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Manori Ravindran

London Correspondent

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Manori Ravindran is one of the leading journalists covering the global film and television business and serves as international correspondent for The Ankler, based in London. Her reporting covers the major players as well as development, production and distribution across markets as the streaming wars cross borders. She is a key contributor to the Series Business team.   

She was previously executive editor of international at Variety, where she led coverage and reported from major film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Toronto. Her work includes high-profile cover stories and investigative reporting on the BBC, Netflix and the international media industry. Her reporting has made her one of the most influential voices shaping the worldwide entertainment business.

Ravindran has held senior editorial roles at Broadcast, Screen International and Television Business International, and is a BAFTA member and former chair of the U.K.’s Broadcasting Press Guild.

She is based in London.

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Why Amazon Can’t Find Its Way in the U.K.

Brit producers are baffled by Prime Video’s muddled strategy, U.S. hiring bent and risk fear: ‘If you’ve got a great show, you’re going to Netflix first’


Hollywood Money Gushed from the Gulf. Then Came War 

Stalled projects, a ‘carefully constructed’ industry at risk — and even the biggest merger in entertainment industry history under threat


‘Adolescence’ Producers Were Struggling. Then Netflix Said Yes

Mark Herbert and Emily Feller tell me how they went from nearly closing to global sensation, how the series might continue & their coming nuclear war project