EuroNews Television

Euronews
Launched	1 January 1993
Owned by	SOCEMIE
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Slogan	Pure
Country	European Union
Headquarters	60, chemin des Mouilles 69130 Lyon-Écully, France
Website	Official website
Availability
Terrestrial
Europe	limited retransmission
Satellite
Sky (UK & Ireland)	Channel 508
Cyfra+ (Poland)	Channel 85 or 745
Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland)	Channel 181
Astra 1M	11.817 GHz V / 27.5
	12.226 GHz H / 27.5
Eutelsat 28A	11.681 GHz V / 27.5
Eutelsat Hot Bird 13A	11.034 GHz V / 27.5 & 12.597 GHz V / 27.5
Turksat 3A 42°E	11.096 GHz H / 30.0
Asiasat 2	3.960 GHz H / 27.5
DStv (South Africa)	Channel 404
Digiturk (Turkey)	Channel 123
Dish Network (United States)	Channel 901
SKY Italia (Italy)	Channel 508
Dolce (Romania)	Channel 254
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal	Channel 53
Orbit Showtime
Freesat (UK & Ireland)	Channel 204
UBI World TV (Australia and New Zealand)	Channel 4
Canal+ (Spain)	Channel 142
NTV Plus
Galaxy 23 (North America, C-band free to air)	3.781 GHz V / 29.270
Meo (Portugal)	Channel 200
ZON TV Cabo (Portugal)	Channel 203
Indovision (Indonesia)	Channel 334
Saorsat (Ireland)	TBD
Cable
Virgin Media (United Kingdom)	Channel 620
UPC Ireland (Ireland)	Channel 203 (EN) Channel 831-836 (FR-RU)
Cablevision (United States)	Channel 103
Vidéotron (Canada)	Channel 172 (French)
Rogers Cable (Canada)	Channel 193
Com Hem (Sweden)	Channel 123
RCS&RDS (Romania)	Channel 47
UPC Romania (Romania)	Channel 421 (digital with DVR) Channel 141 (digital)
MC Cable (Monaco)	Channel
KDG (Germany)	Channel 554(DE), 827(RU), 837 (FR; only upgraded networks), 848 (UK; only upgraded networks), 869(IT), 873(ES), 882(POR)
Ziggo (Netherlands)	Channel 502
KTV Šibenik (Croatia)	Channel 15
Naxoo (Switzerland)	Channel 66
SkyCable (Philippines)	Channel 155
Cablecom (Switzerland)	Channel 046 (digital CH-D)
UPC Netherlands (Netherlands)	Channel 402 (digital television)
ZON TV Cabo (Portugal)	Channel 203
Euskaltel (Basque Country, Spain)	Channel 29
UPC Poland	Channel 342
Cablelink (Philippines)	Channel 104
IPTV
Fetch TV (Australia)
TELUS TV (Canada)	Channel 104 (English) Channel 433 (French)
TrueIPTV (Thailand)	Channel 13
World On Demand (Japan)	English, Channel 110 French, Channel 111
Now TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 326
mio TV (Singapore)	Channel 44
Meo (Portugal)	Channel 201
Hypp.TV (Malaysia)	Channel 2006
MAXtv (Croatia)	Channel 702
NexTV-America (United States, Canada)
UniFi (Maylasia)	Channel 123
CHT MOD (Taiwan)	Channel 219
KT QOOK TV (South Korea)	Channel 28
Internet television
Livestation	http://www.livestation.com/channels/1 (free, 502 kbit/s stream available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian, Arabic; not available in Canada or the United States)
Real SuperPass	Watch
Official website	http://euronews.net/news/streaming-live/ (free, flash streaming available in English, French, Persian, Ukrainian) [Ukrainian is available worldwide; English and French are not available in Canada or the United States]

Euronews is an international multilingual news television channel, covering world news from a Pan-European perspective.^[1][2][3][4] Available in eleven language services, Euronews is available in 350 million households in 155 countries.^{[citation needed]}

