.eurovision

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Status: Proposed
country: International
Manager: European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Registry Provider: CORE
Registry: European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Registry Backend: CORE
Type: Brand gTLD
Category: Media
Priority #: 1516 - European Broadcasting Union

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.eurovision is a new gTLD (generic top level domain) proposed with 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]

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