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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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Acorn TV expands global footprint to 30 territories
Acorn TV, the US streaming service specialising in British television, is expanding into 30 countries,…
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Rising Star adaptation leads Sri Lankan content “renaissance”
A local adaptation of Keshet International’s Rising Star is having a transformative impact on Sri…
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Nordic noir heads to China
Finnish telco Elisa enters the ring as one of the first international players looking East…
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A+E promotes Ascher for Originals banner
A+E Networks has promoted Steve Ascher to SVP of production and development for its Originals…
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Armoza’s The Four optioned in Portugal
Armoza Formats’ primetime singing competition The Four has been optioned in Portugal, with SP Entertainment…
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Viacom’s Voot joins the premium ranks
Viacom 18 group CEO Sudhanshu Vats tells Manori Ravindran how Indian streaming service Voot is…
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The Dealmakers: Four execs shaping the Asian TV landscape today
As business across Asia continues to flourish amidst shifting regulations and censorship, TBI introduces the…
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Howard T. Owens spells out Propagate’s Asia ambitions
Ahead of his debut at the Asia TV Forum, Propagate Content co-founder Howard T. Owens…
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Channel 4’s Horan: bring me “bigger, fewer” and international ideas
Channel 4’s newly installed factual boss Danny Horan is keen to do away with “pragmatic…
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Exclusive: True crime podcast Teacher’s Pet to get drama treatment
Hit true crime podcast The Teacher’s Pet is to be adapted into a multi-part drama….
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Exclusive: Channel 4, Discovery partner on Ice Age doc
Warner Bros-owned producer Renegade is making a 90-minute doc on an expansive discovery of Ice…
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YouTube to wind down Premium offering
YouTube is planning to put its original content ahead of its paywall in what marks…
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TBI Weekly: Could Barclays’ SVOD fund go global?
Barclays Corporate Banking is looking to expand its SVOD investment fund outside the UK as…
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Tuesday’s Child’s Playlisters snags BBC One Saturday primetime slot
Greenbird Media-backed Tuesday’s Child has snagged BBC One’s coveted Saturday night primetime slot in the…
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TV France International mourns long-time exec Catherine Charmet
TV France International veteran Catherine Charmet has died at the age of 53. The popular…
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Disney’s SEC filing sheds light on Hulu value
Disney has valued The Handmaid’s Tale SVOD Hulu at around US$9.26bn, according to a Securities…
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Former Sundog EP sets up prodco
Former Sundog EP and The Trouble With Dad producer Dov Freedman (pictured, right) has launched…
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Facebook rolls out “fewer, bigger, better” strategy
Facebook is rolling out a “fewer, bigger, better” strategy around scripted content as it rejigs…
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Fremantle Australia, Keshet Int’l strike formats deal
Fremantle Australia has struck a first-look deal with Keshet International, giving them access to the…
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5Star boosts originals with three new commissions
Viacom-owned youth-focused channel 5Star has ordered a slate of new programs from GooWoo Media, Alaska…
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Red Arrow Studios Int’l teams with False Flag, Beaufort writers
Red Arrow Studios International has struck a development deal for premium drama with Israeli False…
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Chinese regulators approve Disney-Fox merger
Chinese regulators have approved the Disney-Fox merger weeks after the Mouse received a conditional greenlight…
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NBC promotes Meredith Ahr to president of alternative
NBC Entertainment has promoted Meredith Ahr to president of its alternative and reality group. The…
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A+E Networks hires Sky Vision scripted exec for co-pro drive
A+E Networks International has hired Moreyba Bidessie as director of scripted development and sales as…
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UKTV pre-buys Woodcut’s Killer In My Family
UKTV has pre-bought Woodcut Media-produced doc series The Killer In My Family. The 6 x…
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Fairfax shareholders approve Nine Network merger
Fairfax Media shareholders have backed the 150-year-old Australian firm’s merger with commercial channel Nine Network,…
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BBC hands commissions to Bandicoot, Naked Entertainment
BBC Scotland has commissioned two seasons of eight-part quiz show format Test Drive from Argonon-backed…
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Fremantle strikes first-look deal with Natalie Dormer
Game of Thrones actor Natalie Dormer has struck a multi-year first-look deal with Fremantle. The…
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Bezos: Amazon is “not too big to fail”
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has said that the Seattle-headquartered business is “not too big to…
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560 Media to oversee secondary rights for Banijay Rights
Banijay Rights has appointed 560 Media to oversee its secondary rights. Under the deal, the…