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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
July 23 2012
Tension with Armenia affects airing of TV show
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Armenian Shant TV has purchased script rights to Turkish TV show
`Ezel', and produced its own TV series due to alleged fears about the
audience response. The TV channel is allegedly hiding the origin of
the show
As Turkish dramas gain a greater audience in neighboring countries,
complications arise due to broadcasters' fears of possible reactions
from locals, especially in countries with which Turkey has a history
of political tension.
Similar fears have affected the airing of the Turkish show `Ezel' in
Armenia, although the Turkish TV show is known to enjoy huge
popularity throughout the Arab world, particularly in the United Arab
Emirates. Armenia's leading TV channel, Shant TV, has purchased the
script rights to the show and produced its own TV series featuring
local actors and actresses who are striking for their similarity to
their Turkish peers, namely Kenan Ä°mirzalioÄ?lu and Cansu Dere.
This is the very first Turkish TV show to be broadcast in Armenia, and
the first episode reportedly broke ratings records. The reason the
producers did not simply purchase the broadcasting rights and save
themselves the trouble of producing the show from the scratch was due
to fears about the unpredictable nature of the potential audience
response to the show's Turkish origin, reports say. The TV channel's
owners were allegedly hiding the fact that the show was originally a
Turkish production because they feared it would not receive a good
audience response if the audience was informed of the truth.
Ay Yapım is known to have sold the script rights to another of its
widely praised TV shows, `AÅ?k-ı Memnu' (Forbidden Love), to an
American channel, which is known to have recently begun airing its
production based on the script.
Actress slams Turkish shows
As if to justify Shant TV's secrecy about the origins of their version
of `Ezel,' an unemployed Greek TV actress, Nikoleta Karra, recently
slammed Greek channels for airing Turkish shows instead of Greek
Cypriot ones, daily Hürriyet reported.
The Turkish TV series `Sıla' particularly drew Karra's ire, sending
her to Twitter to complain. `'Sıla' in the morning, `Sıla' in the
afternoon. `Sıla' 24 hours a day. Enough! We've made so many shows in
Greek Cyprus. Why won't the Greek channels air Greek Cypriot shows?'
the actress tweeted. Greek actors have been working for Greek Cypriot
channels for some time now due to the difficult financial situation in
Greece.
Turkish shows are among the most popular TV programs in Greece, and
presently five Turkish TV shows are aired in the country, including
`Sıla.' Another Turkish show entitled `Lale Devri' (Tulip Era) is set
to hit Greek screens on July 25. k HDN
July/23/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tension-with-armenia-affects-airing-of-tv-show.aspx?pageID=238&nID=26085&NewsCatID=381
July 23 2012
Tension with Armenia affects airing of TV show
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Armenian Shant TV has purchased script rights to Turkish TV show
`Ezel', and produced its own TV series due to alleged fears about the
audience response. The TV channel is allegedly hiding the origin of
the show
As Turkish dramas gain a greater audience in neighboring countries,
complications arise due to broadcasters' fears of possible reactions
from locals, especially in countries with which Turkey has a history
of political tension.
Similar fears have affected the airing of the Turkish show `Ezel' in
Armenia, although the Turkish TV show is known to enjoy huge
popularity throughout the Arab world, particularly in the United Arab
Emirates. Armenia's leading TV channel, Shant TV, has purchased the
script rights to the show and produced its own TV series featuring
local actors and actresses who are striking for their similarity to
their Turkish peers, namely Kenan Ä°mirzalioÄ?lu and Cansu Dere.
This is the very first Turkish TV show to be broadcast in Armenia, and
the first episode reportedly broke ratings records. The reason the
producers did not simply purchase the broadcasting rights and save
themselves the trouble of producing the show from the scratch was due
to fears about the unpredictable nature of the potential audience
response to the show's Turkish origin, reports say. The TV channel's
owners were allegedly hiding the fact that the show was originally a
Turkish production because they feared it would not receive a good
audience response if the audience was informed of the truth.
Ay Yapım is known to have sold the script rights to another of its
widely praised TV shows, `AÅ?k-ı Memnu' (Forbidden Love), to an
American channel, which is known to have recently begun airing its
production based on the script.
Actress slams Turkish shows
As if to justify Shant TV's secrecy about the origins of their version
of `Ezel,' an unemployed Greek TV actress, Nikoleta Karra, recently
slammed Greek channels for airing Turkish shows instead of Greek
Cypriot ones, daily Hürriyet reported.
The Turkish TV series `Sıla' particularly drew Karra's ire, sending
her to Twitter to complain. `'Sıla' in the morning, `Sıla' in the
afternoon. `Sıla' 24 hours a day. Enough! We've made so many shows in
Greek Cyprus. Why won't the Greek channels air Greek Cypriot shows?'
the actress tweeted. Greek actors have been working for Greek Cypriot
channels for some time now due to the difficult financial situation in
Greece.
Turkish shows are among the most popular TV programs in Greece, and
presently five Turkish TV shows are aired in the country, including
`Sıla.' Another Turkish show entitled `Lale Devri' (Tulip Era) is set
to hit Greek screens on July 25. k HDN
July/23/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tension-with-armenia-affects-airing-of-tv-show.aspx?pageID=238&nID=26085&NewsCatID=381