STXtv Sells Rise of Empires: Ottoman to Youku for Mainland China, SIC for Portugal, & Viasat World for Central & Eastern Euro...
October 13 2020 - 9:15AM
Business Wire
Eros STX Global Corporation (NYSE:ESGC) (“ErosSTX”), a global
entertainment company, announced today that STXtv has sold the
first season of the hit docu-drama series, Rise of Empires:
Ottoman, to the Youku, SIC, and Viasat World networks, bringing the
program to Mainland China, Portugal, Central & Eastern Europe,
Scandinavia, Baltics, Russia and CIS, the studio announced today.
Rise of Empires: Ottoman is produced by Karga Seven Pictures, a Red
Arrow Studios company, in association with STXtv.
The announcement of the deals with Youku, Viasat World, and SIC
follows on the studio’s announcement that Global Agency has joined
forces with the studio as the program’s Latin American partner.
Jada Miranda of STXtv said, “Rise of Empires: Ottoman has the
kind of universal appeal and exciting, thrilling storytelling that
has connected with audiences globally, bringing a greater
understanding to how historical events shaped our world and
reverberate around us today. Youku, SIC, and Viasat World responded
to the materially passionately, and we’re thrilled to be teaming
with them to bring this culturally enriching franchise to the
audiences of Mainland China, Portugal, Central & Eastern
Europe, Scandinavia, Baltics, Russia and CIS.”
The six-hour English-language production was shot in multiple
locations in Turkey, facilitated by Karga Seven’s Turkish
production outfit. The series debuted in 190 countries globally on
Netflix on January 24, 2020.
Rise of Empires: Ottoman tells the epic story of Mehmed II, who
at 21 years old became known as Mehmed the Conqueror, chronicling
his astonishing and fabled rise from 13-year-old Child Sultan to
toppling Constantinople and becoming the ruler of the Ottoman
Empire.
The series is executive produced by Sarah Wetherbee, Kelly
McPherson, and Emre Sahin of Karga Seven Pictures, and Jada Miranda
of STXtv. The series is written by Kelly McPherson, Emre Sahin and
Liz Lake, and directed by Emre Sahin.
The English-language series was narrated by Charles Dance (The
Crown, Game of Thrones), the cast features Tommaso Basili (Emperor
Constantine XI), and renowned Turkish talent including Cem Yigit
Üzümoglu (Sultan Mehmed II), Tuba Büyüküstün (Mara Hatun), Birkan
Sokullu (Giovanni Giustiniani Longo), Selim Bayraktar (Çandarli
Halil Paşa), Osman Sonant (Loukas Notaras), Tolga Tekin (Sultan
Murad II), Ushan Çakır (Zaganos Paşa), Damla S�nmez (Ana), Tansu
Biçer (Orban) and Ilayda Akdogan (Therma Sphrantzes).
The series also features critically acclaimed authors and
historians including Roger Crowley and Jason Goodwin.
STXtv previously partnered with Nat Geo on the critically
acclaimed hybrid docu-scripted series Valley of the Boom. That
six-part limited series chronicles the culture of speculation,
innovation and debauchery that led to the rapid inflation and burst
of the 1990s tech bubble.
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About Karga Seven Pictures
Headquartered in Los Angeles and Istanbul, Karga Seven Pictures,
a Red Arrow Studios company, is an award-winning producer of
factual, scripted and branded content led by award-winning
Executive Producers Emre Sahin, Sarah Wetherbee and Kelly
McPherson. Productions include: Rise of Empires: Ottoman and Shot
in the Dark for Netflix; Bin Laden’s Hard Drive for NatGeo; Hunting
Hitler for History; Believers, Buried Worlds with Don Wildman,
Mission Declassified, Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox and Booze
Traveler for Travel Channel; Unexplained and Unexplored for
Discovery and Science Channel; Contact and Hard to Kill for
Discovery Channel; and Duff Takes the Cake for Food Network. Karga
Seven also has a successful production division in Turkey led by
Emre Sahin. https://karga7la.com/
Eros STX Global Corporation:
Eros STX Global Corporation, (“ErosSTX” or “The Company”) (NYSE:
ESGC) is a global entertainment company that acquires, co-produces
and distributes films, digital content & music across multiple
formats such as theatrical, television and OTT digital media
streaming to consumers around the world. Eros International Plc
changed its name to Eros STX Global Corporation pursuant to the
July 2020 merger with STX Entertainment, merging two international
media and entertainment groups. The combination of one of the
largest Indian OTT players and premier studio with one of
Hollywood’s fastest-growing independent media companies has created
an entertainment powerhouse with a presence in over 150 countries.
ErosSTX delivers star-driven premium feature film and episodic
content across a multitude of platforms at the intersection of the
world's most dynamic and fastest-growing global markets, including
US, India, Middle East, Asia and China. The Company also owns the
rapidly growing OTT platform Eros Now which has rights to over
12,000 films across Hindi and regional languages and had 205.8
million registered users and 33.8 million paying subscribers as of
June 30th, 2020. For further information, please visit
ErosSTX.com.
About STXtelevision:
STXtelevision, a division of Eros STX Global Corporation, is a
boutique television studio specializing in amplifying voices and IP
from outside mainstream Hollywood and serving as a home for
intersectional storytellers. We support the development, sale and
production of global scripted narratives, creating opportunities
for underserved talent both on and off screen. Shows include Valley
of the Boom for National Geographic and Rise of Empires: Ottoman
for Netflix, with the upcoming George Lopez starrer Once Upon A
Time in Aztlán in development, and a Kevin Kwan scripted series in
development with a premium network.
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