Exxen

Exxen is a Turkish subscription streaming service and production company. Owned by Acun Medya, a Turkish TV production and rights acquisition company, Exxen was launched on 1 January 2021. Exxen produces its own content, as well as owning various streaming rights of foreign productions and sports events.

Exxen Dijital Yayıncılık A.Ş.^[1]

Type of business	Anonim Şirketi
Type of site	OTT streaming platform
Available in	4 languages
List of languages Turkish, English, Spanish, Arabic
Founded	2017[1]
Headquarters	Istanbul , Turkey
Country of origin	Turkey
Area served	Worldwide
Owner	Acun Medya
Founder(s)	Acun Ilıcalı
Chairman	Acun Ilıcalı
General manager	Ümmü Burhan[2]
Key people	Acun Ilıcalı (owner)
Industry	Technology & Entertainment industry
Products	Streaming media Pay television Video on demand
Services	Television production Sportscasting
Employees	1,500 (2020)
Parent	Acun Medya
URL	www.exxen.com/en
Registration	Required
Users	>500,000 (2020, in Turkey)[3]
Launched	1 January 2021; 4 years ago (2021-01-01)

History

Acun Ilıcalı (pictured in 2010) is the current chairman of Exxen as of 2021

Exxen was established and commercially registered in Turkey, in 2017.^[1] The platform was first announced by Turkish media mogul Acun Ilıcalı through his Instagram account on 24 September 2020.^[4][5] The name of the platform was suggested by Ali Taran, Turkish marketing executive who held previously partnerships with Ilıcalı in various shows.^[6] In initial phase, the company hired around 1,500 employees to run its operations.^[7] Subsequently, it was revealed that the annual budget of the platform will be 900 million TRY.^[7] Launched on 1 January 2021, the number of user of the platform hit 500,000 users in three days after the launch, according to a statement from Ilıcalı via his social media account.^[3]

In June 2021, Exxen announced that they purchased the streaming rights of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League for three consecutive seasons, starting from 2020–21.^[8]