European Broadcasting Union

European Broadcasting Union

Union européenne de radio-télévision  (French)
Countries with one or more members are in dark blue. Associated members in light blue.
Predecessor	International Broadcasting Union
Formation	12 February 1950; 71 years ago (1950-02-12)
Type	Union of broadcasting organisations
Headquarters	Geneva, Switzerland
Membership	115 member organisations (in 56 countries)
Official language	English, French
President	Delphine Ernotte[1]
Website	Official Website

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations, established on 12 February 1950. The organisation is made up of 115 member organisations in 56 countries,^[2] and 31 associate members from a further 20 countries.^[3] It is best known for producing the Eurovision Song Contest. It also hosted debates between candidates for the European Commission presidency for the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections but is unrelated to the European Union itself.^[4]

General description[]

The classic opening ident that preceded all Eurovision network transmissions until 1993. The logotypes of both the sending and receiving companies were shown in the middle. This sample shows the old logo of the BBC.

European Commission presidency candidates at Eurovision Debate (May 2019). Left to right: Zahradil, Cué, Keller, Vestager, Timmermans, Weber

EBU members are public service media (PSM) broadcasters whose output is made, financed and controlled by the public, for the public. PSM broadcasters are often established by law but are non-partisan, independent and run for the benefit of society as a whole.

EBU members come from as far north as Iceland and as far south as Egypt, from Ireland in the west and Azerbaijan in the east, and almost every nation from geographical Europe in between. Associate Members are from countries and territories beyond Europe, such as Canada, Japan, India and China. Associate members from the United States include ABC, CBS, NBC, CPB, NPR, APM and the only individual station, Chicago-based classical music radio WFMT.^{[citation needed]}

Membership is for media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area (EBA), as defined by the International Telecommunication Union, or who are members of the Council of Europe.^[5]

Members benefit from:

• Access to world-class content ranging from exclusive sports rights to exchanges for news, music and children's programs.
• A voice in Brussels and on international platforms lobbying for PSM and ensuring the optimal legal and technical framework.
• Opportunities for sharing, learning and collaborating through conferences, working groups, training, and dedicated advice and guidance.
• A centre for learning and sharing new technology and innovation with a team of experts providing strategic advice and guidance.

The EBU's highest-profile production is the Eurovision Song Contest. The EBU also organises the Eurovision Dance Contest, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the Eurovision Young Dancers competition, and other competitions which are modeled along similar lines.

Radio collaborations include Euroclassic Notturno – an overnight classical music stream, produced by BBC Radio 3 and broadcast in the United Kingdom as Through the Night – and special theme days, such as the annual Christmas music relays from around Europe.^[6] The EBU is a member of the International Music Council.

Most EBU broadcasters have group deals to carry major sporting events including the FIFA World Cup and the inaugural European Championships. Another annually recurring event which is broadcast across Europe through the EBU is the Vienna New Year's Concert.^[7]

Eurovision Media Services is the business arm of the EBU and provides first-class media services for many media organisations and sports federations around the world.

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.^[8]

History[]

EBU's previous logo used from 1994 to 17 June 2012.

Vienna New Year's Concert.

The EBU was a successor to the International Broadcasting Union (IBU) that was founded in 1925 and had its administrative headquarters in Geneva and technical office in Brussels. It fostered programming exchanges between members and mediated technical disputes between members that were mostly concerned with frequency and interference issues. It was in effect taken over by Nazi Germany during the Second World War and when the conflict ended in the eyes of the Allies it was a compromised organisation that they could not trust.

In the spring of 1946, representatives of the Soviet radio committee proposed forming a new organisation; however, at the same time preparations were being made for an inter-governmental “European Broadcasting Conference” (EBC) in Copenhagen in 1948 to draw up a new plan for frequency use in the European Broadcasting Area (EBA). It was considered necessary to have an organisation that could implement the “Copenhagen Wavelength Plan” but there was disagreement among broadcasters and particularly a fear expressed by the BBC that a new association might be dominated by the USSR and its proposal to give each of its constituent states one vote. France proposed that it would have four votes with the inclusion of its North African colonies. The United Kingdom felt it would have little influence with just one vote.

