TV & VIDEO - Nov. 27, 1987
Cheap television programs from the United States are threatening Europe’s cultural identity, an influential media group said this week in Belgium. Members of the European Television Task Force suggested during a press conference in Brussels that there might be a case for imposing quotas on the use of U.S. programming to keep European TV more European--or at least about 65% of it. Members said more foreign programs had been used in recent years as European cable television networks have flourished, many relying heavily on low-cost American programs.
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