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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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Sky to double down on originals under in-house Studios banner
Sky is to double down on investment in originals under new production banner Sky Studios. …
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Exclusive: ‘Blue Planet II’ exec joins Honeyborne as Netflix grows UK footprint
Blue Planet II production exec Katie Hall has departed the BBC’s Natural History Unit to…
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Disney+ lifts lid on animated offerings
Disney has lifted the lid on kids programming heading to its forthcoming streaming platform, including…
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Lionsgate strikes two-year output deal with Hulu, FX
Disney-controlled streamer Hulu and cable channel FX have struck a two-year output deal with Lionsgate…
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Endemol Shine scores brand-funded ‘Best.Cover.Ever’ adaptation in Brazil
Endemol Shine format Best.Cover.Ever has received its first international adaptation. Endemol Shine Brasil has partnered…
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Nickelodeon launches animated shorts programme
Viacom-owned Nickelodeon has launched an animated short programme. The ‘Intergalactic Shorts’ programme is led by…
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Netflix sets up Sydney office
Netflix has set up a local outpost in Australia, with a small Sydney office slowly…
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Streaming round-up: WarnerMedia lines up ‘Dune’, Amazon teams with Bullock
WarnerMedia taps ‘Blade Runner 2049’ director for ‘Dune’ series adaptation WarnerMedia has tapped French-Canadian Blade Runner…
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CBC bolsters diversity agenda
Canadian public broadcaster CBC has revealed a bolstered diversity agenda spanning all commissioned scripted and…
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TBI Weekly: ‘Chernobyl’ is astonishing, but what’s next for HBO? (Column)
As HBO rolls out hit dramas such as Chernobyl that carry the signature marks of outgoing drama…
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Reed Midem explores separate bookings for MIPTV, MIPCOM
MIP organiser Reed Midem is making good on promises to “reimagine” its spring and autumn…
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EOne denies Mark Gordon is leaving the business
Entertainment One has denied that president Mark Gordon is leaving the business a year and…
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Beta Film’s ‘Empire Oktoberfest’ begins production
Beta Film has begun production on drama series Empire Oktoberfest for BR/ARD Degeto. Set in…
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Viacom’s James Currell exits after 18 years
Long-time Viacom exec James Currell is departing the business. Currell – who most recently served…
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BBC Studios’ ‘Seven Worlds’ secures Chinese partners
China’s CCTV9 and Tencent Penguin Pictures have officially boarded BBC Studios’ landmark natural history series…
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Fabrik Ent’s Melissa Aouate upped to partner
Fabrik Entertainment president Melissa Aouate has been appointed a partner at the Bosch producer. Aouate…
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Netflix poaches Fox exec for theatrical distribution
Netflix has hired a 20th Century Fox distribution exec as director of theatrical distribution. Spencer…
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Netflix poaches Fox exec for theatrical distribution
Netflix has hired a 20th Century Fox distribution exec as director of theatrical distribution. Spencer…
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NBCUniversal rejigs EMEA business
NBCUniversal has rejigged its EMEA business, following through on plans to transition the business’s pay-TV…
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ITV avoids trial with ‘Duck Dynasty’ producers
A lengthy legal battle between ITV and Duck Dynasty producer Gurney Productions has reached an…
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Dragonfly, Optomen and IWC land BBC commissions
Dragonfly TV and Optomen are among the prodcos to have scored recent documentary commissions with…
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ITV Studios Norway appoints long-time Nordisk Film TV exec as MD
ITV Studios has appointed Lars Finnland as MD of its Nordic label, ITV Studios Norway….
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Banijay Asia, GroupM strike content deal targeting Indian market
Banijay Asia and GroupM India have struck up a content partnership targeting the Indian market….
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Quibi teams with MTV Studios to reboot ‘Punk’d’, ‘Singled Out’
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi has partnered with MTV Studios to reboot Punk’d and Singled Out for…
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ITV entertainment boss Siobhan Greene departs
ITV entertainment boss Siobhan Greene has left the broadcaster to launch her own prodco. The…
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Distribution round-up: DRG acquires WildBear slate; Dynamic hails ‘Vagrant Queen’
Distributor DRG has acquired a slate of historical titles from Australia’s WildBear Entertainment. The deal,…
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‘Love Island’ returns with record viewers despite recent controversy
The fifth series of ITV2’s Love Island has launched with 3.3m viewers — its most-watched…
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Conecta Fiction reveals pitch finalists
Conecta Fiction has unveiled the final projects selected for its pitching events at the third…
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Zee’s Sunita Uchil gets international co-production role
Zee distribution head Sunita Uchil has been promoted to EVP at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd….
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Off The Fence’s Ludo Dufour boards Blue Ant International
Long-time Off The Fence exec Ludo Dufour has boarded Blue Ant International and will relocate…