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    TV charity gets£1m donation

    2009-03-20T11:20:00Z

    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

    2009-03-20T10:23:54Z

    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

    2009-03-20T10:12:13Z

    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

    2009-03-19T17:45:14Z

    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

    2009-03-19T17:17:09Z

    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

    2009-03-19T14:34:17Z

    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

    2009-03-19T14:01:08Z

    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

    2009-03-19T13:17:29Z

    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

    2009-03-19T12:33:39Z

    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

    2009-03-19T11:01:34Z

    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

    2009-03-18T19:33:36Z

    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

    2009-03-18T19:29:52Z

    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

    2009-03-18T19:27:07Z

    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

    2009-03-18T19:17:09Z

    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

    2009-03-18T19:13:04Z

    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

    2009-03-18T17:17:36Z

    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

    2009-03-18T17:15:25Z

    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

    2009-03-18T17:13:38Z

    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

    2009-03-18T17:11:18Z

    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

    2009-03-18T17:11:06Z

    The director behind the critically acclaimed BBC series Lefties and Jews is to turn her attention to feminism for BBC4.