Name | European Broadcasting UnionUnion européenne de radio-télévision |
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Map | EBU Member.svg |
Mcaption | Countries with one or more members are in green |
Type | Union of broadcasting organisations |
Membership | 74 active members |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Formation | 12 February 1950 |
Leader title | President |
Leader name | Jean-Paul Philippot |
Language | English, French |
Website | http://www.ebu.ch/ }} |
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; ) is a confederation of 199 broadcasting organisations from 205 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25. It is unrelated to the European Union. Members are radio and television companies, most of which are government-owned public service broadcasters or privately owned stations with public missions. Full active Members are based in countries from Iceland to Russia, including almost all European countries. Associate members are not limited to those from European countries and the Mediterranean but include broadcasters from Canada, Japan, Mexico, India and Hong Kong, as well as many others. Associate Members from the United States include ABC, CBS, NBC, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Time Warner, and the only individual station, WFMT.
Active members are those whose states fall within the European Broadcasting Area, or otherwise those who are members of the Council of Europe.
The EBU's highest profile production is the Eurovision Song Contest, organised by its Eurovision Network. The Eurovision Network also organises the Eurovision Dance Contest, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the Eurovision Young Dancers competition, and other competitions for young musicians and screenwriters, which are modelled along similar lines. The countries in the EBU have also often worked together to create documentaries and (animated) children's programming.
Radio collaborations include Euroclassic Notturno – an overnight classical music stream, broadcast in the United Kingdom as Through the Night – and special theme days, such as the annual Christmas music relays from around Europe.
The EBU provides several targeted training courses for broadcast professionals through its section EBU Training which was founded in 1999 and since then, has trained over 5,000 people from more than 30 countries. Most of the programmes are offered exclusively to EBU members. However, certain programmes are increasingly made available to non-members.
Most EBU broadcasters have a group deal to carry the Olympics and FIFA World Cup (particularly, the games of their country and the Final). Another annually recurring event which is broadcast across Europe through the EBU is the Vienna New Year's Concert. The theme music played before EBU broadcasts is Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Prelude to Te Deum. It is well known to Europeans as it is played before and after the Eurovision Song Contest and other important events.
It was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon, England. In 1993, the International Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT), an equivalent organisation of broadcasters from Central and Eastern Europe, was merged with the EBU.
The first co-production was the animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood from 1993 based on the books of the same title by Colin Dann. The second animated collaboration was Noah's Island from 1997 and more recently, Pitt and Kantrop. Another important EBU programme is Jeux Sans Frontières.
The EBU also encourages active collaboration between its Members on the basis that they can freely share their knowledge and experience, thus achieving considerably more than individual Members could achieve by themselves. Much of this collaboration is achieved through Project Groups which study specific technical issues of common interest: for example, EBU Members have long been preparing for the revision of the 1961 Stockholm Plan.
The EBU places great emphasis on the use of open standards. Widespread use of open standards (such as MPEG-2, DAB, DVB, etc.) ensures interoperability between products from different vendors, as well as facilitating the exchange of programme material between EBU Members and promoting "horizontal markets" for the benefit of all consumers.