Content[link]

As a rolling-news channel, headlines from both Europe as well as the world are broadcast in thirty-minute intervals. Brief magazine segments typically fill in the remaining schedule, focusing on market data, financial news, sports news, art and culture, science, weather, European politics, and press reviews of the major European newspapers.^[5] These item slots will occasionally be preempted by breaking news or live television coverage. Some segments are displayed without commentary under the banner "No Comment", which has been the channel's signature program since its launch.^[6]

The channel has been critizised for rarely criticising the European Commission.^[1][2][3]

In 2011 Euronews took a step towards more competitive coverage of major events by sending its reporters at the heart of the action and seeking to give a more human face to the channel.

History and organisation[link]

General[link]

In 1992, following the First Persian Gulf War, during which CNN's position as the preeminent source of 24-hour news programming was cemented, the European Broadcasting Union decided to establish the channel to present information from a European perspective. Euronews was first broadcast on 1 January 1993 from Lyon, with an additional broadcast studio set up in London in 1996. It was founded by a group of ten European public broadcasters:^[7]

In 1997, the British news broadcaster ITN purchased a 49-percent share of Euronews for £5.1 million from Alcatel-Alsthom.^[8] ITN supplies the content of the channel along with the remaining shareholders, which are represented by the SOCEMIE (Société Editrice de la Chaîne Européenne Multilingue d'Information EuroNews) consortium.^[9] SOCEMIE is the actual operating company which produces the channel and holds the broadcasting licence. It is co-owned by the 10 founders and:

The broadcast switched from solely analogue to mainly digital transmission in 1999. In the same year, the Portuguese audio track was added. The Russian audio track appeared in 2001.

In 2003, ITN sold its stake in Euronews as part of its drive to streamline operations and focus on news-gathering rather than channel management.^[10]

On 6 February 2006, Ukrainian public broadcaster Natsionalna Telekompanya Ukraïny (NTU) purchased a one-percent interest in SOCEMIE.^[11]

On 27 May 2008, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE decided to leave Euronews to promote its international channel TVE Internacional. It also cited legal requirements to maintain low debt levels through careful spending as a factor influencing its decision to leave.^[12]

In February 2009, the Turkish public broadcaster TRT became a shareholder in the channel, and joined its supervisory board.^[13] TRT purchased 15.70% of the channel's shares and became the fourth main partner after France Télévisions (23.93%), RAI (21.54%), and RTR (15.98%).

Language History[link]

• The channel started with 5 languages in 1993: English, French, Spanish, German and Italian.
• In 1999, Portuguese became the sixth broadcast language.
• In September 2001, Russian language became the seventh language.
• Since 12 July 2008, EuroNews broadcasts in Arabic.
• On 30 January 2010, Turkish was added.
• On 27 October 2010, Persian language became the tenth language.
• On 24 August 2011, Ukrainian language became the eleventh language.^[14]
• As of 16 December 2011, Polish is selectable as an audio option however it is broadcasting in English.

Format[link]

Since 11 January 2011, the channel has been broadcast in the 16:9 format, which replaced the previous 4:3 format.

Supervisory Board[link]

Comprises 16 members: 6 individuals and 10 corporate entities

• Paolo GARIMBERTI: Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Andrey BYSTRITSKY: Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Other Board members

• Stéphanie MARTIN (France): Director of diversification and thematic channels at France Télévisions, Delegate Director of corporate Patronage for France Télévisions Publicité
• Ahmet KOYUNCU (Turkey): Deputy Managing Director of TRT
• Philippe CAYLA: President of Euronews Development
• Pier Luigi MALESANI

