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Manori Ravindran
Manori Ravindran is the Editor of TBI Magazine. She was previously International Editor at Broadcast, and prior to this, news editor at Realscreen Magazine in Toronto. She is based in London.
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New SVOD DocuBay hunts for global rights to premium projects
As Mumbai-headquartered SVOD DocuBay rolls out across 180 countries, it is entering the fray as…
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Streamers push UK production revenues past £3bn mark for first time
UK TV production revenues broke the £3bn ($3.7bn) mark for the first time in 2018…
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CBS to adapt German procedural ‘Einstein’
US broadcaster CBS is adapting the Red Arrow Studios International-distributed German procedural Einstein. The scripted…
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Plimsoll Productions appoints Electus alum to head LA office
Plimsoll Productions has hired former Electus and Covert Media exec Saul Goldberg to head its…
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Channel 5 orders ‘Neighbours’ spin-off for My5 VOD service
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a spin-off of Australian soap Neighbours for streamer…
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Quibi sees second high-profile departure in a month
Quibi has seen the second departure of a senior exec in less than a month….
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APC Studios snaps up rights to ABC Australia nuclear testing drama
Paris-headquartered producer-distributor APC Studios has swooped for worldwide rights to ABC Australia’s six-part drama Fallout (working…
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Fred Media hires TCB’s Mem Bakar as European sales boss
TCB Media Rights exec Mem Bakar has landed at Australian distributor Fred Media. Bakar is…
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Industrial Media strikes overall deal with unscripted vet Todd Hurvitz
Industrial Media has struck an overall deal with Ghosts In The Hood creator Todd Hurvitz….
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WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey gets expanded remit at AT&T
WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey has been appointed president and COO of HBO parent group AT&T. The…
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BBC Scotland exec boards IWC to head factual
BBC Scotland’s Pauline Law has joined Banijay-owned IWC as head of factual. The exec most…
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Channel 4 orders Christmas-themed ‘Buy It Now’
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a Christmas-themed series of Buy It Now from Studio…
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CJ ENM’s ‘Produce X 101’ scandal deepens as police extend investigation
CJ ENM-owned broadcaster Mnet continues to court controversy around its alleged vote manipulation of talent…
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Keshet International scores first sale for celeb dating format ’12 Steps To Love’
Keshet International has sold Israeli dating format 12 Steps To Love into Holland’s NET5, marking…
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ProSiebenSat.1 triggers strategic review, explores Red Arrow sale
ProSiebenSat.1 has triggered a strategic review that could see the business offload Red Arrow Studios,…
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Exclusive: Canal+ picks up HBO’s ‘Our Boys’ amid Netanyahu’s calls for Keshet boycott
France’s Canal+ has picked up HBO and Keshet Studios’ limited series Our Boys amid calls…
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Disney-Fox merger sees scores of job losses at Nat Geo
National Geographic is feeling the impact of the Disney-Fox merger, with scores of employees set…
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Expectation hires ‘The Circle’ EP as creative director of entertainment
Expectation has hired former Studio Lambert exec and The Circle executive producer Daisy Lilley as…
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Nickelodeon expands unscripted slate with ‘Top Elf’, ‘Substitute’
Nickelodeon has bolstered its unscripted slate with a holiday-themed competition series and a full series…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix finds its ‘Love Island’ amid unscripted drive
A year on since forming its UK outpost and months out from launching Paris and…
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BBC Three commissions Youngest Media for ‘House Share’
BBC Three has commissioned six-part docu-reality series House Share from Youngest Media. The 6 x…
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Hasbro buys eOne in shock $4bn all-cash deal
My Little Pony owner Hasbro has acquired indie studio Entertainment One (eOne) in a surprise…
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Channel 4’s Katz deems Hulu co-pro “very unrelatable to British audiences”
Channel 4’s Ian Katz has called middling ratings for the UK broadcaster’s Hulu co-production The…
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Channel 5’s Frow: Savings from ‘Big Brother’ cancellation didn’t go the distance
Channel 5 director of programmes Ben Frow has called the cancellation of Big Brother a…
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BBC Two commissions Dolly Parton doc, boards Lena Dunham’s HBO thriller
The BBC has revealed a slate of new projects, including HBO drama Industry, which it…
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YouTube Originals on the hunt for education-focused programming
YouTube is taking an education-focused approach to originals and leaning into “self-motivated learning” on the…
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Vivendi swoops for global rights to TF1’s ‘Celebrity Song Challenge’
France’s Vivendi Entertainment has picked up global rights to TF1 and DMLS TV’s shiny-floor format…
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Yellowbird UK options rights to ‘Spotify Untold’
Yellowbird UK has optioned screen rights to the behind-the-scenes story of music service Spotify. The…
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Wheelhouse Group hires general counsel Rob Lia as president
Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Group has appointed long-time general counsel Rob Lia as president. Lia is…
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Propagate scores distribution deal with Complex
Ben Silverman and Howard Owen’s Propagate has picked up international rights to series from youth-skewing…