. "1965-11-13"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . "350000"^^ . . . . . . "Noel Curran"@en . . . . . . . . . "Noel Curran (born 13 November 1967) is an Irish radio and television producer and journalist who has been the Director-General of the European Broadcasting Union since October 2017. He previously served as the Director-General of RT\u00C9 (Ireland's national broadcaster) from 2011 to 2016. He has worked in the Editorial, Management and Commercial areas of media. The European Broadcasting Union is the largest alliance of public service media organisations in the world. It represents 115 media companies in 56 countries. It is based in Geneva but has offices in New York, Washington, Moscow, Brussels, Singapore, Rome and Beijing. As well as representing the interests of public service media internationally the EBU provides a worldwide news service to its members, purchases international sports rights for its members, provides live classical and jazz concerts, provides a technology and innovation service, a media research unit and a range of television and radio content. The EBU also operates an independent commercial subsidiary Eurovision Services, which provides distribution and production of large sporting events around the world. Curran is Chair of Eurovision Services. He is the first Irish national to be Director General of the EBU. Previously he was Director-General at Ireland's national broadcaster Raidi\u00F3 Teilif\u00EDs \u00C9ireann (RT\u00C9). According to RT\u00C9's Annual Report 2015 the Director-General was responsible for 2000 staff, four TV channels, four radio stations, RT\u00C9 Digital output, two orchestras, Ireland's transmission Network (2RN) and 334 million Euro in revenue. According to the report 155m Euro of that revenue was generated through commercial activity, which means that, as a percentage of total income, commercial income is higher at RT\u00C9 than at most other European Public Service Media organisations."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "October 2017"@en . . . . . . . . "30855404"^^ . . . . "Director-General of the European Broadcasting Union"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "8337"^^ . . . . . "Noel Curran (born 13 November 1967) is an Irish radio and television producer and journalist who has been the Director-General of the European Broadcasting Union since October 2017. He previously served as the Director-General of RT\u00C9 (Ireland's national broadcaster) from 2011 to 2016. He has worked in the Editorial, Management and Commercial areas of media."@en . . . . "1965-11-13"^^ . "Noel Curran"@en . . . . . . "1111718598"^^ . . . "Noel Curran"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2"^^ . . . . . "2011-02-01"^^ . . . . . "2016-04-11"^^ . . . . . . . . . .