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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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Berlinale: Brazil’s Globo drives into premium drama with Harassment
Brazilian broadcaster Globo is driving into high-end drama with limited series Harassment, which is set…
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Beta Film links with China’s WeKids for Asian distribution
Germany’s Beta Film has partnered with Chinese producer-distributor WeKids to distribute its children’s programming globally….
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HBO rejigs drama team as Game of Thrones exec exits
HBO drama co-head David Levine has departed the cable channel after 10 years, leaving fellow…
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BBC Two visits Japanese gardens with Blink Films
BBC Two has commissioned Blink Films for a Monty Don-fronted series on Japanese gardens. The John…
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Sales round-up: Globo, All3Media deliver in Germany; Sky Vision scores for lifestyle
Globo sends telenovela Total Dreamer to Germany Brazilian broadcaster Globo has sold telenovela Total Dreamer into German…
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Magical Elves founders Cutforth and Lipsitz depart
Magical Elves founders Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz are stepping down from the Top Chef producer, which…
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Magnify’s Fittest Family lands in Germany
Andrea Jackson’s Magnify Media has sold reality-fitness format Fittest Family into ProSiebenSat.1. The German broadcaster has…
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Darren Childs to step down as UKTV CEO
UKTV boss Darren Childs is to step down from his role as CEO of the…
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Federation Entertainment launches docs arm
Federation Entertainment has created a documentary arm overseen by former Canal+ and Black Pills exec…
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BBC Two goes behind the scenes of Brexit with Vice
BBC Two is readying a Vice Studios-produced behind-the-scenes Brexit programme with political editor Laura Kuenssberg. The…
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Disney to lose $150m in third-party licensing revenue in 2019
Disney has confirmed that the business will this year lose around $150m in content licensing…
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Exclusive: UKTV’s Rumani takes over as head of content funding
UKTV has promoted Hassan Rumani to head of content funding following the departure of Ronan…
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FX boss Landgraf: Netflix isn’t telling “whole story” around viewership
FX boss John Landgraf has lashed out at Netflix, criticizing the streaming giant’s viewership claims….
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Endeavor Content hires WDR exec for European sales drive
Finance and sales firm Endeavor Content has hired former WDR and Red Arrow International exec…
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Nat Geo buys TCB’s Borderforce USA
Nat Geo has bought Dave series Borderforce USA: The Bridges from TCB Media Rights. The broadcaster…
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Endemol Shine sends Stripped to Portugal
Endemol has sent prime-time social experiment Stripped to Portugal. Portuguese terrestrial broadcaster TVI has commissioned an eight-part…
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Media Ranch appoints DR exec to head Scandi office
Montreal-based producer-distributor Media Ranch has appointed DR exec Louise Juel Severin to head up its Scandinavian…
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CAA agent Scott Lonker boards Jimmy Kimmel prodco
CAA agent Scott Lonker has been named president of Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s Kimmelot…
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Drama on top as French viewing habits revealed
French audiences are increasingly turning to catch-up and multiscreen viewing, with fiction programming benefiting more…
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Sales round-up: Sky Vision, Federation, Orange Smarty
Sky Vision inks volume deal with Russia’s Amedia TV The production and distribution arm of…
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Starz boss Chris Albrecht to step down
Starz boss Chris Albrecht is to step down from the Lionsgate-owned cable business next month…
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Banijay sends Israeli drama Juda to Hulu
Banijay Rights has sold Israeli scripted series Juda into US streaming service Hulu, and secured…
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TBI Weekly: Old vs. new money face off for unscripted
A wealth of shiny digital entrants may well suggest TV is currently a supplier’s market,…
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Discovery: Scripps merger has “completely changed” the business
Discovery factual boss Nancy Daniels has said that the Scripps merger has “completely changed” the…
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Realscreen: NBC, Bravo and Facebook execs reveal pitching tips
The Realscreen Summit kicked off in its new home of New Orleans on Monday (28…
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Realscreen: Podcasts can “translate to ratings” for unscripted buyers
Built-in communities and tangible data points around successful podcasts can prove to be invaluable for…
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Realscreen: Cineflix Rights scoops Windfall, Brown Bob titles
Cineflix Rights has acquired a slate of factual programmes from Windfall Films and Brown Bob…
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TBI Weekly: AVOD, branding and ‘You’ discussion dominates NATPE
The aftermath of rampant consolidation was in the spotlight at this week’s NATPE market, where…
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NATPE: NBCU streamer will require “reinvention” of windowing
NBC Entertainment co-chairmen George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy have said that the business’s planned streaming…
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NATPE: Walking Dead most in-demand; ITVS GE’s LatAm formats deal; MGM goes to court
Walking Dead named Parrot’s most in-demand series Parrot Analytics has named AMC’s The Walking Dead…