kidnapped by her own brother, Félix, who plans to become sole heir to the family’s fortune. Bruno is an honest man who, one night, loses his wife and son in childbirth and miraculously finds Paloma’s child in a dumpster. Destiny will unite their lives in a plot of secrets, revelations, and disputes, with the unpredictable consequences of lives based on a dangerous and surprising network of lies.

Side by Side (105 X 60’ - HD)

‘Side by Side’ focuses on two women of different origins and social classes: Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to have a miserable marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.

BLACK ROSE (Drama 2013)

The series that takes place in halfeti Şanlıurfa is the story of two brothers in war. The oldest son of the family Kendal has always been jealous of his younger brother Murat and all he wants is to be the sole heir of the inheritance and the sole leader of the family, however Kendal doesn’t have a son that will continue his legacy, the only son he has is disabled, he has 2 wives and no sons. His brother Murat has 4 children. His first born is a boy whom he lives with his older brother and his wife whom he married religiously. They raise his son and in exchange Murat moves to Istanbul and has a different life. He has 2 daughters and a son from his official wife Ebru. Ebru is unaware of this secret life that he has kept from her. She thinks her first born was born dead. She’s far from the village and their traditions. One day she receives the news that her husband got lost in the Nil river in Şanlıurfa, that is when all her life changes and she has to face the truth by herself. She’s stuck between her husband’s first wife, the child she thought she lost, the killer of her husband, his brother Kendal and her daughters who are in rebellion. Murat has lost all their assets and has mortgaged all their possessions to the banks and has gone bankrupted. Ebru is left alone, without Money, in a world of lies. A woman who has never left the walls of her mansion and a man that left her to live a lie. She’s all alone with the truth that she faces. Now she has to fight for all that she lost. She has to stand up for her kids and start all over in a distant place. Karagül is the story of rebirth of a woman in distant lands.

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Waiting for the Sun

Crazy Hidden Camera

Rising Star

Kanal D

KPTV-MENA

Keshet International

Mediaset Distribution

100. Yil Mahallesi Dogan TV Center, Bagcilar, Istanbul, Turkey E-Mail: sales@kanald.com.tr Website: sales.kanald.com.tr

O.Box 113-7286 Beirut, Lebanon Tel.: +9611 342123 GSM +9613 399882 Email: Kazan .kptvservices@gmail.com , Booth: S08 & S09

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Executives Attending

12 Raul Valenberg Street, P.O.B. 58151, 61580 Tel Aviv, Israel Tel.: +972.3.7676412 Mail: limor.got@keshet-tv.com Website: www.keshetinternational.com

Via Aurelia Antica 422, 00165, Rome, Italy Tel.: +39 06 66390 566 Fax: +39 06 66390 650 E-mail: internationalsales@mediaset.it Website: www.mediadistribution.com Booth: S-20

Kerim Emrah Turna, International Sales Executive Ezgi Ural, International Sales Executive Amac Us, International Sales Specialist

Nabil Kazan, President

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NOVOVOSION- MEG Waiting for the Sun (Drama - 30 x 95’)

Zeynep finds it hard to adapt to Istanbul, a place she never wanted to move in the first place. Moving from a small village to the big city of Istanbul, Zeynep tries to find her unknown father while trying to adapt her new life, new school and new friends.

Mercy

(Drama - 30 x 90’) Narin is a young woman who has overcome many difficulties in her life through hard work and determination alone and is well on the way to really becoming someone successful without help from anyone. She is a true hero who has overcome the blows dealt by her mean family and the big city.

Secrets

(Drama - 18 x 95’) Kemal, his wife Leyla and their children Kerem and Yasemin have a life to be envied. Kerem, the beloved son of Leyla Sarman Özcemir and Kemal Özdemir, is taken from his home by two police officers one night. She is shaken by the news, but there is a more shocking truth that is yet to be revealed. The night Kerem is taken, she receives a text message saying “Don’t get the police involved or your son dies!” revealing that they are face to face with a stunning plan.

Kuzey Guney

(Drama - 80 x 90’) ‘Kuzey- Güney’ is the story of two brothers’ struggle to survive in their own worlds. They have different ambitions, different paths, however the only thing they have in common is Cemre, the girl they are both in love with.

