KANAL D DRAMA ENTERS TO COMCAST’S XFINITY TV PLATFORM

Thema America, a Canal+ group company, announced that Kanal D Drama will be available to Comcast customers on the Xfinity Latino TV tier by November 1. Kanal D Drama is a global network produced from a strategic alliance between Thema and Kanal D International. Comcast will be the first US distributor to carry Kanal D Drama.

Kanal D Drama is the first network to distribute Turkish dramas worldwide, with more than 1,500 hours of entertainment, including renowned and award-winning series like “¿Qué Culpa Tiene Fatmagul?” and titles such as: “Hulya,” “Chicas del Sol,” and “Kuzey Guney,” that will be accessible for the first time to the US Hispanic audiences.

“I’m pleased that Kanal D Drama will be the first and only Turkish drama channel to bring to the Hispanic audiences the high production quality and unique storytelling of Turkish dramas which created the Turkish drama phenomena all over the world,” said Kerim Emrah Turna, Executive Director of Kanal D International. “With high-quality content tailored to the Hispanic market, and a vast library of the best Turkish series owned by Kanal D, the leading TV channel of Turkey for 26 years, I’m sure that Kanal D Drama will resonate among the Spanish-speaking community in US,”  he added.

“It is a real pleasure to partner with Comcast to deliver more entertainment options to the US Hispanic communities. Kanal D's stories are spreading worldwide and are already a phenomenon in Latin America. I am thrilled that, for the first time, Hispanic audiences throughout the US will be able to enjoy this programming through Xfinity,” said Patrick Rivet, CEO of Thema America.