Corporate entities

• France Télévisions (France)Jean REVEILLON
• RTP (Portugal)José LOPEZ de ARAUJO
• RAI (Italy)Stefano LUPPI
• RTBF (Belgium)Jacques BRIQUEMONT
• RTR (Russia)Petr FEDOROV
• ERT (Greece)Fotini YIANNOULATOU
• TRT (Turkey)Mehmet Yilmaz KUCUK
• RTE (Ireland)Adrian MOYNES
• SSR (Switzerland)Gilles MARCHAND
• SNRT (Morocco)Mohammed AYAD

Executive Board[link]

• Michael PETERS: Chief Executive Officer
• Lucian SÂRB: Director of News and Programmes
• Olivier de MONTCHENU: Sales Director
• Cécile LEVEAUX: Chief Technical Officer

Executive Committee[link]

• Michael PETERS: Chief Executive Officer
• Lucian SÂRB: Director of News and Programmes
• Olivier de MONTCHENU: Sales Director
• Cécile LEVEAUX: Chief Technical Officer
• David CIPEL Financial and Administration Director
• Grégoire OLIVERO de RUBIANA: Director of External Relations

Presentation[link]

The channel employs an unusual presentation style: initially, rather than using in-vision presenters, it only showed video footage with recorded voice-overs. This aims to prevent bias. In 2011, however, extended news items have featured in-vision reporters, including occasional pieces to camera.

Euronews has a distinct and unique presentation model in a highly competitive news universe:^[15]

• No studio, no anchormen for a unique and immediately identifiable style;
• A European, and therefore, a different outlook on the world;
• A multilingualist approach enhanced by the introduction of new languages;
• An editorial policy of broadcasting accurate and verified information.

The principal sources of footage come from APTN (Associated Press Television News) and Reuters TV, these being the partner agencies of the European Broadcasting Union.^[16] It also draws upon resources from Agence France-Presse, Italian ANSA, Portuguese LUSA, German DPA, Spanish EFE and Russian TASS.

Broadcast[link]

The channel is available in 350 million households in 155 countries worldwide. It reaches more than 170 million European households by cable, satellite and terrestrial. It has also begun to secure availability on multimedia platforms such as IPTV and digital media.^[17]

Euronews has launched an application for mobile devices (Android, iPhone, and iPad) which is called "Euronews Live". The app is free of charge and is available on Android Market and App Store.^[18]

The following countries also broadcast Euronews through terrestrial channels:

The channel's programmes are also available by podcast, and it has also maintained a YouTube channel since October 2007.^[19]

In 2012, Belarusian largest state network MTIS stopped broadcasting of Euronews for unknown reasons. Euronews was the last independent TV channel available in Belarus.^[20][21]

Programmes[link]

Programmes on the channel include:

News

• news: the latest international news updated round the clock.
• no comment: the most striking images from around the world, unedited, with original sound.
• interview: face-to-face interviews with leading figures in the news.
• comment visions: interviews with thinkers, innovators and opinion leaders.
• U talk: videos and messages posted on euronews.net answered by experts and euronews editorial teams.
• I talk: face-to-face debate between a guest and our public interacting via videos posted on our webside.
• the network: a crossfire between 3 personalities with diverging opinions around the main story of the week.

Sport & météo

• sport: summaries, highlights and results of major sporting events.
• eurofoot: the latest results of the European football leagues.
• meteo world: an overall look at the forecasts across the continents.
• meteo europe: concise and constantly updated European weather forecasts.
• meteo airport: for viewers on the move, weather forecasts of the major airports.

Business

• business: the latest business and financial news.
• markets: stock exchanges, currency rates and commodity prices.
• wall street live: live opening and closing of the stock exchange in New York.
• business weekly: essential business guide highlighting the most important business events affecting the global economy.

Affaires européennes

• perspectives: what the European broadcasters say about the week's main event.
• europe weekly: weekly review of the main events, enriched by online users reactions.
• reporter: the pros and cons for people affected by EU policies.
• close-up Europe: a simulcast between a euronews journalist and an opinion leader on the main European
  political, business or social theme of the week.