On 27 June 1946, the alternative International Broadcasting Organisation (IBO) was founded with 26 members and without British participation. The following day the IBU met in General Assembly and an attempt was made to dissolve it but failed; though 18 of its 28 members left to join the IBO.^[9] For a period of time in the late 1940s both the IBU and IBO vied for the role of organising frequencies but Britain decided to be in involved in neither. The BBC attempted but failed to find suitable working arrangements with them. However, for practical purposes, the IBO rented the IBU technical centre in Brussels and employed its staff. The BBC then proposed a new solution based on the IBO changing its constitution so there will be only one member per ITU country, thus ensuring a Western majority over the USSR and its satellite states. In August 1949 a meeting took place in Stresa, Italy but it resulted in disagreement between delegates on how to resolve the problems. One proposal was for the European Broadcasting Area to be replaced by one that would exclude Eastern Europe, the Levant and North Africa.

After Stresa, a consensus emerged among the Western Europeans to form a new organisation and the BBC proposed it be based in London. Meetings in Paris on 31 October and 1 November 1949 sealed the fate of the IBU and IBO, but it was decided not to allow West Germany to be a founder of the new organisation. On 13 February 1950 the European Broadcasting Union had its first meeting with 23 members from the ITU defined European Broadcasting Area at the Imperial Hotel in Torquay, England, United Kingdom. The first president was Ian Jacob of the BBC who remained at the helm for 10 years while its operation was largely dominated by the BBC due to its financial, technical and staff input. The most important difference between the EBU and its predecessors was that EBU membership was for broadcasters and not governments. Early delegates said EBU meetings were cordial and professional and very different from the abrupt tone of its predecessors. West Germany was admitted in 1951 and a working relationship forged with the USSR's Organisation for International Radio and TV (OIRT) which existed in parallel with the EBU until its merger on 1 January 1993.^[9]

In 1967, the first concert in the International Concert Season of the European Broadcasting Union was broadcast from the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.^[10]

Technical activities[]

The objective of the EBU's technical activities is simply to assist EBU Members (see below) in this period of unprecedented technological changes. This includes the provision of technical information to Members via conferences and workshops, as well as in written form (such as the EBU Technical Review, and the EBU tech-i magazine).

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 AES/EBU digital audio interface, formally known as AES3;
• Serial and parallel interfaces for digital video (ITU-R Recommendations 601 and 656);
• RDS – the radio data system used on FM broadcasting.
• The EBU Loudness Recommendation R 128 and 'EBU Mode' meters (EBU Tech 3341)

The EBU has also actively encouraged the development and implementation of:

• Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) through Eureka Project 147 and the WorldDAB Forum.
• Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) through the DVB Project and DigiTAG.
• Digital radio in the bands currently used for AM broadcasting through DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale).
• Standardisation of PVR systems through the TV-Anytime Forum.
• Development of other content distribution networks on the internet through P2PTV; EBU Project Group D/P2P, from November 2007 to April 2008, with a trial of selected member channels, thanks to Octoshape's distribution platform.^[11] The EBU is also part of the European P2P-Next project.

Controversies[]

Belarusian state broadcaster (2021)[]

The Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) has been accused of repressing its own employees, having fired more than 100 people since a wave of anti-Lukashenko protests in 2020 following alleged election fraud. Many of them have also been jailed. Many voices have been raised against the participation of Belarus and the BTRC in the otherwise unpolitical Eurovision Song Contest in 2021, the argument being that the EBU would make a political statement if it did endorse Belarus by essentially and silently saying that democracy is unimportant and so are basic human rights such as freedom of speech.^[12]

On 28 May 2021, the EBU suspended the BTRC's membership as they had been "particularly alarmed by the broadcast of interviews apparently obtained under duress." BTRC was given two weeks to respond before the suspension came into effect, but did not do so publicly.^{[13][needs update]} The broadcaster was completely expelled from the EBU on 1 July 2021.^[14]

Greek state broadcaster (2013)[]

On 11 June 2013, the Greek government shut down the state broadcaster ERT, at short notice, citing government spending concerns related to the Euro crisis.^[15] In response, the European Broadcasting Union set up a makeshift studio on the same day, near the former ERT offices in Athens, in order to continue providing EBU members with the news-gathering and broadcast relay services which had formerly been provided by ERT.^[16]

The EBU put out a statement expressing its "profound dismay" at the shutdown, urged the Greek Prime Minister "to use all his powers to immediately reverse this decision" and offered the "advice, assistance and expertise necessary for ERT to be preserved".^[17]

Starting on 4 May 2014, the New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television broadcaster began nationwide transmissions, taking over ERT's vacant active membership slot in the EBU.^[18] On 11 June 2015, two years after ERT's closure, NERIT SA renamed as ERT SA which reopened with a comprehensive program in all radio stations (with nineteen regional, two world-range and five pan-Hellenic range radio stations) and three TV channels ERT1, ERT2 and ERT3.

