.eurovision
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Status: | Delegated |
Country: | International |
Manager: | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
Registry Provider: | CORE |
Date Implemented: | 06 December 2014 |
Type: | Brand gTLD |
Category: | Media |
Key people: | Jean-Paul Philippot, EBU President |
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.eurovision is a new gTLD (generic top level domain) delegated in ICANN's New gTLD Program by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to protect its Eurovision brand, which represents the organizations news and sports distribution network. EBU also owns the Eurovision Song Contest, which was established since the 1950s.[1]
The application for the TLD was confirmed by Jean-Paul Philippot, President and Ingrid Deltenre, Director General of the organization respectively. EBU's bid for .eurovision together with the .radio TLD is supported by the World Broadcasting Unions.[2]
European Broadcasting Union manages the TLD and is its Registry. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the Root Zone on 06 December, 2014.[3]