PUBLIC BROADCASTERS CALL FOR 'RATIONAL DEBATE'.

Represented by the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), =commercial broadcasters repeated their call on November 15 for a ="rational debate" about the future of the European media industry. =During a conference the Belgian Presidency organised on November 14/15 =in Brussels, to consider public broadcasting and media concentration, =the ACT welcomed the recent Commission Communication on state aid, and =last year's adoption of the Financial Transparency Directive (though it =urgent needs to be implemented by Member States, they said). ACT's =Director General, Ross Biggam, stressed that nobody disputes public =television can play an important role in a dual...