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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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FX, Netflix win big at Golden Globes
FX and Netflix emerged as the big TV winners of Sunday night’s (6 January) Golden…
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Exclusive: Netherlands’ NPO3 scoops up Tuvalu comedy formats
Newen Group-owned producer Tuvalu Media has scored commissions for science-focused comedy panel show The Human…
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Nat Geo takes Tyson’s StarTalk off-air amid misconduct allegations
Nat Geo has pulled chat show StarTalk off the air following multiple sexual misconduct allegations…
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“Purposeful” formats, CEE scripted on the rise in 2019
International TV research consultancy K7 Media has unveiled its predictions for 2019, forecasting that Disney+…
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Endemol’s Family Food Fight heads to Portugal
Portugal is the latest territory to scoop up Endemol Shine Group’s Family Food Fight. Public…
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Travel Channel reboots Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!
Discovery-owned Travel Channel is reviving the iconic Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! brand for a…
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Why Eccho Rights looked for scale in CJ ENM
Newly acquired by Korean media powerhouse CJ ENM, Stockholm-headquartered distributor Eccho Rights is to expand…
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European content rules to be finalised by year’s end
European content quota rules for digital streaming services are expected to be finalised by the…
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BBC pulls plug on film review programme
The BBC has pulled the plug on its long-running film review programme. The cancellation of…
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Netflix pulls Patriot Act episode critical of Saudi Crown Prince
Netflix has pulled an episode of comedian Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act that tackles the murder of…
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Premier League resumes CEO search following Dinnage’s shock exit
The Premier League is scrambling to appoint a successor to outgoing CEO Richard Scudamore after…
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Red Arrow Int’l, Mr. Robot producer link for workplace drama adaptation
Red Arrow Studios International has linked with Mr. Robot and 13 Reasons Why producer Anonymous Content to adapt a…
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Channel 5’s Operation Live gets Aussie adaptation
The Garden’s Operation Live has scored an Australian adaptation. Channel Seven is localising the format…
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Top US cable entertainment channel rankings unveiled
USA Network, home of The Sinner and Banijay’s forthcoming Temptation Island reboot, was the most…
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BBC Studios exec to lead ITN Productions
BBC Studios exec Anna Mallett has been appointed chief executive of ITN Productions. Mallett was…
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Channel 5 sharpens Shiver’s Red Arrows
Channel 5 has commissioned ITV Studios-owned production label Shiver for a six-part doc series on…
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Viacom preps K-pop series for MTV Russia
Viacom and telco MTS are partnering for a K-pop-inspired reality series for MTV Russia. The…
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Apple strikes TV deal with Fast and the Furious director
Apple has struck an overall TV deal with Fast and the Furious director Justin Lin…
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Electus International’s Pollak lands at NBC
Electus Television and International president John Pollak has moved to NBC’s alternative and reality group…
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Sky One links with Expectation for David Schwimmer comedy
Sky One has commissioned Expectation for a six-part comedy starring Friends actor David Schwimmer (pictured,…
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Eleven Sports “miscalculation” serves as wake-up call to sports providers
Eleven Sports’ distribution headaches have served as a pressing “wake-up call” to sports providers looking…
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Korea’s CJ ENM buys European distributor Eccho Rights
South Korea’s CJ ENM has acquired European distributor Eccho Rights as part of a major…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios Showcase unveils line-up
Drama Republic’s Pure (pictured) and 72 Films’ global history series Icons are among the programmes headlining next year’s…
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TNT president to head content for WarnerMedia SVOD
TBS and TNT president Kevin Reilly is to lead the content strategy for WarnerMedia’s new…
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TBI Weekly: Our top stories of 2018
It has been exactly a year to the day since Disney revealed its proposed acquisition…
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Facebook Watch expands ad break initiative amid programming rethink
Facebook Watch has extended its ad break initiative in 40 countries and launched via desktop….
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Fremantle promotes international execs
Fremantle has promoted its international content execs, with new roles in place for Angela Neillis…
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Global SVODs in the spotlight at NATPE
Netflix and Amazon will be in the spotlight at January’s NATPE market, which is stepping…
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All3Media drives into sports production with Aurora acquisition
All3Media has acquired British sports producer Aurora Media Worldwide, marking its first major sports-focused production…
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Netflix unveils most-binged shows of 2018
BBC One co-production Bodyguard and coming-of-age drama On My Block were among Netflix’s most binged…