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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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AT&T boss: WarnerMedia will take back ‘Friends’ for its SVOD
AT&T boss Randall Stephenson has said that the business will pull back titles such as Friends and The…
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Disney to take full control of Hulu in five years
Disney has agreed a deal with Comcast to take full control of Hulu — in…
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Upfronts 2019: All 35 pick-ups broken down
This year’s Upfronts have so far yielded 35 series pick-ups across the big four…
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HBO readies two-hour ‘Game Of Thrones’ documentary
HBO is readying a two-hour documentary that goes behind the scenes on the final series…
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MTV UK assembles Workerbee’s ‘Love Squad’
MTV UK has ordered a new dating show from Endemol Shine-owned prodco Workerbee in which…
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Amazon takes CBS All Access’ ‘Star Trek’ spin-off for global
Amazon Prime Video has picked up CBS All Access’ Star Trek spin-off on Captain Jean-Luc Picard…
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Black Friday cancellations: ‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Murphy Brown’ axed
US broadcasters have pulled the plug on a number of shows as part of its…
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Quest Red checks into Full Fat’s ‘Bad Skin Clinic’
Discovery-owned free-to-air channel Quest Red has commissioned Full Fat TV to produce The Bad Skin Clinic….
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Sales round-up: Alfred Haber sells ‘bublé!’, Harbour Rights scores with Discovery
ITV, Nine Network buy’s NBC’s ‘bublé!’ UK broadcaster ITV and Australia’s Nine Network are among…
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Netflix buys second major drama from Youku
Netflix has picked up Youku series I Hear You. The streaming giant has acquired the…
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TBI Weekly: Is Netflix killing off nuanced drama? (Column)
As SVODs increasingly rely on punchy dramas to draw eyeballs and differentiate their offerings, some…
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Exclusive: Sky Arts picks up Travis doc ‘Almost Fashionable’
Sky Arts has acquired an award-winning documentary on Scottish band Travis. The Comcast-owned pay-TV channel…
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Canada’s Rogers Media cancels June Upfront
Canada’s Rogers Media, owner of Citytv and Sportsnet, has cancelled its Upfront event next month…
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Freeview joins YouTube as headline sponsor for Edinburgh TV Festival
Freeview has joined YouTube as joint headline sponsor of August’s Edinburgh TV Festival. The year-long…
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Hungary’s TV2 signs on for ‘Fittest Family,’ ‘Catchpoint’
Hungarian free-to-air broadcaster TV2 has signed on for local adaptations of formats from Magnify Media…
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Endemol Shine exits ‘Masked Singer’ as Fox goes in-house for unscripted
Fox is launching an in-house studio for alternative entertainment that will count the next series…
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BBC Four commissions Rare TV’s ‘The River’
BBC Four has commissioned Rare TV for a feature documentary on Scotland’s longest river. In The…
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Kids bulletin: TVOkids commissions Bristow, Splash scores with R. L. Stine
TVOkids commissions Bristow Global Media for ‘Backyard Beats’ Canada’s TVOkids has commissioned Toronto-based producer Bristow…
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Sales round-up: All3Media Int’l, Studiocanal strike deals for ‘Baptiste’, ‘Years’
All3Media International scores in Spain The distributor has sold a slate of dramas into broadcasters…
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‘Les Mis’ producer Chris Carey boards Dancing Ledge
Les Misérables producer Chris Carey has joined Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge Productions. The exec, who most recently…
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All3Media America’s Main Event Media launches podcast arm
All3Media America-owned Main Event Media is launching a podcast division. The United Shades Of America…
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Yesterday lines up Woodcut’s ‘Greatest Palaces’
UKTV has lined up Woodcut Media’s World’s Greatest Palaces for factual channel Yesterday. The multi-channel broadcaster…
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ITV enters wrestling arena with AEW partnership
ITV has partnered with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) to air a major wrestling event on…
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Natural history co-pros unlikely as genre evolves for SVODs
Alastair Fothergill, producer of Netflix’s Our Planet, has warned that SVOD players “will not consider…
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Pact UK unveils accelerator programmes alongside Leeds HQ
UK trade body Pact has unveiled two accelerator programmes for producers based outside London on…
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NBC exec to lead unscripted at Matchbox Pictures
NBC exec Dan Munday has been named head of unscripted at Australian prodco Matchbox Pictures….
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Former HBO docs boss Sheila Nevins lands at MTV
Former HBO docs boss Sheila Nevins has landed at MTV. The longtime president of HBO…
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Shaftesbury grows creative team with Temple Street producer
Frankie Drake Mysteries producer Shaftesbury has appointed Lesley Grant as creative producer. She will be responsible…
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BBC Studios, Lionsgate hire former DreamWorks exec to head US partnership
BBC Studios and Lionsgate have appointed former Fox and DreamWorks exec Dan McDermott as the…
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Hat Trick exec boards Beano Studios
Hat Trick Productions exec Mark Talbot has joined Beano Studios as chief creative officer. In…