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It'll probably irritate Brexiteers, but BBC DG Lord Hall has just been elected President of the European Broadcasting Union. He won an absolute majority at the 80th Assembly of the Union, in the Albanian capital, Tirana. He starts a two-year term in January next year.

Tone and his number 2, Ms Delphine Ernotte-Cunci of France Televisions, "will steer the activities of the EBU Executive Board and help promote the usefulness and importance of Public Service Media (PSM) in Europe."