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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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NBCU scores first int’l adaptation for ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is getting its first international adaptation. NBCUniversal International Formats has licensed the hit…
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NATPE unveils LA conference Streaming Plus
NATPE is rolling out Streaming Plus in Los Angeles — a one-day event featuring execs…
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Globo, Warner Bros. strike multi-year film pact
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution and Brazilian broadcaster Globo have struck a multi-year renewal deal…
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Flame Distribution scores global sales post-MIPTV
Flame Distribution has secured a raft of international sales on the back of MIPTV. …
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Netflix exec overseeing India to depart
Another Netflix exec overseeing Indian content is to depart the streaming giant. The Los Angeles-based…
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HBO Europe adds to Spanish slate with culture clash comedy
HBO Europe has greenlit a new comedy from Manuela Burló Moreno, adding to a growing…
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Channel 4 commissions Arrow’s ‘Gay Dog And Other Animals’
Channel 4 has commissioned Arrow Pictures for an hour-long film exploring gay behaviour in animals. …
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Disney presents 18-title slate to LA Screenings buyers
Disney has uncovered its highly anticipated content offerings to buyers at LA Screenings. The Mouse…
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MIP founder Bernard Chevry dies at 96
MIPTV and MIPCOM founder Bernard Chevry has died at the age of 96. The exec,…
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ITVS GE sends ‘Snowpiercer’ to China
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has sold the broadcasting rights to forthcoming sci-fi series…
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Freesat hires head of product
Free-to-air satellite TV provider Freesat has hired David Thomas as head of product. Thomas joins…
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‘Temptation Island’ heads down under
Australia’s Channel Seven has signed on for a local version of Banijay Rights-distributed format Temptation…
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Sony teams with Globo, Mediapro Studio for drama
Spain’s Mediapro Studio and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have struck a co-production and co-development pact,…
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Viacom sends Telefe formats into US Hispanic market
Viacom International Studios Americas has licensed two formats from its Argentinian network Telefe into US…
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Netflix eyes studio space at UK’s Pinewood Studios
Netflix is looking to lease at least a third of the UK’s Pinewood Studios as…
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TBI Weekly: US studios brace for tough questions from global buyers
As major US studios prepare to reveal their new scripted wares to international buyers, there…
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AMC orders anthology series from ‘Black Mirror’ writer
AMC has greenlit an anthology series that mixes sci-fi and romance from Black Mirror writer…
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Endemol Shine sale back on the table
Banijay Group has pulled back from plans to buy Endemol Shine Group, TBI understands. It…
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Ameba TV scores 59-title package from Nelvana
Streaming service Ameba TV has struck a deal with Corus Entertainment’s children’s producer-distributor Nelvana for…
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Sensethefuture options Mike McCormack’s ‘Solar Bones’
Teresa Potocka’s Sensethefuture Pictures has optioned award-winning novel Solar Bones from Irish author Mike McCormack. The…
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Lionsgate picks up int’l distribution rights to Hulu’s ‘Ramy’
Lionsgate has picked up international distribution rights to Hulu comedy series Ramy. The studio has picked…
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Nat Geo picks up ‘USS Indianapolis’ doc from Drive
Nat Geo has bought a doc special about the tragic fate of cruiser USS Indianapolis,…
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Exclusive: Sky Drama exec joins Anne Mensah at Netflix
Sky Drama’s head of development Lindsay Salt has joined Anne Mensah’s scripted team at Netflix,…
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A+E strikes formats and co-pro deal with Korea’s JTBC
A+E Networks has expanded its relationship with JTBC, signing a new formats representation and co-production…
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Sales round-up: Cineflix Rights, Orange Smarty, Beano Studios
Cineflix Rights scores French deal for Marcella The London-based distributor has sold series one of…
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Paramount picks up BYUtv’s ‘Dwight In Shining Armor’ for global
Paramount has picked up international distribution rights to BYUtv’s original comedy series Dwight In Shining Armor. …
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Guru Studios hires Gusto’s Caplan as director of int’l sales
Paw Patrol animation firm Guru Studios has hired Gusto Worldwide Media exec Corey Caplan (pictured, right) as…
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TNT becomes US home of All Elite Wrestling
Alternative wrestling league All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has secured US broadcast distribution via a deal…
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Pumfrey: Mental health in TV “ignored for far too long”
Industry execs have called for a closer examination of mental health across the television industry,…
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New ‘Star Trek’ series voyages to Canada with Bell
Bell Media has acquired Canadian rights from CBS Studios International to the new Star Trek…