Executives Attending

Keren Shahar, Head of Distribution & Acquisitions

(France)

Famous for their Amazing selection of over 3000 funny clips ‘Pop Corn TV,’ ‘Crazy Hidden Camera,’ ‘Home Video,’ ‘Junior Pop Toon’ and many others in both HD & SD, focusing on a program tailored for the Arab World ‘Yalla Nadhak’ and ‘Pop Foot’ (on the occasion of the World Cup in Brazil 2014)

METEO-GROUP (Germany)

One of the world’s largest Meteorological services focusing during Discop on Weather Presenter’ systems and HD weather clips available via FTP twice a day in HD & SD customized in all languages.

DREAM-ON (France)

Top European Branding & identity makers entrusted by over 40 major TV channels from all over the world including several channels from Turkey and the Middle-East.

FORMATS (Italy)

‘I’m Quitting’: 20 episodes to incite Smokers of Stop Smoking coordinated with Scomunica. ‘Love at First bite’: Cooking competition where 3 male contenders cook in order to win the heart of a woman, also adapted by some countries with 3 women compete to win the heart of a man.

Executives Attending

Manuela Caputi, International Sales Manager

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Nabil Kazan, President

Ozlem Ozsumbul, Head of Sales & Acquisitions

48/TTV MAGAZINE

The secrets of Borgio Larici

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Alon Shtruzman, Keshet International’s Managing Director

Rising Star

(Entertainment Format - 24 x 90’) ‘Rising Star’ is a trailblazing interactive talent format that hails a new era in home entertainment. Viewers can vote via an innovative free app which is fully integrated into the show. Home audiences decide who advances via the voting app, while their individual pictures appear on the large screen facing the contestant and judges vote simultaneously by hitting their buttons in the studio. When the performer reaches the designated voting percentage the screen rises and the new star is revealed.

Sure Or Insure (Game Show) In this game show that hands one contestant US$ 200,000 with the potential of winning US$ 1.000.000 – and then inserts his family between him and the cash. He needs to answer eight trivia questions correctly without any lifelines, relying only on how well his family knows him to bail him out. After each question, the family can choose to buy insurance as a “safety net” if they aren’t sure he knows the right answer.

She’s With Me

Manuela Caputi, International Sales Manager

The secrets of Borgio Larici (Drama – 7x80’ or 14x40’)

Piedmont, 1922. Borgo Larici seems like a perfect little town like many others. But things are about to change dramatically. The secrets of the past come back to haunt its duelers revealing murder and mystery while Francesco and Anita, two lovers from different social backgrounds, struggle to stay together despite family pressures.

A matter of respect (Miniseries - 12x50’)

Two brothers decide to avenge their father’s death.

He committed suicide after losing all the family’s assets when their business shop is robbed. One will take the way of the law, the other the way of organized crime. Their paths will inevitably clash

Intelligence

(Miniseries - 12x50’) Inspired by features such as the Bourne trilogy, the latest James Bond and Mission Impossible films, ‘Intelligence’ is the first series dedicated to espionage and secret services produced by Italian television.

(Romantic Comedy - 10 x 30’)

Blood ties

The romantic comedy follows the impossible love story between a simple baker and an international superstar. Noa Hollander is a famous and rich woman, while Amos Dahari is a simple 28 year old guy who still lives with his parents and works at the family’s bakery. She’s With Me is a story for anyone who’s ever fantasized about falling in love with a superstar, but never had to face the practicalities!

In the 60’s, three siblings: Antonia, Sergio and Enea are bound by a secret: the code to an account which contains the loot from a bloody robbery. The three youngsters are violently separated and grow up in different worlds. When they meet again, they share a thirst for vengeance against those who have destroyed their lives.

