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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector | Tags: Alex Connock, entrepreneurs, media, diary, James Murdoch, Edinburgh TV Festival, web presence, BBC, multi-platform, Ten Alps, Entrepreneur’s Diary

Alex Connock, CEO, Ten Alps : EDINBURGH – This was always going to be a TV festival in turmoil, with Big Brother on the way out (two years too late), Google capturing ad revenues from commercial broadcasting, and so much more to discuss.

But James Murdoch’s keynote MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International TV Festival really was incendiary, achieving exactly what it was supposed to. It was bold and well delivered – and it split the audience right down the middle.

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