EBU Members and the EBU Technical Department have long played an important role in the development of many systems used in radio and television broadcasting, such as:
The EBU has also actively encouraged the development and implementation of:
Country | ! National script | Abbreviation>Abbr. | ! Year | |||
align=left> | Radio Televizioni Shqiptar>Albanian Radio and Television | Radio Televizioni Shqiptar| | RTSH | 1999 | ||
align=left | < | Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra | Radio and Television of Andorra || | Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra | RTVA | 2002 |
rowspan="2" align=left> | Public Radio of Armenia| | Հայաստանի Հանրային Ռադիո | ARMR | 2005 | ||
Public Television of Armenia | align=centerՀայաստանի հանրային հեռուստաընկերություն || | ARMTV | 2005 | |||
align=left | < | ORF (broadcaster) | Austrian Broadcasting || | Österreichischer Rundfunk | ORF | 1953 |
align=left> | İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları ŞirkətiPublic Television and Radio Broadcasting Company || | İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti | İTV | 2007 | ||
align=left | < | National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus | Belarusian Television and Radio Company || | Нацыянальная дзяржаўная тэлерадыёкампанія Рэспублікі Беларусь | BTRC | 1993 |
align=left rowspan="2" > | Vlaamse Radio- en TelevisieomroepFlemish Radio- and Television Network || | Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep | VRT | 1950 | ||
RTBF | Belgian Radio and Television of the French Community | Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française| | RTBF | 1950 | ||
align=left | < | Radiotelevision of Bosnia-Herzegovina | Radiotelevision of Bosnia & Herzegovina || | Radio-televizija Bosne i Hercegovine | BHRT | 1993 |
align=left rowspan="2"> | Bulgarian National Radio| | Българско национално радио | BNR | 1993 | ||
Bulgarian National Television | Българска национална телевизия| | BNT | 1993 | |||
align=left | < | Croatian Radiotelevision | | | Hrvatska radiotelevizija | HRT | 1993 |
align=left> | Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation| | Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου \ (Turkish) Kıbrıs Yayın Kurumu | RIK/ CyBC | 1969 | ||
rowspan="2" align=left | < | Český rozhlas | Czech Radio || | Český rozhlas | ČRo | 1993 |
Česká televize | Czech Television | Česká televize| | ČT | 1993 | ||
align=left rowspan="2" | Danmarks Radio | Denmark's Radio || | Danmarks Radio AS | DR | 1950 | |
TV 2 (Denmark) | TV2 | TV2 AS| | DK/TV2 | 1996 | ||
align=left> | Eesti RahvusringhäälingEstonian Public Broadcasting || | Eesti Rahvusringhääling | ERR | 1993 | ||
rowspan="2" align=left | < | - YLE | Finnish Broadcasting Corporation- Swedish Broadcasting of Finland || | Yleisradio OY / (Swedish) Rundradion AB | YLE/FST5 | 1950 |
MTV3 | Commercial Channel 3 | Mainostelevisio 3| | MTV3 | 1993 | ||
align=left rowspan="2"> | ||||||
Europe 1 | Europe 1| | E1 | 1978 | |||
align=left | < | Georgian Public Broadcasting | | | საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი | GPB | 2005 |
align=left rowspan="2"> | ARD (broadcaster)German National Broadcasting || | Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen<Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland | |
ARD | 1952 | |
ZDF | Second German Television | Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen| | ZDF | 1963 | ||
align=left> | Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation| | Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση | ERT | 1950 | ||
align=left rowspan="2" | < | Magyar Rádió | Hungarian Radio || | Magyar Rádió | MR | 1993 |
Magyar Televízió | Hungarian Television | Magyar Televízió| | HU/MTV | 1993 | ||
align=left> | RUVNational Broadcasting Service || | Ríkisútvarpið | RÚV | 1956 | ||
align=left rowspan="2" | < | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | Irish Radio-Television || | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | RTÉ | 1950 |
TG4 | Irish Language Television | Teilifís na Gaeilge 4| | TG4 | 2007 | ||
align=left> | RAIItalian Broadcasting || | Radiotelevisione Italiana | RAI | 1950 | ||
align=left rowspan="2" | < | Latvijas Televīzija | Latvian Television || | Latvijas Televīzija | LTV | 1993 |
align=left>Latvijas Radio | Latvian Radio | Latvijas Radio| | LR | 1993 | ||
align=left | < | Lithuanian National Radio and Television | | | Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija | LRT | 1993 |
align=left rowspan="2"> | Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de TélédiffusionCLT Multi Media || | Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion | RTL | 1950 | ||
Radio 100,7 | Radio 100,7| | ERSL | 1996 | |||
align=left | < | Macedonian Radio-Television | | | Македонска радио телевизија | MKRTV | 1993 |
