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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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BBC Studios strikes European pre-sales for Dynasties
BBC has pre-sold five-part natural history series Dynasties into 13 territories, including Germany, Spain and…
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Media Ranch appoints content head for creative push
Canadian producer-distributor Media Ranch has hired a head of content and storytelling to lead its…
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French private equity firm invests in About Premium Content
French private equity firm Alliance Entreprendre (NATIXIS Groupe) has taken a minority stake in co-production…
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Comcast closes in on 40% of Sky shares days after $39bn bid
Comcast has bought up 36.95% of Sky just days after it dealt a knock-out $39bn…
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Show of the Week: The Pier
Spanish romantic thriller The Pier originates from Esther Martínez Lobato and La Casa de Papel…
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Kew-backed Awesome Media launches publishing arm
Kew Media Group-backed producer Awesome Media & Entertainment has launched a publishing division. Headed by…
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Ovation to relaunch Inside The Actors Studio
US arts network Ovation TV is the new home of Bravo’s long-running interview programme Inside…
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ABC Australia exec joins Matchbox Pictures as MD
NBCUniversal-owned Safe Harbour producer Matchbox Pictures has appointed ABC Australia exec Alastair McKinnon (pictured, right)…
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NBC Entertainment appoints new chairs
NBC has appointed Paul Telegdy (pictured, left) and George Cheeks (right) as co-chairmen of its…
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All3Media America’s Lipstone lands at Propagate
Former All3Media America boss Greg Lipstone has joined Lore producer Propagate Content as president. The…
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Disney president to exit following Fox merger
Disney president Ben Sherwood (pictured) is to leave the business after it completes its takeover…
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ABC Australia MD fired halfway through term
ABC Australia managing director Melissa Guthrie (pictured) has been fired halfway into her five-year term…
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Sky urges shareholders to accept Comcast offer
Sky has advised its shareholders to accept Comcast’s $39bn takeover days after the US telecom…
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TBI Weekly: Top takeaways from RTS London
A vibrant RTS London conference earlier this week saw top figures in the UK market…
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Belgium’s RTBF buys Banijay’s Legacy
Belgian broadcaster RTBF has snapped up gameshow The Legacy from Banijay Rights. Zodiak Belgium is…
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UKTV extends ‘Inside’ franchise with Brown Bob
UKTV has commissioned Brown Bob Productions for 20-part fixed rig series Inside The Operating Theatre….
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Amazon strikes overall deal with Handmaid’s Tale director
Amazon has struck an overall deal with The Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano. Morano, who…
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Treehouse greenlights trio of Nelvana kids titles
Canadian kids channel Treehouse has greenlit a trio of live-action and animated pre-school series from…
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RTL II picks up Story Lab’s Hall Pass
Game of Clones distributor The Story Lab has sold social experiment Hall Pass into German…
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Viacom to benefit from Disney/Fox “distraction”
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has that the Disney/Fox merger represents a “significant positive” for the…
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Studiocanal appoints strategy and finance boss
Studiocanal has promoted Jérémy Gabbay to the role of chief financial and strategy officer. The…
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Netflix picks up BBC1 thriller Bodyguard
Netflix has picked up World Productions’ BBC1 drama Bodyguard. The streaming giant, which boarded the…
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Endemol Shine exec confirms sale is imminent
The sale of Endemol Shine Group is reaching its final stages, with a deal expected…
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Amazon “desperate” to support broadcasting landscape
Amazon Europe boss Georgia Brown has said it is “mad” to think that the streaming…
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Exclusive: Amazon eyes Bachelor producer for unscripted role
Network execs from ABC and Fox are being eyed for top unscripted roles at Top…
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Channel 5 axes Big Brother as Endemol sale heats up
Channel 5 has cancelled Big Brother after eight years on the Viacom-owned broadcaster. The channel…
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Facebook signs up for Zig Zag magic show
Facebook Watch has acquired a short-form series from Zig Zag Productions featuring British street magician…
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BBC’s Tony Hall: FAANG needs regulation
BBC director general Tony Hall is calling for the taxation and regulation of “global giants”…
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TBI Weekly: Sky and Channel 4 deal is clear sign of the times
Sky and Channel 4’s content-sharing deal earlier this week signalled the beginnings of closer collaboration…
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Nat Geo picks up Plimsoll’s Wild Great Britain
Nat Geo has picked up Plimsoll Productions’ Hugh Bonneville-narrated Wild Great Britain for its international…