(Miniseries – 12x50’ )

Planet Sparrow

Cutthroat Kitchen

La impostora

What Life Took From Me

ORF Enterprise

Passion Distribution

Telemundo International Televisa International

Euro Plaza / Building A, Am Europlatz 1, 1120 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 1 87878-13030 Fax: +43 1 87878-12757 Mail: contentsales@orf.at Website: contentsales.ORF.at Booth: S79

Elsinore House, 77 Fulham Palace Road, London, UK Tel.: +44 (0)207 981 9801 Fax: +44 (0)207 258 6888 E-mail: lorenzobertolotti@passiondistribution.com Website: www.passiondistribution.com

2555 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 4th Floor Coral Gables FL 33134, USA Tel.: (786) 394-1210 Fax: (305) 774-7372 Website: www.telemundointernacional.com E-Mail: Olimpia.DelBoccio@nbcuni.com

6355 NW 36th Street Miami, FL. 33166, USA Tel.: +1 (786) 265 2500 Fax +1 (786) 265 2269 Email: www.televisainternacional.tv Booth: S21

Executives Attending

Silvia García, Director for Middle East & CIS Hugo Treviño, Logistic and Events

Executives Attending

Executives Attending

Lorenzo Bertolotti, Sales Manager

Armin Luttenberger, Sales Director TV

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Lorenzo Bertolotti, Sales Manager

Xavier Aristimuño, SVP International Business Development & Digital Media Karina Etchison, SVP of Sales, Europe, Africa and Middle East Melissa Pillow, Sales Director, Europe

Sparrows may seem dull, but this first impression is deceptive. They sing as prettily as canaries and can imitate other birds - even machines! They’re extremely clever and their insect-hunting skills are breathtaking. The camera pursues these artists of flight through narrow alleys, revealing their spectacular aerial maneuvers.

Secrets of Bumblebees (Nature Documentary - 1 x 50’)

Compared to honey bees, these social insects have long been poorly researched. This documentary however endeavours to sneak in and take a closer look on the secrets of bumblebees. Macro and high speed cinematography allow us to witness their behavior and understand their biology.

Gonsalvus - The Real Beauty and the Beast (History/Documentary - 1 x 50’)

From his birth in 1556 on Tenerife, Petrus Gonsalvus suffered from a rare condition now called “hypertrichosis” or “Ambras syndrome”: his body, including his face, was completely covered with hair, leading people to believe he was a talking ape. Court scholars decided to test if he really was human and the pretty daughter of a court servant was bribed into marrying Gonsalvus.

Hunting Buddies - How Dogs Discovered Man (Nature Documentary - 1 x 52’)

What Life Took From Me

(Entertainment Format - 13 x 60’) ‘Cutthroat Kitchen’ hands four chefs US$ 25,000 and the opportunity to spend that money on either helping themselves or sabotaging their competitors. Ingredients will be thieved, utensils destroyed, and valuable time on the clock lost in this gripping food competition series.

Eat St.

(Entertainment Format - 5 Seasons 26 x 30’) ‘Eat St.’ is back for another lip-smacking celebration of North America’s tastiest, messiest, and most irresistible street food. The stars of the show are the vendors – mavericks with creative takes on mobile meals and inspiring stories to tell. Seeking out the very best curbside eats all; ‘Eat St.’ is your grease-stained roadmap to the ultimate street food experience.

Gem Hunt

(Factual Entertainment - 14 x 60’) ‘Gem Hunt’ captures all the intrigue, jeopardy, and rewards of the world’s gem trade, every step of the way. Watch as a gem purchased for US$4,000 at the source can instantly jump to US$50,000 when flawlessly cut.

Design Star

(Entertainment Format - 8 Seasons 7 x 60’) This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an undiscovered designer to catapult into the big time by winning his or her own show on TV. Each week the competing designers are put through creative challenges until a final winner is chosen to host their own design show.

(Telenovela - 150x60’)

La impostora

(Telenovela - 120 x 60’) The Legend of the Kiss of Eternal Love says there’s a place where a kiss between two strangers at midnight on New Year’s leads to everlasting love.

Blanca is a young woman from Acapulco who will kiss Eduardo in that special place. She is unaware that he is the son of a ruthless businesswoman and owner of an important shipping company, who committed a terrible injustice against Bianca’s father.

En otra piel

(Telenovela - 120 x 60’) Monica Serrano, a rich pianist, dies after the betrayal of her ambitious niece and the man she loves.

But by way of a mysterious talisman, Monica’s soul, occupies the body of Adriana Aguilar, a modest waitress that dies at the hands of a dangerous gangster. Now, in Adriana’s body, Monica’s soul will do the impossible to defend her children and seek justice while Adriana’s soul wanders the world.

