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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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Facebook’s ‘Red Table Talk’ format to be localised internationally
Facebook’s hit talk show format Red Table Talk is to be reversioned outside of the US, according…
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Comedy Central UK greenlights ‘Gods Of The Games’
Comedy Central UK has greenlit an unscripted entertainment series featuring a range of British sports…
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HBO Max scores major licensing coup for BBC content
HBO Max has scooped up exclusive streaming rights to Doctor Who via a major licensing…
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CBS recouples with ‘Love Island’
Love Island is returning Stateside for a second season. US broadcaster CBS has renewed the…
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Avalon to adapt comedy game ‘Werewolf: Live’ for TV
Taskmaster and Catastrophe producer Avalon Television is adapting comedy panel game show Werewolf: Live for…
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Warner Horizon Scripted TV rejigs exec team, promotes London Redman
Warner Horizon Scripted Television has rejigged its exec team, appointing Leigh London Redman as EVP…
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Legendary Television, SpectreVision team for scripted series
Carnival Row producer Legendary Television has struck a first-look deal with Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision (pictured)…
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DAZN unveils ‘The Making Of’ global original
Sports streamer DAZN will explore the career-defining matches of football greats in its first global…
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Exclusive: Red Arrow’s Harry Gamsu joins Fremantle
Red Arrow Studios International (RASI) exec Harry Gamsu has boarded Fremantle. After five years with…
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Lifetime orders R. Kelly ‘Aftermath’ special, develops Jeffrey Epstein film
Lifetime has ordered a four-hour follow-up special to its Emmy-nominated series Surviving R. Kelly alongside…
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BBC Studios teams with James Cameron for first Nat Geo commission
BBC Studios has secured its first Nat Geo commission, teaming with Titanic director James Cameron (pictured)…
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Germany’s RTL II goes out with ‘Celebs Go Dating’
Germany’s RTL II has greenlit a local series of the format Celebs Go Dating. The original…
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‘Love Island’ to get two-series run on ITV2 in 2020
Love Island will get its first winter series on UK broadcaster ITV2 next year. The…
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Telefe’s ‘100 Days To Fall In Love’ scores Showtime adaptation
Telefe comedy 100 Days To Fall In Love has scored an English-language remake with Showtime. …
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Distributors warn MIPTV changes could be “universally detrimental” to market
MIPTV’s new floorplan, confirmed by Reed Midem today, has prompted outrage from international distributors who…
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Doc streamer DocuBay expands distribution with Foxxum
Fledgling documentary streamer DocuBay has linked with smart TV solutions provider Foxxum for a distribution…
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MIPTV says “change means change” with new Palais-centered strategy
TBI can reveal that Mip organiser Reed Midem has confirmed plans to centralise the spring…
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Sales round-up: ESG scores for ‘Younger’, ‘Stripped’; BBCS starts ‘Revolutions’
Endemol strips in Spain Endemol Shine International has sold social experiment format Stripped into Spain,…
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Doc/Fest’s Luke Moody exits, calling out lack of global vision for fest
Sheffield Doc/Fest’s director of programming Luke Moody has quit the UK documentary festival, calling on…
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Mental health for documentary field in the spotlight via week-long forum
US documentary forum The D-Word is rolling out a widespread discussion on mental health that…
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TBI Weekly: What Netflix’s Q2 tells us about its long-game strategy
Netflix’s Q2 results rang alarm bells this week after the business revealed it had lost…
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MTV’s Lily Neumeyer promoted to EVP development
Long-time MTV exec Lily Neumeyer has been promoted to EVP of development for the Viacom-owned…
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WarnerMedia assembles content team for HBO Max
WarnerMedia is assembling the content team behind its fledgling service HBO Max. The business has…
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Global Agency picks up Polish reality series ‘Sanatorium Of Love’
Turkish distributor Global Agency has acquired reality series Sanatorium Of Love. The TVP-produced series (10…
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NPACT boss John Ford to step down
NPACT general manager John Ford is to step down from the organisation. The exec, a…
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Weak Q2 for Netflix shows over-reliance on handful of brands
Netflix has again suffered a “soft” Q2, but analysts have warned that it can’t afford…
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‘Man In The High Castle’ producer to bring Warhammer to screen
The Man In The High Castle producer Frank Spotnitz is to bring the game Warhammer to…
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USA Network greenlights ‘Cannonball’ series
USA Network has handed a series order for physical competition series Cannonball. The 10-part series,…
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DAZN, Discovery partner on major distribution deal for Eurosport
Sports streamer DAZN has partnered with Discovery on a wide-ranging distribution pact that will see…
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Sales round-up: DRG strikes ‘Remarkable’ deals in Europe; DCD secures UK sales for Oz drama
DRG serves up sales for ‘Remarkable Places To Eat’ BBC Two’s Remarkable Places To Eat…