Richard Holbrooke, the broker of the Dayton accord who is now America's envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has named broadcasting as one area where lessons learned in one war zone must be transferred to others.

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The Coast Guard determined the trawler posed a threat to other ships navigating the area, and had been broadcasting the unmanned, unlit vessel's location to mariners to alert them to the hazard.

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Issues related to digital TV and radio broadcasting, and to the development of new technologies in this area, were also discussed at the conference.

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Debra Davis, a director of City TV Broadcasting, which is planning launch next year in the Birmingham area, says it will be different this time because changes in technology will allow channels like hers to produce higher quality programmes and avoid the "amateurish" look and feel of earlier community channels.

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