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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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Factual SVOD CuriosityStream strikes distribution deal with Altice USA
John Hendricks’s factual streamer CuriosityStream is getting wider distribution in the US via broadband operator…
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Channel 4 teams with Ben Wheatley, Paul Dacre for landmark series
Ben Wheatley scores first TV project with Channel 4 Film director Ben Wheatley (High-Rise; Happy New…
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Disney+ confirms four international markets for November launch
Disney+ is to launch in four international markets in November. The Mouse House’s streaming platform…
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UK gov’t sets out to gauge preparedness for ‘no deal’ Brexit
The UK government has set out to gauge the preparedness of creative organisations, including the…
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Disney shakes up African pay-TV channels operation
Disney is shaking up its channels operation in Africa following its acquisition of 21st Century…
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Sales round-up: DRG sells Khoo’s ‘Kitchen’; BBC out for RASI’s ‘Vienna Blood’
DRG scores first sales for Khoo’s ‘Swedish Kitchen’ Japan’s NHK, Germany’s RTL and Australia’s SBS…
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ITV, AMC greenlight Left Bank’s ‘Quiz’
ITV and AMC are adapting James Graham’s play Quiz into a three-part series. Directed by…
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Cineflix snaps up ‘Let’s Talk About Sex’, ‘Extreme Tribe’
Cineflix Rights has acquired a pair of Channel 4 factual series from Spelthorne Community Television…
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Exclusive: ITV kickstarts internal trials of BritBox ahead of launch
ITV has begun beta-testing BritBox among staff ahead of its launch later this year. TBI…
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Facebook Watch, HBO series set to debut at TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will host the premieres of original series from Facebook…
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CBC podcasts score TV adaptations from 3 Arts, Sienna Films
Producers including Lionsgate’s 3 Arts Entertainment and Sienna Films are among the businesses set to…
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Don Cheadle sets up prodco Radicle Act
Actor-producer Don Cheadle has set a production outfit targeting diverse film and TV projects from…
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Rabbit Films hires ITVSGE’s Ferguson for international sales
Finnish producer-distributor Rabbit Films has appointed an ITV Studios Global Entertainment exec to join its…
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Exclusive: Netflix drives into European drama with hires for Paris, Berlin
Netflix is expanding its scripted might in Europe, building out offices in Paris and Berlin…
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Kids bulletin: Cinekids selects in-development slate; DQE’s ‘Psammy Show’ heads to China
Cinekid has selected a slate of in-development projects for the October festival. Around 19 children’s…
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Channel 5 readies IWC’s ‘Greatest Warships’
Channel 5 has commissioned a doc series from Banijay Group-owned IWC that explores famous war…
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AMC Entertainment Networks Group brings Studios operation in-house
AMC Networks is bringing its Studios operation in-house in a restructure that sees the departure…
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Disney hires Sky UK exec to lead SVOD in Europe, Africa
Disney has hired a Sky exec to lead its streaming drive in Europe and Africa….
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Is France’s answer to Netflix too little too late?
France’s local answer to Netflix, Salto, may have received the greenlight from the competition watchdog,…
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Exclusive: TF1 lines up for ITV thriller ‘Deep Water’
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has picked up ITV drama Deep Water, marking the UK thriller’s…
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Netflix boards second season of ‘I Am A Killer’
Netflix has boarded a second season of Znak & Co.’s I Am A Killer, days…
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Netflix India exec lands at ABC Entertainment
Netflix India’s Simran Sethi has landed at ABC Entertainment. The exec, who most recently served…
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CBS, Viacom conclude long-awaited merger
CBS and Viacom have agreed a long-awaited merger deal that will see the two businesses…
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Exclusive: Fremantle global acquisitions exec Levina Negi departs
Levina Negi, VP of global acquisitions and development at Fremantle, is departing the business after…
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EOne hires BBC Studios distribution exec for Lat Am sales
Entertainment One (eOne) has hired BBC Studios sales exec David Hanono to grow the business’s…
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French regulators give broadcasters’ joint SVOD the greenlight
French regulators have cleared Salto – also referred to as the ‘French Netflix’ – to…
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Exclusive: Virgin Media’s director of content partnerships departs
Virgin Media’s director of content partnerships Gill Hay has left after four years, leaving a…
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Viacom, CBS enter final stretch of merger talks
CBS and Viacom are nearing a deal for a merged company, with the final stumbling…
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CNN Films, BBC Arts team for Jackie Collins doc from Passion Pictures
CNN Films, AGC Studios and BBC Arts have teamed up to co-produce Passion Pictures’ feature…
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Endemol Shine sells into children’s AVOD Kidoodle.TV
Endemol Shine Group has struck a distribution pact with children’s AVOD Kidoodle TV. The platform…