Style de vie

• le mag: a daily look at arts, entertainment and the world around us.
• rendez-vous: the calendar of major cultural events across Europe.
• cinema: the latest news about the international film industry.
• musica: concerts, artists and festivals in Europe.
• learning world: a large range of stories convering the many facets of education.

Sci-tech

• hi-tech: the latest innovations in technology, including an extensive coverage of international trade shows.
• science: an in-depth look at scientific developments in biology, archaeology, health or environment.
• space: all space related activities: science, manned flights, launches.
• futuris: bringing European's leading research advancements to the public.
• fly: the airline industry in Europe, European air traffic management and air traffic control.
• trends: a compilation of the most popular terms searched by Europeans on Google during the last 7 days.
• innovation: companies taking the results of European research projects to the market.
• tomorrow's city debating tomorrow's challenges.^[22]

See also[link]

	European Union portal
	Journalism portal
	Lyon portal
	Television portal

• Eurosport
• International broadcasting
• List of international television channels
• List of news channels

References[link]

External links[link]

• euronews.eu, official international-news website
  • Euronews's channel on YouTube
  • Euronews on Twitter
  • Euronews on Facebook

Beppe Grillo
Leader of the Five Star Movement
Incumbent
Assumed office October 4, 2009
Personal details
Born	(1948-07-21) 21 July 1948 (age 63) Genoa, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Five Star Movement
Relations	Married
Children	6
Occupation	Comedian, Activist, Politician
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website	http://www.beppegrillo.it/

Giuseppe Piero Grillo, better known as Beppe Grillo (born 21 July 1948), is an Italian activist, blogger, comedian and actor. He has been involved in politics since 2009 as leader of the Five Star Movement.

Biography[link]

Grillo was born in Genoa, Liguria.

After receiving his degree as an accountant, Grillo became a comedian by chance, improvising a monologue in an audition. Two weeks later he was discovered and launched by Italian TV presenter Pippo Baudo. He subsequently participated in the variety show Secondo Voi for two years (1977–78). Later, in 1979, he participated in Luna Park by Enzo Trapani, and Fantastico.

In the 1980s his success rose further, thanks to shows like Te la do io l'America (1982, 4 episodes) and Te lo do io il Brasile (1984, six episodes). In these shows, he narrated his experiences of his visits to the United States and Brazil, with anecdotes and witticisms about the culture, lifestyle and beauty of these places.

As a result, his popularity grew more and more, and he became the protagonist of another show developed especially for him, called Grillometro (Grillometer). In 1986, he was the star of prize-winning advertisements for a brand of yogurt.

Soon after this, his performances began to be characterized by an increasing level of political satire, often expressed in such a direct way that he quickly offended a lot of Italian politicians. In 1987 during the Saturday night TV show Fantastico 7, he attacked the Italian Socialist Party and its leader Bettino Craxi, then Italy's Prime Minister, on the occasion of his visit in the People's Republic of China. Grillo said:

If the Chinese are all socialists, whom do they steal from?

The joke hinted at the totalitarianism of the PRC, but even more to the widespread corruption for which the Italian Socialist Party was known. As a consequence, Grillo was effectively and silently banished from publicly owned television; yet, he was vindicated a few years later when the Italian Socialist Party had to be disbanded in a welter of corruption scandals known as Tangentopoli, uncovered by the Mani pulite investigation. Craxi himself died in Tunisia, unable to return to Italy where he would have been jailed for several convictions.

Consequently, from the beginning of the 1990s his appearances on television became rare: according to many people, the reason for this is a silent ostracism by politicians offended by his revelations about their hidden financial activities, frauds and false claims. When one of his shows was finally allowed to be broadcast by RAI, in 1993, it obtained a record share of 16 million viewers. He was later banned definitively from Italian television.

He currently performs in theatres in Italy and abroad, often with outstanding success.^[1] Grillo's themes include energy usage, political and corporate corruption, finance, freedom of speech, child labour, globalization, and technology. Recently Grillo started to encourage the use of Wikipedia as the future of knowledge sharing, and generally he is a strong proponent of internet freedom.^[2]

Political activism[link]

Beppe Grillo in Bologna speaking at V-Day.

