Kapital Entertainment, SK Global, Jeff Sagansky & Florence Sloan Launch Global Content Company Jaya Entertainment

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EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Crazy Rich Asians producer SK Global, Jeff Sagansky and Florence Sloan have teamed to launch Jaya Entertainment, a content company focused on developing, producing and financing premium international series.

Top TV producer Kaplan, prominent media investor Sagansky, Sloan and SK Global (via Ivanhoe Pictures) previously partnered in a Mumbai-based venture that produces hit Hindi-language Netflix series Delhi Crime, which won the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series and returns for a second season on the streamer later this year.Kilian Kerwin, formerly the EVP of International Production at SK Global, will helm the day-to-day operations of Jaya, which will initially focus its efforts in India and Israel.In the burgeoning Indian market, where the players already have a foothold, the company has six-seven projects in very active development, with four writers rooms up and running.In most cases, Jaya Entertainment, named after the word for victory in both Malay and Hindi, will fully fund all stages of production and development, partnering with local content creators.

That’s how Delhi Crime‘s first season was produced on spec before the series was sold to Netflix in a bidding war. (On some projects, the company could embrace a global partner or a local partner but its business model does not require it.)“Having thoroughly enjoyed our successful maiden voyage on Delhi Crime, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to reunite, now with a dynamic slate of new shows.

We look forward to digging in with our India and Israel-based collaborators, along with expanding our partnerships along the way,” the Jaya team said in a joint statement. “Kilian’s expansive international, local