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TV charity gets£1m donation
Industry charity Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund has received a£1m cash injection from the Albert R. Broccoli and Dana Broccoli Foundation.
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Primeval to get the Twitter treatment
ITV is planning to engage the ‘Twitterati' in a mass live conversation about Primeval for the duration of the first episode of the drama's third series.
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Being Human gets one-off special
BBC3 is to screen a Being Human special next week, offering a behind the scenes look at the hit comedy drama.
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Cohen: Make catch-up TV pay-per-view
On-demand services should introduce ‘micropayments' from 5p to£2 for catch-up views of big shows to recoup money lost through falling TV advertising revenues, FremantleMedia chief executive Tony Cohen has proposed.
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Doctor Who writer wants lotto cash for kids TV
Russell T Davies has called on the national lottery to help prop up children's programming.
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BBC says Yes to the Pet Shop Boys
BBC Worldwide will celebrate over 20 years of the Pet Shop Boys with a retrospective on the band's career-defining moments on BBC shows.
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Digital Britain won't force mergers
Lord Carter has downplayed the role that Channel 4's future plays in his Digital Britain review, insisting the government will not “force any marriages” between broadcasters.
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BBC wins back Boat Race
The BBC has signed a five-year deal to host the Boat Race, bringing the event back to the broadcaster for the first time since 2004.
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BBC to make£400m cuts
The BBC is poised to make£400m of “painful” cuts over the next three years, with savings to include executive pay freezes and lower fees for top talent.
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BBC1 orders more Total Wipeout
BBC1 has ordered two more series of Richard Hammond-fronted physical gameshow Total Wipeout following an eight-part run this year.
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Being Human to stay alive online
The creators of BBC3's super-natural drama Being Human are planning a range of year-round original content online, including a potential web-only prequel series.
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Bebo cuts back drama budgets and brand deals
Bebo is to focus on short, low-budget drama series rather than the marathon runs of daily dramas such as KateModern because of the “exhausting” workload involved.
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Multimedia briefs 20 March
Multimedia news in brief from Broadcast magazine 20 March 2009 featuring Fireworks International, Crufts, News International and Johnson and Johnson.
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Envy to use quick Red One process
Envy has come up with a way to speed up the workflow for projects shot on the Red One camera.
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DGP owner buys Rainbow Post
The new owner of DGP has made his second Soho facility purchase in less than a month, snapping up Rainbow Post in Ingestre Place.
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Indies: the great divide
The gap between big and small indies has never been greater, Broadcast's Indie Survey 2009 has revealed.
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Needham hunts celeb shows for Biography Channel
The Biography Channel has hired Unicorn TV founder Delissa Needham to build its -celebrity-based programming slate.
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Prospect hires Bickley to broaden range
Prospect Pictures creative director Todd Austin has made Betty executive Sam Bickley his first strategic appointment since he joined the indie 18 months ago.
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ShineReveille to sell US reality romance shows
Distributor ShineReveille International has picked up a raft of network and cable programming from the US, including a reality series for CBS from the duo behind Project Runway.
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Engle to make feminism docs for BBC4
The director behind the critically acclaimed BBC series Lefties and Jews is to turn her attention to feminism for BBC4.