50 minutes to change the world

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The Mactaggart lecture is the annual event at the Edinburgh Television Festival where one individual has the undivided attention of the United Kingdom's television broadcasting industry for 50 minutes. Past speakers have included Ted Turner, Janet Street-Porter, Dennis Potter, Greg Dyke, Michael Grade, Rupert Murdoch, Jeremy Isaacs, and Norman Lear.

Edinburgh, Scotland, Dyke, Greg, Murdoch, Rupert, Turner, Ted, Edinburgh Television Festival, Lectures and lecturing, Lectures, Street-Porter, Janet, Potter, Dennis, Isaacs, Jeremy, Lear, Norman

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UK's lack of global vision

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Television broadcasting companies from UK discussed their plans for launching overseas channels and exporting formats at the Royal Television Society conference. Walt Disney's president Bob Iger also outlined his company's plan for global dominance. UK's plans are compared to Walt Disney's.

United States, Strategy & planning, Management dynamics, Services information, Management, Planning, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Motion picture industry, Walt Disney Co., Company business management, Video production companies, Film and video production companies, Company business planning, Service enhancement, Presidents (Organizations), Iger, Robert

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It's time for zero tolerance

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Michael Grade, the executive chairman of ITV PLC, discusses the need for prompt action against television broadcasters and producers involved in unethical broadcasts.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Public affairs, Motion Picture and Video Industries, Motion Picture and Video Production, Legal/Government Regulation, Motion Picture & TV Production, Television Production, Ethics, Laws, regulations and rules, Television programs, Ethical aspects, ITV PLC, Viewpoint essay

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