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Eccho Rights takes The Promise to various new territories

Eccho Rights has closed several deals for Turkish Drama Series The Promise, which has been picked up for a third season in Turkey.

The series, which was one of last season’s breakout-hits in Turkey, has been sold to Bosnia (OBN), Serbia (Pink) and Bulgaria (BTV) joining Poland, India, Lithuania, Romania and Georgia which picked up the drama last year.

Produced by Karamel Yapim, the series is currently in its second season on Kanal 7 where it continues to obtain stellar results. During its first season The Promise scored more than three times Kanal 7’s average share and the channel's rank rose from 8th overall to 3rd place during broadcast of the tension-filled, romantic, family drama.
In October, the drama was renewed for a third season (250x45min), adding to the over 300 episodes of the first two seasons.

“We are very proud to represent The Promise. Not only does it continue its stellar performance in the domestic market, where it obtains results close to the ratings of high-budget weekly prime time shows. But we are also receiving great feedback from our clients internationally where the series is working amazingly well ,” says Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama at international distributor Eccho Rights.