Santa Diabla

(Telenovela - 120 x 60’) After Santa Martinez’s husband is wrongfully accused of sexual harassment and sentenced to 30 years of prison, she decides to leave behind her life to become Amanda Braun, in order to taken down one-by-one all of those responsible for Willy’s demise. What Santa did not expect was that while carrying out her vengeance, she might fall in love with Santiago Cano, she would have to choose between her love for her late husband or a new hope – the man who could be her future.

Montserrat and Jose Luis have a secret romance behind her parents’ back. However, their love will be ruined by her mother, who won’t hesitate in selling her daughter to Alejandro Almonte, the heir to a big fortune, as well as accusing Jose Luis of a crime he didn’t commit just to keep him away from her daughter. After getting married Montserrat falls in love with Alejandro ignoring that Jose Luis will came back searching for her.

Loving You Is All I Want (Telenovela - 150x60’)

Mauro Montesinos is the owner of the coffee plantation he inherited from his wife, Elena Carmona, with whom he procreated a daughter, Juliana.

As time goes by, he falls in love with Florencia Martinez, the young owner of the coffee lands next to his. However, the love between Mauro and Florencia is impossible because when they are about to marry, Mauro discovers that Lucrecia, an old friend of his, is pregnant with his child.

Forever Yours

(Telenovela - 150x60’) Arturo De La Riva has been happily married to Eugenia for 10 years and have a daughter, Aranza. But not everything is happiness for the couple, Sonia, Eugenia’s cousin, is consumed with an obsessive love for Arturo. Meanwhile, Isabel Lopez Cerdan spent two years living a farce, believing she was married to Fernando Cordova. Surprising events will change the course of both their lives, Eugenia dies unexpectedly and at the same time Isabel discovers that Fernando is a con man.

TTV MAGAZINE/49

‘Hunting Buddies’ takes a closer look at dog and man, nature and culture - a cinematic cross - over appealing not just to hunters and dog lovers but to anyone interested in the history and development of humankind.

Mario Castro, Director of Asia and Africa

Marcos Santana, President

Cutthroat Kitchen (Nature Documentary - 1 x 52’)

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Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, Head of Content Sales International

Planet Sparrow

Executives Attending

Mint & Lemon

Isabel

TRT-TURKISH RADIO AND TELEVISION CORPORATION TRT Genel Mudurlugu TV Department A Block No:604, 6th Floor Oran 06450 Ankara, Turkey Tel.: +90 312 463 2482 Fax: +90 312 463 2473 E-mail: meltemtumturk.akyol@trt.net.tr Web: www.trt.net.tr/www.trtsales.com Booth: Rumeli Hall, Pavilion 2, Istanbul Convention Center

TVE

Upside Distribution

Avda. Radiotelevisión, 4 – 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón – Madrid- Spain Tel.: 3491 58154 01 Web: www.rtve.es/televisión/tve-internacional Email: commercial.canales@rtve.es

33 quai de Dion Bouton, 92800 Puteaux, France Tel.: +33 1 58 47 94 50 Fax: +33 1 58 47 96 66 Website: www.upsidedistribution.com Booth: VB08

Executives Attending

Executives Attending

Fernando Hernandez Berzal, International Sales executive

Mint & Lemon (10’ X 104)

On air since 2010, ‘Mint & Lemon’ has been seen by TRT Kids viewers over 100 times. The adventures of 2 siblings by the name of Nane (Mint) and Limon (Lemon) all started with their never-ending desire of discovering new tastes around the kitchen.

Ciciki

(13’ X 13) The eastern storks must migrate to warmer lands once more, since winter has come to their home.

Lots of big surprises await them as they migrate in packs from Turkey to Africa. It’s a story about friendship, helping one another and courage.

A Tale of Yusuf (13 X 90’)

The story is set in the early 19th century. Maria is a beautiful young lady born and raised in the Ottoman lands that run through Europe. Yusuf, the son of a tailor, has a talent for identifying everything that he can taste or smell. The day Yusuf goes to the harbor to attend some business is also the day that Maria finds herself in Istanbul. He immediately falls in love after just laying one glance onto her.

The golden apple

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(13 X 100’)

The Golden Apple, dreamed of by the Ottomans, the Seljuqs, Mehmet the Conqueror, and Suleiman the Magnificent, will be blended with the thrill of current day Turkey as our heroes, strengthened by tradition, walk towards the future.

