Geneva, 10 June 2011 – The European Broadcasting Union (EBU)* congratulates Mr Olivier Hinnewinkel on his appointment as the new Director General of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC).

Before joining CISAC, Mr Hinnewinkel headed the European Broadcasting Union's operational activities in both the USA and the Asia-Pacific region. He was also in charge of marketing and business at the EBU's headquarters in Geneva.

"The appointment of Mr Hinnewinkel can only strengthen our long history of cooperation with CISAC,"  said Ingrid Deltenre, the Director General of the EBU. "We look forward to continuing our work together to modernize copyright including rights clearance in a way that is efficient for broadcasters and respectful of rightsholders’ interests."

The EBU was recently a partner organization of CISAC's World Copyright Summit in Brussels on 7 & 8 June 2011**.

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*About the EBU
The EBU serves 85 national media organizations in 56 countries in and around Europe. It represents its Members and promotes the values and distinctiveness of public service media in Europe and around the world. The Eurovision and Euroradio networks deliver news, sports, events and music to EBU Members and other media organizations. Services to Members range from legal advice, technical standardization and development to coproduction and exchange of quality European content. For more information about the EBU: www.ebu.ch

**Click here for the keynote speech of EBU President Jean-Paul Philippot at the World Copyright Summit.