Saner Ayar
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Founder and Managing Partner at MODYO TV
Location: Istanbul, Türkiye, Turkey 15 work roles 1 school
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Saner Ayar is listed as Founder and Managing Partner at MODYO TV, a with 18 employees, based in Istanbul, Türkiye, Turkey. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Saner Ayar.

Saner Ayar previously worked as Founder and Managing Partner at O3 Medya (Production) and Founder and Director at Modyo Tv. Saner Ayar holds İktisat from İstanbul Üniversitesi.

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Saner Ayar is one of the most senior media executives in Turkey and in the MENA Region. He is a serial entrepreneur who started his career in his early twenties. Saner established more than 30 radio stations in early 90s and then switch to television. Saner Ayar led Show TV and drove it to the most successful television channel in Turkey. After successfully establishing CNBC and NatGeo television channels in Turkey, he became the General Manager of Show TV. For Show TV, he commissioned ground-breaking shows including The Valley of Wolves (Kurtlar Vadisi), Ezel, Deal or No Deal? (Var mısın? Yok musun?) and Magnificent Century (Muhteşem Yüzyil). In mid-2010s he focused on production and together with MBC Group founded O3 Media. In a period of eight years, he produced eight movies and 26 shows. The total number of hours of content produced by Saner Ayar during this period exceeded 1,200 hours. O3 Medya, under Saner Ayar’s leadership, produced both Netflix’s and Disney+’s launch productions in Turkey. As a producer, Saner is uniquely positioned as he can produced high quality sensitive content in commercially successful manner.

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MODYO TV
Modyo Tv
Founder and Managing Partner
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15 roles · 36 years

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Founder And Managing Partner

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O3 Medya (Production)

Formed a joint venture, O3 Medya with MBC Group in Turkey which owns 51% of the joint venture. Established the company and developed all projects produced to this date. Manages the company with an on-hands approach and lead all functions. Secured commissioning from all important platform and produced the Turkish launch projects of both Netflix and Disney+.Created the pan-Arabic productions in Turkey, produced high quality series with pan-Arabic cast and repeated the sucess with different shows.

Apr 2014 - Present

Founder And Director

İstanbul, Türkiye

Modyo Broadcasting / Waga Broadcasting (Close Circuit Television Channel)Established closed circuit television channel for Istanbul Municipality transportation system.Established the advertisement model and the technologic infrastructure for more than 25.000 vehicles which consist multiple screens broadcasting Modyo and Waga content. Modyo and Waga today have more than annual 10mio USD revenue and 5 mio unique viewers per day.

Advisor

Tnt (Television Channel)
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

General Manager

Television ChannelCommissioned ground-breaking series and shows including Magnificent Century, The Voice, Dancing on Ice, Adini Feriha Koydum, Doctors (remake of Grey’s Anatomy), Var mısın Yok musun (Deal or No Deal)?Established two new and specialized channels: Show Plus and Show Max.Acted as the Director in charge of content for Digiturk, the first digital platform in Turkey. Managed Show TV as number one television channel for six consecutive years

2003 - 2011 ~8 yrs

Member Of The Executive Board

Fox International
2004 - 2009 ~5 yrs

Founder And Advisor

Msa Telecommunications (Tv Advertisement Marketing)

Established the distribution and advertisement marketing medium for National Geo Group in Turkey.Established three new television channels: Nat Geo Wild, Fox FX and Fox Live.After five years of operations transferred to NewsCorp for a subsequent merger with the parent company.

2004 - 2009 ~5 yrs

Executive Board Member

Doğuş Media Group

Managed as an Executive Directors two television channels: NTV and MSNBC.com. Managed the Magazine Division of the Group (including F1 Racing and NatGeo Magazine).Managed all marketing and sales activities of the Media Group.

2001 - 2003 ~2 yrs

Ceo

Cnbc-E (Television Channel)

Established CNBC-e channel in Turkey. Awarded as the Best Executed Project in Turkey by the Turkish American Business Council.CNBC-e was the first niche thematic channel in Turkey and led the thematic broadcasting in the country.

1999 - 2003 ~4 yrs

Ceo

Tv8

Television Channel

Established the TV8 channel

1997 - 1999 ~2 yrs

Ceo

Kanal E (Television Channel)

Established Kanal E

1994 - 1997 ~3 yrs

Vice President

Optimum Technology & Communications Co.
1993 - 1994 ~1 yr

Vice President

Pota Political Advertisement Co.
1993 - 1994 ~1 yr

Founder Shareholder

Genç Radyo Broadcasting Co.
1992 - 1994 ~2 yrs

Member Of The Board Of Directors

Triart Advertisement Co.
1992 - 1994 ~2 yrs

Founder And Managing Partner

Turkuaz Holding Co. (Radio Broadcasting)

Established the first private radio stations in Turkish history.Established and acquired more than 30 radio stations, including the groundbreaker Genc Radyo, all over Turkey and maintained a national broadcasting coverage and strategy. Established an advertisement agency: TreArt Reklam Ajansı.Established a telco software company: Optimum Tech.Established a political advertisement company: Pota Political Ad.

1991 - 1994 ~3 yrs
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What company does Saner Ayar work for?

Saner Ayar works for MODYO TV.

What is Saner Ayar's role at MODYO TV?

Saner Ayar is listed as Founder and Managing Partner at MODYO TV.

Where is Saner Ayar based?

Saner Ayar is based in Istanbul, Türkiye, Turkey while working with MODYO TV.

What companies has Saner Ayar worked for?

Saner Ayar has worked for O3 Medya (Production), Modyo Tv, Tnt (Television Channel), Show Tv, and Fox International.

Who are Saner Ayar's colleagues at MODYO TV?

Saner Ayar's colleagues at MODYO TV include Derya Güneşli, Onur Karslıoğlu, Sultan Topal Benian, Sedef Narin Tomak, and Ahmet Ravalı.

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Saner Ayar holds İktisat from İstanbul Üniversitesi.

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