Martin Green, Director of the Eurovision Song Contest, commented on footage from last night’s dress Semi-Final One dress rehearsal.
Following last night’s dress rehearsal of Semi-Final One, footage from the show was leaked on social media. During today’s Media Briefing in the Press Centre, Martin Green commented on how it was possible that the footage could be leaked and the EBU’s efforts to combat future leaks.
“We have to broadcast the stream by satellite to the juries in each country. Technology differs between the broadcasters and unfortunately, if someone really wants to, they could hack the stream and leak the footage. Although we try to tighten up security and we have extremely smart people on our cybersecurity team, there are other extremely smart people who really want this footage and who will find a way to access it.”
Green went on to thank everyone who reported these links and the Cybersecurity Team for removing the leaked content from social media platforms. He also stated that the EBU’s lawyers have been notified of these leaks.
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