align=left> | Public Broadcasting Services| | Public Broadcasting Services | MT/PBS | 1970 | ||
align=left | < | Teleradio-Moldova | | | Teleradio-Moldova | TRM | 1993 |
align=left> | Radio Monte-Carlo| | Groupement de Radiodiffuseurs Monégasques | TMC | 1950 | ||
align=left | < | RTCG | Radio Television of Montenegro || | Radio televizija Crne Gore/ Радио телевизија Црне Горе | RTCG | 2001 |
align=left> | Netherlands Public Broadcasting| | Nederlandse Publieke Omroep | NPO | 1950 | ||
align=left rowspan="2" | < | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation | | | Norsk Rikskringkasting AS | NRK | 1950 |
TV 2 (Norway) | TV2 | TV2 AS| | NO/TV2 | 1992 | ||
rowspan="2" align=left> | Telewizja PolskaPolish Television || | Telewizja Polska | TVP | 1993 | ||
Polskie Radio | Polish Radio | Polskie Radio| | PR | 1993 | ||
align=left | < | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal | Radio and Television of Portugal || | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal | RTP | 1950 |
align=left rowspan="2"> | Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company| | Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune | ROR | 1993 | ||
Romanian Television | Televiziunea Română| | TVR | 1993 | |||
align=left rowspan="3" | < | Channel One (Russia) | Channel One Russia || | Первый канал | C1R | 1993 |
Radio Dom Ostankino | Радиодом Останкино| | RDO | 1993 | |||
All-Russia State Television and Radio Company | Всероссийская государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания| | RTR | 1993 | |||
align=left> | San Marino RTVRadio-Television of San Marino || | Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino | SMTV | 1995 | ||
align=left | < | Radio Television of Serbia | | | Радио-телевизија Србије | RTS | 2001 |
align=left> | Rozhlas a televízia SlovenskaRadio Television of Slovakia || | Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska | RTVS | 2011 | ||
align=left | < | Radiotelevizija Slovenija | Radio-Television Slovenia || | Radiotelevizija Slovenije | RTVSLO | 1993 |
align=left rowspan="3"> | RTVESpanish Radio-Television || | Corporación Radiotelevisión Española | RTVE | 1955 | ||
Cadena SER | Spanish Society of Radio | Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión| | SER | 1982 | ||
Cadena COPE | People's Radiowaves of Spain | Cadena de Ondas Populares de España| | COPE | 1998 | ||
align=left rowspan="2" | < | | | ||||
TV4 AB | | | TV4 | 2004 | |||
SRG SSR idée suisse | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation -Schweizer Fernsehen-Schweizer Radio DRS-Radio Télévision Suisse-Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana-Radio Television Rumantscha || | SRG SSR idée suisse / Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (German) / Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision (French) / Società svizzera di radiotelevisione (Italian) / Societad svizra da radio e televisiun (Romansh) | SSR SRG | 1950 | ||
align=left> | Turkish Radio and Television Corporation| | Türkiye Radyo-Televizyon Kurumu | TRT | 1950 | ||
align=left rowspan="2" | < | National Television Company of Ukraine | | | Національна телекомпанія України | NTU | 1993 |
Radio Ukraine | National Radio Company of Ukraine | Національна радіокомпанія України| | NRU | 1993 | ||
align=left rowspan="2"> | ||||||
- ITV | Welsh) Darlledu Annibynnus Deyrnas Gyfunol,<previously the Independent Broadcasting Authority || | UKIB, IBA | 1959 | |||
align=left> | Vatican Radio| | Radio Vaticana | RV | 1950 | ||
Country | ! National script | Abbreviation>Abbr. | ! Year | |||
align=left rowspan="3"> | Entreprise nationale de Télévision>National Television Company | align=centerالمـؤسـسـة العمومية للتـلـفزيـون || | ENTV | 1970 | ||
Entreprise nationale de Radiodiffusion sonore | National Sound-broadcasting Company | align=centerالإذاعة الجزائرية || | ENRS | 1970 | ||
Télédiffusion d'Algérie | Television of Algeria | align=centerتلفزيون لجزائر || | TDA | 1970 | ||
align=left | < | ERTU | Egyptian Radio and Television Union || | إتحاد الإذاعة و التليفزيون المصري | ERTU | 1950–1958, 1985 |
align=left> | Israel Broadcasting Authority| | רָשׁוּת השׁידוּר | IBA | 1957 | ||
align=left | < | JRTV | Jordan Radio and Television Corporation || | التلفزيون الأردني | JRTV | 1970 |
align=left> | Télé Liban| | تلفزيون لبنان | TL | 1950 | ||
align=left | < | Libyan Jamahiriyah Broadcasting Corporation | | | الجماهيرية اللّيبيّة | LJBC | 1974 |
align=left> | Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision| | الشركة الوطنبة للإذاعة والتلفرة | SNRT | 1950–1960, 1969 | ||
align=left | Êtablissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne | | | إنشاء محطة الإذاعة والتلفزيون التونسية | ERTT | 1950 | |
The following table, gives a list of Associate Members of the EBU.
