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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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China’s Hunan TV, Endemol Shine partner on ‘Sing Or Spin’
Endemol Shine Group is co-developing primetime entertainment format Sing Or Spin with Chinese producer-broadcaster Hunan…
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Story Lab’s ‘You Are Not A Loan’ optioned in Denmark, Netherlands
Renowned Films and The Story Lab’s social experiment format You Are Not A Loan has…
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Insight TV expands Stateside with third-party studios operation
Ultra high-definition broadcaster Insight TV is expanding production and sales operations to the US with…
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‘All Together Now’ heads to Finland
Endemol Shine format All Together Now has cracked its 14th market with a sale into Finland. Finnish…
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Crazy cash and snackable shorts: The future of entertainment on SVODs
As the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Quibi begin to get their unscripted affairs in…
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NENT Group appoints DRG’s Halliwell as MD of UK studios operation
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has appointed DRG boss Richard Halliwell as MD of the…
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Endeavor Content buys ‘The Wall’ producer Glassman Media
Endeavor Content has acquired The Wall producer Glassman Media. According to Deadline, the business has struck an…
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Canada’s CTV, Netflix mark inaugural unscripted collaboration with ‘I Do, Redo’
Netflix has teamed with Canadian terrestrial broadcaster CTV on their first unscripted project, partnering on…
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Fremantle’s Levina Negi lands at Hoplite
Fremantle’s Levina Negi has landed at Hollywood-based film and TV producer Hoplite Entertainment. The former…
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Wheelhouse Entertainment acquires events prodco Den Of Thieves
Wheelhouse Entertainment has acquired events prodco Den of Thieves, taking a majority stake in the…
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Breaking the taboo: How do we navigate mental health in TV?
Mental ill-health in the TV sector is an unspoken reality for many working in the…
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Exclusive: Entertainment One’s Tess Charman boards MGM
Long-time Entertainment One exec Tess Charman has boarded MGM Worldwide Television, TBI understands. Charman has…
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Kids bulletin: Gaumont launches ‘Pirate Mouse’; Cake boards ‘Woozle & Pip’; Cosmos-Maya sets up sales arm
Gaumont, Amsterdam team for ‘Pol The Pirate Mouse’ Gaumont and Amsterdam-based Submarine are partnering on…
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Distribution round-up: Cineflix picks ‘Warrior Women’; Dynamic snaps up ‘Creepshow’; Eccho Rights scores US remakes
Cineflix Rights takes ‘Warrior Women’ London-headquartered distributor Cineflix Rights has picked up Channel 4’s Warrior…
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Formats round-up: Rabbit globetrots with Star TV, ‘Bring The Funny’ optioned in France; Ireland gets DIY SOS remake
Rabbit Films sends ‘Globetrotters’ to Greece Greek commercial broadcaster Star TV has signed on for…
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Lionsgate mulls spinning off Starz to reduce debt load
Lionsgate is mulling spinning off cable channel Starz into a separate company as it looks…
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GRB, Zig Zag team up for unscripted co-productions
US producer-distributor GRB Studios has struck an unscripted co-production pact with UK indie Zig Zag…
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Exclusive: Netflix eyes Minnow’s ‘The Detectives’ for India
Netflix is eyeing an Indian take of Minnow Films’ BAFTA-nominated BBC Two doc series The…
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Twofour’s Melanie Leach, Andrew Mackenzie depart to set up South Shore
Twofour bosses Melanie Leach and Andrew Mackenzie are exiting the business to launch a new…
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MIPTV organisers reveal first batch of distributors signed up to reimagined market
All3Media, Discovery and Warner Bros. are among the distributors to have signed up for next…
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TRX future uncertain as bosses set to depart
TRX co-founders David Frank and Matthew Frank are stepping down from the online licensing platform…
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Amazon signs up for Clarkson’s ‘Farm’, ‘Walking Dead’ spin-off
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit eight-part Jeremy Clarkson-fronted series I Bought The Farm (working title)…
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‘Game Of Thrones’ star launches ‘True Viking’ format with Zig Zag, Wildflame
Game Of Thrones star Kristofer Hivju and his TV presenter partner Gry Molvær Hivju have…
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Fremantle España to adapt autobiography of Spanish newspaper boss
Fremantle España is to adapt the explosive autobiography of Spanish war reporter and newspaper editor…
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Youngest Media opens shop in France
David Flynn and Lucas Church’s Youngest Media is opening shop in France, just weeks after…
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Newen completes acquisition of Reel One Entertainment
Newen Group has completed its acquisition of Canadian scripted producer-distributor Reel One Entertainment. The Department…
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New Zealand’s Mediaworks Three takes Screentime’s ‘Toke’
Mediaworks Three has commissioned Banijay’s Screentime New Zealand for telemovie Toke. Set in the sleepy…
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Vice buys women’s media publisher Refinery29
Vice Media has acquired female-skewing digital publisher Refinery29. The latter business will report into Vice…
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Sales round-up: SBS boards Viacom’s ‘Train Adventure’; Quintus deals with ProSiebenSat.1
Viacom sells Trevor McDonald’s ‘Indian Train Adventure’ Viacom International Studios has struck worldwide deals for…
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Studio Lambert’s ‘Race Across The World’ scores celeb BBC One edition
BBC One has commissioned a celebrity version of BBC Two travel format Race Across The…