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Eccho appoints Turkish content head

CJ ENM-owned Scandinavian distributor Eccho Rights has promoted an existing exec to appoint a new head of sales and acquisitions for all Turkish content.

Handan Özkubat

Handan Özkubat has been promoted from director of Turkish drama and will oversee all of the distributor’s business activities in Turkey in her new role.

Özkubat will be fully responsible for all Turkish client accounts, both in broadcast and production, a key area of Eccho Rights’ global business. She will also coordinate with the Eccho Rights international sales and marketing team on all strategic matters regarding Turkish drama.

Additionally, the Istanbul office will act as the exclusive representative within Turkey for the scripted format catalogue of Eccho Rights’ South Korean parent company CJ ENM.

The Turkish exec will continue to oversee the strategy of a digital and Youtube team that has become a fundamental part of Turkish drama’s international success.

Fredrik af Malmborg, MD of Eccho Rights, said: “Handan has played a major role in developing our business in Istanbul, which has been an instrumental part of our tremendous growth in the past decade. It is only natural that she takes on a more comprehensive role at the head of our Turkish business now.”

Özkubat added: “I am delighted to get this opportunity to further develop Eccho Rights’ business in Turkish drama. I have a wonderful team in the Istanbul office that is allowing us to expand greatly, and not just on sales of readymade content; we expect to have 10 new script adaptations in development in the next year and we are also growing other areas of our business, such as digital rights management, which are crucial in the modern day.”

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