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Lydia Kali, Sales and Acquisitions Manager

María Jesús Perez Gómez, International Sales Sub-manager

Ibrahim Eren, Deputy Director General Nimet Ersin, Head of TV Department Mehmet Demirhan, Acquisitions, Sales and Co Production Coordinator

Ibrahim Sahin, General Director

Lydia Kali, Sales and Acquisitions Manager

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Executives Attending

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A Day in The Life of a Dictator

Second Chance

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Continental Building, 135, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai, 400018, India Tel.: +91 22 2483 1234 / 1465 Fax: +91 22 2495 5733 E-mail: alisha.goriawala@zee.esselgroup.com Website: www.zeebollyworld.com/www.zeetelevision.com Booth: S84

Executives Attending

Sunita Uchil, Global Head Syndication Nitin Michael, Assistant Vice President, Content Sales

TOP EXecutivE Isabel

(Drama - 26 x 70’) An historical series that narrates the life of one of the most prominent women in Spanish history, Queen Isabella the Catholic. Isabella and Ferdinand begin their reign, but they have to overcome a series of difficulties and embark on a war.

Together

(Entertainment Format) A useful public service format that channels requests for help and proposals for support. ‘Together’ encourages solidarity within society

Knowing and Winning (Format Quiz Show)

In this half-hour format, three contestants face one another in a series of different cultural knowledge and mental agility tests.

Mom Detective (Fiction – 19 x 70’)

Laura Llebrel is not just any inspector… her weapons; intuition and instinct help her dismantle the most perfect alibi.

Sunita Uchil, Global Head Syndication

A Day in The Life of a Dictator (History – 1 x 90’ or 2 x 52’)

How does a dictator live? What is daily life like for a monster in power? From when he wakes up to when he sleeps, what goes on in the life of a person who will decide the fate of millions of people?

What are the mechanisms that lead an ambitious person into a spiral of cruelty and excess? ‘A Day in the Life of a Dictator’ proposes an immersion into the intimate life of the most emblematic dictators of the 20th century during a bloody period of their reign: Joseph Stalin, Idi Amin Dada and Muammar Gaddafi.

Christian Louboutin: Top of the Heels (Portrait – 1 x 52’)

This documentary paints the portrait of a passionate, innovative and modern man. It alternates with interviews, such as David Lynch, and day-today lives scenes and describes the path taken by Christian Louboutin from his childhood until today.

Founded in 1991, his brand is now worldwide known and is omnipresent in the media with more than 70 stores in the world. From his Egyptian boat, a felucca where he loves to revitalize himself, the designer tells his story and draws sketches. In the meantime, we follow him in Paris, Milan, London and New York while he’s working: shoe manufacturing, preparation for a show, an exhibition opening, a book release. He shares with us the mysteries of his designs.

Deco Tribes

(Lifestyle – 8 x 52’) For a long time decoration used to be identified through historical styles (art deco, Louis XVI...) or geographical styles (Maroccan, scandinavian,...).

Nowadays, decoration prohibits nothing, especially not contrasts. This is the famous “mix & match”.

Today, the aficionados of the classical 18th century mix with the fans of High-tech on the web. There is no longer on style but several styles. What about you? Are you historical, vintage, upcycling, new chic, baroque, vegetal or industrial?

SECOND CHANCE

(Family Drama – 113 x 60’) The story of two people who have already shared their lives with someone else, but are now bonded into marriage for a second time. Readily available in Arabic.

JODHA AKBAR

(Historic – 185 x 30’) The epic love story of the great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and Jodha, the Indian princess. This series will uncover some unknown facts hidden in the Mughal history. Filled with huge cinematic sets, high end production design, elaborate costumes and authentic jewellery, this magnum opus will reveal a never-been-told story.

I ACCEPT

(Romance – 350 x 30’) It is the story of two families related by blood and yet distanced by circumstances. Two brothers are separated by their families but united in their hearts. Their common love interest starts by hating the culture of hypocrisy in joint families and eventually ends up bringing together the two warring families. Script also available.

QUEEN OF JHANSI

(Historic - 70 ep. Season 1/95 ep. Season 2 x 60’) Rani Laxmibai’s name is engraved in golden letters in Indian history. This is a tribute to her bravery, gallantry and patriotism, showcasing her human side.

Readily available in Arabic.