Members[]

Countries with active EBU membership coloured in order of accession from 1950.

The Member list as of August 2019, comprises the following 69 broadcasting companies from 56 countries.^[2]

Current members[]

Country	Broadcasting organisation	Abbr.	Year
Albania	Albanian Radio-Television (Radio Televizioni Shqiptar)	RTSH	1999
Algeria	Public Establishment of Television (Établissement public de télévision)	EPTV	1970
	National Sound Broadcasting Company (Entreprise nationale de radiodiffusion sonore)	ENRS
	Télédiffusion d'Algérie	TDA
Andorra	Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra	RTVA	2002
Armenia	Public Television Company of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրային Հեռուստաընկերություն, Hayastani Hanrayin Herrustaynkerut’yun)	ARMTV ՀՀՀ	2005
	Public Radio of Armenia	ARMR
Austria	Österreichischer Rundfunk	ORF	1953
Azerbaijan	İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti: İctimai Television (İTV) İctimai Radio	İCTI/İTV	2007
Belgium	Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie	VRT	1950
	Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française	RTBF
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Javni Radio Televizijski servis Bosne i Hercegovine	BHRT	1993
Bulgaria	Balgarsko natsionalno radio Българско национално радио	BNR БНР	1993
	Balgarska natsionalna televizia Българска национална телевизия	BNT БНТ
Croatia	Hrvatska radiotelevizija	HRT	1993
Cyprus	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου, Radiofonikó Ídryma Kýprou, Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu)	CyBC ΡΊΚ RKYK	1969
Czech Republic	Český Rozhlas	ČR	1993
	Česká televize	ČT
Denmark	Danmarks Radio	DR	1950
	TV2 Danmark	DK/TV2	1989
Egypt	Egyptian Radio and Television Union	ERTU	1985
Estonia	Eesti Rahvusringhääling	ERR	1993
Finland	Yleisradio	Yle	1950
France	Groupe de Radiodiffusion Française: France Télévisions Radio France France Médias Monde	GRF	1950
	TF1	TF1	1950
	Europe 1	E1	1978
	Canal+	C+	1984
Georgia	Georgian Public Broadcasting (საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი, sakartvelos sazogadoebrivi mauts'q'ebeli)	GPB სსმ	2005
Germany	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Working group of public broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany, ARD): Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting: BR) Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting Corporation: hr) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Central German Broadcasting: MDR) Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Northern German Broadcasting: NDR) Radio Bremen (RB) Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting: rbb) Saarländischer Rundfunk Saarland Broadcasting: SR) Südwestrundfunk (Southwest Broadcasting: SWR) Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting: WDR) Deutsche Welle (German Wave: DW) Deutschlandradio (DLR or DRadio)	ARD	1952
	Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German Television)	ZDF	1963
Greece	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση, Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi)	ERT	1950–2013, 2015
Hungary	Media Support and Asset Management Fund: Duna Media Service Provider	MTVA	2014
Iceland	Ríkisútvarpið	RÚV	1956
Ireland	Raidió Teilifís Éireann	RTÉ	1950
	TG4	TG4	2007
Israel	Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (תאגיד השידור הישראלי, Ta'agid HaShidur HaYisra'eli)	KAN	2017
Italy	RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana	RAI	1950
Jordan	Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (مؤسسة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الأردني)	JRTV	1970
Latvia	Public Broadcasting of Latvia (Latvijas Sabiedriskie mediji): Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) Latvijas Radio (LR)	LSM	1993
Lebanon	Télé Liban (تلفزيون لبنان)	TL	1950
Libya	Libya National Channel	LNC	2011
Lithuania	Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija	LRT	1993
Luxembourg	RTL Group	RTL	1950
	Établissement de Radiodiffusion Socioculturelle du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg	ERSL	1996
Malta	Public Broadcasting Services	PBS	1970
Moldova	Compania Națională "Teleradio-Moldova"	TRM	1993
Monaco	Groupement de Radiodiffusion monégasque: Radio Monte-Carlo TMC Monaco Media Diffusion	GRMC	1950
Montenegro	Radio i televizija Crne Gore (Радио и телевизија Црне Горе)	RTCG РТЦГ	2006
Morocco	Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (الشركة الوطنيَة للإِذاعة والتلفزة)	SNRT	1950
Netherlands	Nederlandse Publieke Omroep: AVROTROS BNNVARA Evangelische Omroep (EO) Humanistische Omroep (HUMAN) KRO-NCRV MAX Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) NTR PowNed Stichting Ether Reclame (STER) VPRO WNL	NPO	1950
North Macedonia	Makedonska radio televizija (Македонска Радио Телевизиjа)	MRT МРТ	1993
Norway	Norsk Rikskringkasting	NRK	1950
	TV2	NO/TV2	1993
Poland	Telewizja Polska	TVP	1993
	Polskie Radio (representing also the 17 regional Polish Radio companies)	PR
Portugal	Rádio e Televisão de Portugal	RTP	1950
Romania	Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune	ROR	1993
	Televiziunea Română	RO/TVR
Russia	Channel One Russia (Первый канал, Perviy kanal)	C1R	1996
	All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (Vserossiyskaya Gosudarstvennaya Televizionnaya i Radioveshchatelnaya Kompaniya, Всероссийская государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания)	VGTRK ВГТРК	1993
	Radio Dom Ostankino: Radio Mayak (MK) Radio Orpheus (OP)	RDO	1996
San Marino	San Marino RTV	SMRTV	1995
Serbia	Radiotelevizija Srbije (Радио-телевизија Србије)	RTS	2006
Slovakia	Radio and Television of Slovakia (Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska)	RTVS	2011
Slovenia	Radiotelevizija Slovenija	RTVSLO	1993
Spain	Radiotelevisión Española	RTVE	1955
Sweden	Sveriges Rundradiotjänst: Sveriges Television (SVT) Sveriges Radio (SR) Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR)	SRT	1950
Switzerland	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI) Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR)	SRG SSR	1950
Tunisia	Établissement de la radiodiffusion-télévision tunisienne: Radio tunisienne Télévision tunisienne	ERTT	1950
Turkey	Türkiye Radyo-Televizyon Kurumu	TRT	1950
Ukraine	National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniya Ukrayiny)	UA:PBC	1993
United Kingdom	British Broadcasting Corporation	BBC	1950
	United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting: ITV plc STV Group Channel Four Television Corporation Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C)	UKIB	1981
Vatican City	Vatican Radio	VR	1950

