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Edinburgh TV Festival: TV tourists, the Trump effect and YouTube

British TV is in the midst of generational transformation and for better or for worse, is ever more directly affected by the global TV industry.

Netflix were called ‘TV tourists’ for hoovering up British TV talent after public service broadcasters had put in all the hard work and funding, during the 50th Edinburgh TV Festival.

This was related to a heated debate about how public service broadcasting should be protected and came alongside multiple warnings about the chilling effect of political interference on mainstream news.

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