SERA FILM SERVICES, established in 1988, is one of the oldest and most experienced independent companies in the Turkish television and broadcasting industry. Its major business lines are distribution, production and content creation.
SERA, representing a variety of international content distributors, provides high quality TV programs to Turkish broadcasters.
Over the years, SERA’s business mission has been shaped by the trends in the world of broadcasting and new media. Currently, besides distributing programs, SERA is involved in licensing of TV characters, development of new formats, provision of content for new media, consultancy services, and field production services to companies interested in shooting in Turkey.
Recently, all major Turkish TV and media companies have been closely involved in internet and mobile applications, which resulted in the expansion of their consumer spectrum and their services around these fields. Considering this fact, along with traditional TV formats, all other sorts of “new media” content are also represented in SERA’s catalogue.
SERA FILM has also been involved in executive production of TV programs by gathering together broadcasters, producers, sponsors and interactive service companies from both local territory and abroad.
From investment research to program tracking in the market, SERA also provides advisory services for foreign companies having business in Turkey.
During current market MIP2011 and following its positioning strategy in the European market, Telefe International has closed a deal with Sera Films Services who will distribute its productions and formats in Turkey. During the meeting, Telefe International, in charge of Fernando Varela, International Business Director and Michelle Wasserman, Head of International Business Programming, Form...
The brand new reality family entertainment 'The Impostor' is brought to Turkey by Sera Film Services. Just having a Spanish pilot, the format succeeds a first deal in Turkey and has got into option by Arti Productions. In the format, a contestant lives with an unknown family for a whole weekend to try to find out who of the family's members is an Impostor. The Impostor, on the other hand, will lea...
After being away the Turkish screens for many years, WWTBAM? is back in Turkey with its famous presenter. ATV have done a recent deal with contributions of Sera Film to make the new UK version of the format locally. ATV makes it inhouse and started to air the show on the 2nd of August and will be broadcasted twice a week at 23:00 pm. The broadcaster is hopeful to get good results and re-establ...