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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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Amazon strikes overall deal with Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Hot on the heels of her Emmy wins, Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has struck an…
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Oprah Winfrey’s book club series for Apple TV+ takes shape
Oprah Winfrey and Apple have shed light on the structure of the media tycoon’s global…
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Acorn TV licenses slate of ABC content for Oz, New Zealand offering
Acorn TV has licensed a slate of content from Australian public broadcaster ABC for its…
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HBO Max sets out non-fiction originals team
HBO Max has bolstered its original non-fiction team with execs from CNN, Karga Seven and…
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‘Big Brother’ returns to Sweden on TV4
Endemol Shine’s Big Brother has landed its fourth European comeback territory, with TV4 commissioning a…
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Media Ranch gameshow format optioned in Germany, France and Oz
Media Ranch’s gameshow format Watch! from Survivor producers Dan Munday and John Kirhoffer has been…
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Nat Geo strikes first-look deal with ‘Free Solo’ team
Nat Geo has struck a first-look deal with Free Solo duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and…
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Tom McDonald appointed director of factual for BBC Studios Production
BBC Studios Production has tapped long-time specialist factual commissioner Tom McDonald as director of factual….
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Netflix renews ‘Glow’ for fourth and final season
Netflix has renewed wrestling comedy Glow for a fourth and final season. The streaming giant, which launched…
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Red Arrow’s Redseven expands German reach with Berlin office
Red Arrow Studios-owned Redseven Entertainment has opened shop in Berlin as the business continues to…
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Disney+ opens up to pre-orders ahead of November launch
Disney is opening its forthcoming streamer up to pre-orders two months ahead of launch. The…
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Lifetime super-sizes orders of Kinetic’s ‘Married At First Sight’
Lifetime has signed up for two super-sized seasons of Married At First Sight from Kinetic…
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Kids round-up: ‘Snail And The Whale’ joins BBC Xmas line-up; Ankama launches new distribution label
‘Snail And The Whale’ joins BBC Christmas line-up BBC One’s The Snail And The Whale…
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NBCU rejigs lifestyle networks out of US
NBCUniversal is consolidating operations for cable channel E! under Bravo and Oxygen in a major…
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Telefónica, Atresmedia join forces for content powerhouse
Spanish telco Telefónica and La casa de papel broadcast group Atresmedia are joining forces for…
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Viacom’s Channel 5, Comedy Central join BritBox UK
Viacom’s UK channels, Comedy Central and Channel 5, have joined the BBC and ITV’s joint…
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Sales round-up: Hat Trick’s Morgan-Ronaldo interview goes global; Red Arrow’s French ‘Departure’
Hat Trick goes global for Piers Morgan interview with Cristiano Ronaldo Hat Trick International has…
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Aardman appoints MD as co-founder David Sproxton steps down after 43 years
Animation studio Aardman has appointed Sean Clarke as its new MD, taking over from long-time…
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Former Canal+, Havas execs launch podcast studio Paradiso
Former Canal+ exec Lorenzo Benedetti and ex-Havas exec Benoit Bunaigre have launched an international podcast…
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‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ heads to Brazil
Brazil’s Globosat has commissioned the first local adaptation of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Globosat’s pay-TV…
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AMC streamer Acorn TV hits one million subscribers
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV has surpassed one million subscribers in the US and Canada….
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Endemol Shine Boomdog strikes deal with Kate Del Castillo
Endemol Shine Boomdog has struck an overall development deal with iconic La Reina del Sur…
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Korea’s CJ ENM, JTBC unite for joint SVOD against streaming competition
South Korean media giant CJ ENM and cable network JTBC are joining forces to take…
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TCB Media Rights boosts legal and rights team, unveils 40-show slate for MIPCOM
TCB Media Rights is heading to next month’s MIPCOM market with a 40-title slate that…
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Sky Studios launches innovation hub out of Leeds
Sky Studios is launching a hub out of Leeds aimed at developing new talent and…
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AMC’s Spektrum TV swoops for Rabbit Films’ ‘Beyond Human Boundaries’
AMC Networks International-owned doc channel Spektrum TV has swooped for doc reality series Beyond Human…
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Zig Zag scores A+E Networks UK branded content commission
A+E Networks UK has commissioned Zig Zag Productions for a branded content spot for Kia…
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Fox Entertainment expands comedy, animation teams
Fox Entertainment has hired Spectrum Originals exec Julia Franz and Trigger Warning With Killer Mike…
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Exclusive: ‘Hollywood Game Night’ producer developing ‘Come To Bed’ for Quibi
Hollywood Game Night producer Mission Control Media is developing a US adaptation of Israeli format…
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Quintus Media hires trio of execs to grow digital operations
German distribution and media agency Quintus Media has appointed a trio of execs to grow…