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Bridging Ideas with Success.


Udea Media, founded by Umay Ayaz, is a boutique media company dedicated to maximizing our partners' global reach through tailored services and solutions.

With over a decade of diverse experience, we collaborate with local and international creators, producers, scriptwriters and
various linear & digital channels to deliver high-quality scripted and unscripted content on a global scale.

Our fresh and proactive approach identifies opportunities for international collaboration, transforming local ideas into
global success stories and opening new avenues for worldwide partnerships.

By engaging trusted industry experts, our mission is to ensure heightened visibility, increased revenue, and long-term success
for our partners.

Let's work together to bring your idea to the world stage.




About

Umay Ayaz

SENIOR CONSULTANT & MEDIA NETWORKER


Umay Ayaz's career journey in the media industry began in a production company as an International Format Acquisitions Manager, scouting and adapting global formats for Turkish broadcasting.

She then transitioned to a content distribution company, where she served as Head of Acquisitions for nearly a decade, playing a pivotal role in managing a wide range of formats that reached local, national, and international audiences.

Recognized as a high-performing authority in the international content industry, Umay has built a vast network of multicultural format creators, production companies, broadcasters, and distributors across diverse regions and perspectives.

As a Senior Consultant with over 14 years of international experience, she offers strategic consulting services and designs workshops that reflect her deep industry expertise.

Umay shares valuable insights from her extensive knowledge in the field, demonstrating her commitment to fostering success.

Her leadership and expertise are hallmarks of her accomplished career in the global media landscape.

Professional and Personal Manner


  • Values-driven and result oriented.
  • Respect, honesty and sincerity comes first!
  • A straight-talking, loyal, committed and reliable professional.
  • No tolerance for ingratitude, lies, disrespect and dishonesty which are -for her- characteristic disorders and deal breakers!
  • Driven by a passion to inspire people through creativity and a goal to make their contents & companies travel beyond borders.
  • Dedicated to touching lives and assisting individuals in finding their life-changing jobs. In doing so, she has successfully brought dozens of people into both the media industry and other sectors.

Services

Creative Solutions
Distribution

Distribution

Creative Solutions

Contracting

  • Overseeing multi-national co-productions
  • Providing the right local/global partnerships
  • Matchmaking with the appropriate format/content

Creative Solutions

Consultancy

  • Elevating your content to a multi-cultural level
  • International market research
  • Media business development and strategy

Creative Solutions

Format & Script Consulting

  • Leading any initiative in content
  • Facilitating international content creation
  • Content development & strategy for linear/digital channels
  • Bible Writing

Creative Solutions

Production

  • Line production
  • Set/Studio/Animation

Creative Solutions

Workshop & Lectures

  • How to Create TV Format
  • From Idea to Screen
  • Innovation in Content Creation

PRESS

Distributor's Handbook – 21.06.2021

Distributor's Handbook – 21.06.2021

Audiovisual Producers Finland

C21 Media – March 2022

C21 Media – March 2022

C21 International Format Awards

Realscreen 2015 / Washington DC

Realscreen 2015 / Washington DC

NATPE Budapest Pİtch & Play 2024

NATPE Budapest Pİtch & Play 2024

C21 Media International Format Awrds 2023 / Cannes

C21 Media International Format Awrds 2023 / Cannes

BANF World Media Festival Rockie Awards Jury Member 2021

BANF World Media Festival Rockie Awards Jury Member 2021

Inertnational Emmy Awards 2019 / New York

Inertnational Emmy Awards 2019 / New York

Acun Media Academy / 2024

Acun Media Academy / 2024

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