SRG Director General Armin Walpen remains on the EBU Board of Directors
Armin Walpen, Director General of SRG, will remain on the 11-member Board of Directors of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The General Assembly has reappointed the Valais native for the 2009–2010 term.
Armin Walpen, the Director General of SRG, remains on the eleven-member Administrative Board of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The General Assembly confirmed the Valais native for the 2009/2010 term of office. In this function, Walpen will be able to bring SRG's concerns more strongly into the EBU, SRG told SDA on Tuesday. These concerns include, for example, the quadrilingualism of the television and radio programs as well as the online offerings. Walpen has been a member of the executive committee since the structural change in December 2007. The EBU's president is Jean-Paul Philippot of Belgium's RTBF.
According to SRG, the Geneva-based EBU is the world's largest association of radio and television broadcasters. The body consists of 75 active members from 56 European countries and 43 non-European organizations. The EBU's tasks include organization around new technologies, the daily exchange of news stories, and the distribution of coverage of major events - from the Vienna Opera Ball to the Olympic Games.
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According to SRG, the Geneva-based EBU is the world's largest association of radio and television broadcasters. The body consists of 75 active members from 56 European countries and 43 non-European organizations. The EBU's tasks include organization around new technologies, the daily exchange of news stories, and the distribution of coverage of major events - from the Vienna Opera Ball to the Olympic Games.
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