ECCHO RIGHTS PROMOTES HANDAN ÖZKUBAT, DIRECTOR OF TURKISH DRAMA
Sep 09, 2020
Eccho Rights have promoted Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama, to a new role as head of sales and acquisition for all Turkish content, as well as overseeing all of the distributor’s business activities in Turkey.
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 mother company CJ ENM. Finally, Handan will continue to oversee the strategy of a digital and Youtube team that has become a fundamental part of Turkish Drama's international success.
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