Grillo has spearheaded several national and international political campaigns. On Sept. 8, 2007, he organized a "V-Day Celebration" in Italy; the "V" stood for vendetta, vengeance, and vaffanculo ("fuck off"). During the rally, Grillo projected the names of two dozen Italian politicians who had been convicted of crimes ranging from corruption and tax evasion to abetting a murder. More than 2 million Italians participated in this rally.^[3] Grillo also used this rally to urge Italians to sign a petition calling for the introduction of a Bill of Popular Initiative to remove members of the Italian Parliament who have criminal convictions of any kind from their office.^[4] According to Internet scholars, V–day was the first case in Italian history of a political demonstration developed and promoted via word–of–mouth mobilization on the blogosphere and the social web.^[5]

This was followed by the second V-Day on 25 April 2008, in Turin, S.Carlo square. This V-Day was dedicated to the Italian press and its government financial support; Grillo heavily criticized the Italian press for the lack of freedom; Umberto Veronesi (about his support for incinerators); NATO bases in Italy, the politicians (Silvio Berlusconi had recently been re-elected) and Retequattro, still holding on to TV frequencies already assigned to Europa 7 [2].

Beppe Grillo in Turin during electoral campaign.

On 1 September 2005, thanks to contributions from readers of his blog, Grillo bought a full page advertisement in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica in which he called for the resignation of the Bank of Italy's (then) governor Antonio Fazio over the Antonveneta banking scandal. In October 2005, Time chose him as one of the "European Heroes 2005" for his constant battle against corruption and financial scandals.^[6]

On 22 November 2005 Grillo also bought a page in the International Herald Tribune, again claiming that members of the Italian Parliament ought not to represent citizens if they have ever been convicted in a court of law, even in the first degree of the three available in the Italian system.^[7] His blog now contains a regularly updated list of members of the Italian Parliament who have been convicted in all three degrees, in what he calls "operation Clean Parliament".^[8] Grillo claimed, in 2007, that data suggested that even Scampia, the most dangerous suburb of Naples and one of the areas with the highest crime rate in Europe, actually had a lower crime rate than the Italian parliament's membership.^[9]

On 26 July 2007 Grillo was permitted to speak to the members of the European Parliament in Brussels, where he drew attention to the dangerous, negative state of current Italian politics.^[10]

In August 2008, Grillo was the subject of a report on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC-TV) international affairs program "Foreign Correspondent". Titled "The Clown Prince" the report profiled Grillo's life, political activism, V Day campaign, and use of the internet as a political tool.^[11]

In 2010, he started a political movement called "Movimento 5 stelle" ("Movement five stars"), without the desire to be a leader and to be elected, but only to join, by the Internet, people who believe in ideals like honesty and direct democracy, and saying that politicians are only subordinates of the people and that they should work for the country only for a short time and only if they are not condemned for crimes, and thinking about the problems of their country without any other interest. The movement will be truly a party chance only from the next political round, when they will purpose their name not only in some regions but also in the political elections. The five stars represent the five basic points of the shared program: Water, Environment, Transport, Connectivity, Growth.

Beppegrillo.it[link]

Grillo maintains a blog (available in Italian, English and Japanese) at beppegrillo.it which is updated daily. Comments to posts regularly top the thousands (in the Italian version). According to Technorati, the blog is ranked among the 10 most visited blogs in the world. In 2008, The Guardian ranked Grillo's blog among the world's most powerful blogs.^[12]

Grillo often receives letters of appreciation and support from prominent figures, such as Antonio Di Pietro (former Italian Minister of Infrastructures), Fausto Bertinotti (former President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies), Renzo Piano, and even Nobel Prize Winners (like Dario Fo, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Dalai Lama, Muhammad Yunus).^[13]