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After six years of strong revenue growth, things have slowed for Australia's commercial television broadcasters in recent months, in part because of the 11 September terrorist attacks in the US, and partly because of the inevitable post-Olympic hangover.

The 2000 Sydney Olympics produced a revenue boom for the networks, with advertisers outlaying a record US$1.4 billion to get their messages on the nation's television screens during the year. Olympic host broadcaster, the Seven network, received such a ratings boost from the Games that it's still reflected in its ...

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