Tag Archives: Noel Curran

EBU announces the appointment of Glen Killane as Executive Director of Eurovision Sport

(PRESS RELEASE) GRAND-SACONNEX, Switzerland, 9-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — EBU announces the promotion of Glen Killane to the role of Executive Director of Eurovision Sport. He succeeds Stefan Kürten, who announced in December that he will leave the EBU in June … Read the full press release

EBU calls on the European Commission to ensure online platforms and advertisers put in place effective procedures and policies to tackle the scourge of fake news

Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, 17-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBU is urging the European Commission to ensure online platforms and advertisers put in place effective procedures and policies to tackle the scourge of fake news. Last month, the Sounding Board of the … Read the full press release

EBU Director General Noel Curran: Trust levels for public service media, particularly on TV and Radio, are increasing

Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, 15-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On March 4th, Swiss citizens will decide through a public vote whether to abolish the licence fee, previously collected through the company Billag (hence the initiative’s name “NoBillag”). The current Swiss media system is … Read the full press release

Simon Fell to leave EBU and will re-locate to the UK

Simon Fell, Director of Technology and Innovation, will leave the EBU when his term comes to an end in February 2018. Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, 19-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Fell has led the Technology and Innovation team since 2013 and overseen … Read the full press release