The following table provides a list of European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 'Approved Participants'.
Country | Abbreviation>Abbr. | ||
align=left> | TV5MONDE>TV5 Europe | TV5MONDE>FRI/TV5 | |
align=left | < | Euronews | |
align=left> Franco-German | |||
align=left | < | JP MRD (Macedonian Broadcasting) | |
align=left rowspan="2"> | Antenna Hungária RT | ||
Duna TV | Duna Television | Duna TV | |
align=left | < | Palestine Radio and TV Corporation > | |
align=left rowspan="2"> | Abertis>Abertis Telecom S.A. | ||
Catalunya Música | CAT | ||
align=left | < | Sentech | Sentech (Pty) Ltd || SNTC |
align=left> | Middle East Broadcasting CentreMBC Limited - Middle East Broadcasting Centre || MEBC |
Country | Abbreviation>Abbr. | ! Years | |||
align=left> | Telemontecarlo | Telemontecarlo>TMC | |||
align=left | < | Udruženje javnih radija i televizija | Alliance of Public Radio and Television || | UJRT | 2001–2006 |
align=left> | :es:Antena 3 RadioAntena 3 de Radio, S.A. || | A3R | 1986–1993 | ||
align=left | < | Yugoslav Radio Television | | | Yugoslav Radio Television>JRT | 1950–1992 |
align=left> | Československá televize| | Czechoslovak Radio Television>CST | 1991–1992 | ||
align=left | Slovenská televízia | | | Slovenská televízia>STV | 1993–2010 |
Country | Abbreviation>Abbr. | ! Notes | |||
align=left> | Kazakhstan-1 | Media of Kazakhstan>K-1 | |||
align=left | < | Radio Television of Kosovo | | | Radio Television of Kosovo>RTK | Radio Television of Kosovo>RTK has shown interest into obtaining active EBU membership. However, they have yet to fulfil all the criteria set by the EBU for admission. |
align=left> | 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television| | 1FLTV | Liechtenstein's only television broadcaster which began broadcasting on 15 August 2008. In July 2009, Peter Kölbel, broadcaster's managing director officially announced its intent to apply to join the EBU by the end of July 2009.< | ||
align=left> | 2 Morocco Television| | 2M TV | The second commercial channel of Morocco has asked for membership to the EBU.< | ||
align=left> | Qatar Radio| | Qatar Radio | Recently shown interest at Eurovision 2009, by sending delegates in the hope of applying for active membership. |
Eurovision Song Contest () is a annual international song competition, that was first held in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24 May 1956. Seven countries participated – each submitting two songs, for a total of 14. This was the only Contest in which more than one song per country was performed: since 1957 all Contests have allowed one entry per country. The 1956 Contest was won by the host nation, Switzerland. In this competition, only Countries that are members of the EBU can participate.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest (), is a annual international song competition, that was first held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 15 November 2003. Sixteen countries participated – each submitting one song, for a total of 16. The 2003 Contest was won by Croatia.
Eurovision Young Musicians is a competition for Europeans younger than 19 years old. It is organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and is a member of EMCY.
The televised competition is held every two years, with some countries holding national heats. Since its foundation in 1982 the Eurovision Young Musicians competition has become one of the most important music competitions on an international level.
The first competition was held in Manchester, United Kingdom on May 11, 1982.
The Eurovision Dance Contest (not to be confused with the Eurovision Young Dancers Competition) was an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in London, United Kingdom on 1 September 2007.
The Eurovision Young Dancers is a biennial dance showcase broadcast on television throughout Europe.
The first competition was held in Reggio Emilia, Italy on 16 June, 1985.
It uses a format similar to the Eurovision Song Contest, every country that is a member of the EBU has had the opportunity to send a dance act to compete for the title of "Eurovision Young Dancer". The act can be either a solo act or a dance couple, and all contestants must be between the ages of 15 and 21 years and not professionally engaged. The winner is chosen by television viewers across the EBU through a real-time, electronic and onscreen voting mechanism.
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