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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.
Recent articles by this author
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Iflix launches premium sports channel in Asia
Southeast Asian VOD channel iflix has launched a premium sports channel on its service in…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson returns to Nat Geo following misconduct investigation
StarTalk host Neil deGrasse Tyson will return to Nat Geo following an internal investigation into…
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Twofour scores format deals in Russia
Twofour formats What Would Your Kid Do? and Change Your Tune are heading to Russia….
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Blue Ant Int’l bolsters true crime slate ahead of MIPTV
Blue Ant International has bolstered its factual slate with three true crime series. The Canada-headquartered…
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NHK to adapt ‘Secret Life of Four Year Olds’
Japanese broadcaster NHK is to adapt The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds for its free-to-air…
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Netflix cancels ‘One Day At A Time’ citing low ratings
Netflix has cancelled family sitcom One Day At A Time after three series. The streaming…
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Warner Bros. inks AVOD deal with Tubi for ‘The Bachelor’
Dating competition show The Bachelor is heading to AVOD service Tubi as part of a…
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Netflix plays ball with age ratings for the UK
Netflix and the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) have agreed a new age ratings partnership…
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Sales round-up: PBS sends ‘Woodstock’ overseas; Gusto sells ‘Crate to Plate’
PBS strikes raft of deals for Woodstock PBS International has sold a new documentary on…
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Armoza grows development team with Reshet exec
Armoza has expanded its development team with the appointment of former Reshet exec Ori Dror….
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A&E greenlights ‘Live Rescue’ from Big Fish
A&E is heading back into the live arena with doc series Live Rescue from the…
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Channel 4: Jackson doc on track to be most streamed show
Dan Reed’s Leaving Neverland doc about Michael Jackson is on track to become Channel 4’s…
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Exclusive: CBS All Access to begin piloting shows, eyes comedy and docs expansion
CBS All Access will expand from its straight-to-series model later this year, with plans in…
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Amazon gets European exec teams in place as it “bulks up” unscripted
Amazon is staffing up across Europe with commissioning and business affairs teams in major markets,…
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Netflix: Humans, not machines, greenlight our shows
Netflix exec Cindy Holland has said it is “humans” and not machines making commissioning decisions…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix regime change signals new opportunities for international
Netflix is the latest player to join in on an extensive executive overhaul out of…
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For My Next Trick: BBC Studios’ Sumi Connock
TBI has marked International Women’s Day (8 March) all week with its ‘For My Next…
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Endemol fires legal warning shot at Keshet over ‘2025’
Endemol Shine Group has fired a legal warning shot at Keshet International around the latter’s…
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Michael Jackson episode pulled from ‘The Simpsons’
The Simpsons producers have pulled an episode featuring the voice of Michael Jackson days after HBO…
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For My Next Trick: TVF International’s Harriet Armston-Clarke
Each day this week, in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Friday (8 March),…
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Exclusive: Discovery to roll out VOD service in India
Discovery is to roll out an Indian VOD service just a year after the business…
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Michael Jackson doc draws 2.4m to Channel 4 amid London protests
Dan Reed’s feature doc Leaving Neverland garnered a peak audience of 2.4m for the UK’s…
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China’s new TV frontier offers short-form opportunity
Ahead of UK trade body Pact’s UK China Creative Exchange event in London next week,…
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For My Next Trick: ‘Big Brother’ producer Allison Grodner
Each day this week, in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Friday (8 March),…
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HBO miniseries exec Kary Antholis steps down after 25 years
Long-time HBO exec Kary Antholis is the latest to depart the WarnerMedia-owned channel. According to…
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For My Next Trick: The Garden’s Ninder Billing
Each day this week, in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Friday (8 March),…
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Women sweep Canadian Screenwriting Awards’ drama, comedy categories
Women screenwriters have swept the TV drama and comedy categories for the Writers Guild of…
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Gaumont preps modern Indian ‘King Lear’ adaptation
Narcos studio Gaumont is linking with Brahman Naman producer Dina Dattani to adapt a retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear set in…
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Netflix’s Sarandos, Amazon’s Brown set for Series Mania
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos and Amazon Studios’ European originals boss Georgia Brown are…
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Luke Perry’s death prompts ‘Riverdale’ production shutdown
The CW has shut down production on hit drama Riverdale following the death of actor…