Deal makes Nippon TV’s first Arabic scripted format adaptation

Marking a one-of-a-kind deal, Nippon TV, Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse currently celebrating its 70th Anniversary, announced today that it haslicensed to Medyapim, the leading production group in Turkey,the Arabic language adaptation rights of their highly successful scripted formats Mother and Woman – My Life for My Children –which are aimedto be produced for MBC, the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa.The announcement was made jointly today by Keisuke Miyata, Head of Sales for Nippon TV, andFatih Aksoy, Chairman ofMedyapim.

Keisuke Miyata, Head of Sales for Nippon TV said: 'This is a new initiative for two of our most valuable scripted formats, Mother and Woman -My Life for My Children-, for the Arabic speaking territories, with our long-time strong partner Medyapim anda new collaboration with MBC, the largest media company in the MENA region. The Turkish adaptations of Mother andWoman -My Life for My Children- produced by Medyapim were huge global successes, and we have no doubt that the Arabic adaptations will achieve the same success'.

Fatih Aksoy, Chairman of Medyapim said: 'We have successfully adapted these two Nippon TV titles in Turkey into two long running tv series and then distributed our productions worldwide. Now we have another challenge of producingboth of them for Mena territory. I have no doubt that we will achieve the same success'

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Ali Jaber, Group Director of TV and Shahid Content at MBC GROUP said: 'This partnership between Nippon TV, Medyapim, and us at MBC GROUP signifies an exciting milestone that unites a global entertainment powerhouse with regional ones. We are very excited to bring the critically acclaimed stories of Mother and Woman -My Life for My Children- to a wider audience, reflecting our commitment to showcasing diverse and compelling content for our loyal viewers across the MENA. This unique collaboration exemplifies our dedication to providing world-class storytelling, and we look forward to more partnerships of this kind in the future'.

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