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  • “Stars In Danger” dives into Turkey

    “Stars In Danger” dives into Turkey

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    Turkey is the latest country to get a local version of Banijay International’s celebrity diving format Stars In Danger: The High Dive (pictured).

    The distributor has sold the format to Medyapim, which will produce a 10 x 90-minute season that will debut later in the year on Turkish format channel Show TV.

    Banijay has already sold Stars In Danger to networks in North America, Europe and Asia, including Spain’s Telecinco, Italy’s Mediaset, Sweden’s TV3 and China’s Jiangsu Satellite Television. The series recently premiered in French-speaking Canada on cable network V under the title Le Grand Saut (The Big Jump).

    Stars in Danger: High Diving is based on the German program TV Total Turmspringen, which has aired since 2004 as part of the Stars in Danger franchise. The show features celebrity contestants training with professional divers, and then making Olympic-style dives in front of a live audience and expert judging panel.

    Tags: Banijay International, Medyapim, Show TV, Stars in Danger: High Diving, Turkey

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  • Turkey’s Show TV up for sale? | Advanced Television

    Turkey’s Show TV up for sale? | Advanced Television

    By Chris Forrester

    Turkey’s Cukurova Holdings, which also controls pay-TV platform Digiturk, is looking to sell a 49 per cent stake in its popular general entertainment channel Show TV.

    Reports suggest that the stake could be sold to US private equity players in order to reduce Cukurova’s heavy tax debts. KKR and Texas Pacific are both named as potential buyers.

    Show TV is said to be worth at least $800 million, and could top $1 billion in value on a typical multiple of 12-times earnings, say local reports.

    Cukurova might not be finished with its tax-paying efforts suggest local reports, with sources suggesting that elements of DigiTurk itself, or telco Turkcell which it controls might also be sold off.