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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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UKTV, Foxtel pre-buy Distribution360’s Titanic doc
UKTV and Foxtel have pre-bought a documentary on the Titanic from Distribution360. Titanic: Stories From…
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Endemol Shine appoints head of digital distribution
Endemol Shine Group has appointed a media strategist as its head of digital distribution and…
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Netflix teams with ‘Glee’ EP Brad Falchuk
Glee executive producer Brad Falchuk is the latest creative to join the Netflix fold. The…
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Rockerdale Studios, Chalkboard among Indielab Accelerator prodcos
Business accelerator Indielab has unveiled the 16 UK prodcos taking part in its 2019 programme….
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Vice Studios UK hires director of unscripted development
Former Darlow Smithson exec Steven Bricknall has boarded Vice Studios UK as the fledgling production…
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Discovery goes global for ‘Wheeler Dealers’ spin-off
Discovery has handed a global commission for an eight-part Wheeler Dealers spin-off, which will air…
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Apple TV+: The four key things we know so far
Apple’s long-awaited reveal of its streaming plans has drawn mixed results from the industry, with…
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French lesbian nightclub drama wins Series Mania Forum’s pitch prize
French drama festival Series Mania has revealed the Best Project winner out of its industry-focused…
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BBC Studios’ Keelan exits amid Content Partnerships rejig
BBC Studios’ scripted portfolio director Liam Keelan is exiting the business as the distributor once…
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Apple unveils streaming service with Oprah Winfrey, star-studded line-up
Apple’s long-awaited plans for streaming, years in the making, have been unveiled, and as it…
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Ireland’s ShinAwiL rolls out first scripted slate
Irish producer ShinAwiL, best known for making local versions of formats such as Dancing With…
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A+E Networks Int’l greenlights first scripted co-production
A+E Networks International has greenlit its first scripted co-production with crime drama Miss Scarlet And…
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About Premium Content rebrands as APC Studios
The Murders distributor About Premium Content (APC) has rebranded as APC Studios as it marks…
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ITN Productions expands international with ITV Studios EP
ITN Productions has expanded its international unit with the appointment of Sarah-Jane Cohen as executive…
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Rare TV scores engineering six-parter for Smithsonian
Smithsonian Channel has commissioned UK producer Rare TV for a six-part series exploring the innovations…
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Former Pioneer exec sets up production consultancy
Former Pioneer Productions MD Kirstie McLure has set up a new consultancy business connecting productions…
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Exclusive: TF1 drama commissioner resurfaces at Netflix
Longtime TF1 commissioner Julie Anthony has resurfaced at Netflix. Anthony, a 10-year exec with TF1,…
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Netflix rejigs exec ranks with new remits for Nishimura, Riegg
Weeks after it delineated exec ranks between English-language and international content, Netflix has again restructured…
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Sales round-up: PBS Int’l scores with moon landing; ZDFE sells drama into China
PBS scores international sales for moon landing doc The commercial arm of the US public…
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Cineflix Rights acquires Icelandic political drama ‘The Minister’
Cineflix Rights has acquired a new Icelandic drama from Sagafilm. The indie distributor has picked…
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ITV responds to ‘Love Island’ backlash with bolstered aftercare
ITV has said it is extending its “support processes” for Love Island contestants following the suicide of 2017…
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Channel 4 gets ‘Banged Up’ Stateside with BriteSpark
Channel 4 has commissioned Argonon Group-backed BriteSpark Films for a three-part social experiment series that…
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Endemol Shine gets ‘Younger’ in China
Endemol Shine China is to produce a local version of the TV Land drama Younger….
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BBC Three, October link for doc with Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson
BBC Three has commissioned October Films for a doc fronted by Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson. …
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Kin series ‘New Mom, Who Dis?’ to launch on Facebook Watch
Lifestyle multichannel network Kin’s latest series New Mom, Who Dis? is to launch on Facebook Watch. The…
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Former Wall to Wall exec sets up formats firm
Former Wall to Wall exec Poppy Delbridge has set up a new entertainment formats firm….
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Warner Bros. chief exits amid misconduct scandal
Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara has stepped down following an investigation into a…
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New Metric Media inks dev deals with Canadian authors
Letterkenny producer New Metric Media has struck a trio of development deals with Canadian authors….
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Netflix links with Bear Grylls for next interactive foray
Netflix is rolling out its latest interactive proposition with an Electus-produced series starring survival expert…
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Brainpool hires Endemol Shine exec for unscripted drive
Banijay-backed German prodco Brainpool has hired former Endemol Shine exec Fabian Tobias to lead its…