Past members[]

Country	Broadcasting organisation	Abbr.	From	To
Belarus	Belarusian Television and Radio Company (Нацыянальная дзяржаўная тэлерадыёкампанія Рэспублікі Беларусь, Belteleradio)	BTRC	1993	2021[14]
Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovak Television	CST	1991[19]	1992[a]
Finland	MTV3	FI/MTV	1993	2019[20]
Greece	New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television	NERIT	2014	2015[b]
Hungary	Duna TV	Duna	2013	2015[c]
	Magyar Rádió	MR	1993
	Magyar Televízió	MTV
Israel	Israel Broadcasting Authority	IBA	1957	2017[d]
Monaco  Italy	Telemontecarlo (now La7)	TMC	1981	2001
Libya	Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation (الجماهيرية اللّيبيّة)	LJBC	1974	2011
Serbia and Montenegro	Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (Alliance of Public Radio and Television)	UJRT	2001	2006[e]
Slovakia	Slovenský rozhlas	SRo	1993	2011[f]
	Slovenská televízia	STV
Spain	Antena 3 Radio	A3R	1986	1993
	Radio Popular SA COPE	COPE	1998	2019[21]
	Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión	SER	1982	2020
Sweden	TV4	SE/TV4	2004	2019[22]
United Kingdom	Independent Television Authority	ITA	1959	1972
	Independent Broadcasting Authority	IBA	1972	1981[g]
	Commercial Radio Companies Association (now Radiocentre)	CRCA	1981[h]	2006
Yugoslavia	Yugoslav Radio Television	JRT	1950	1992

Associate Members[]

Countries with Associate EBU Membership.

Any group or organisation from an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) member country, which provides a radio or television service outside of the European Broadcasting Area, is permitted to submit applications to the EBU for Associate Membership.^[24]

It was also noted by the EBU that any country that is granted Associate Member status does not include any access into the Eurovision events ^[25] (with the exceptions of Australia, who have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2015, Canada in Eurovision Young Dancers between 1987 and 1989 and Kazakhstan, who have participated in Junior Eurovision since 2018).

The list of Associate Members of EBU comprised the following 31 broadcasting companies from 20 countries as of January 2018.^[3]

Country	Broadcasting organisation	Abbr.	Year
Australia	Australian Broadcasting Corporation	ABC	1950
	FreeTV Australia	Free	1962
	Special Broadcasting Service	SBS	1979
Bangladesh	National Broadcasting Authority of Bangladesh	NBAB	1974
Brazil	TV Cultura (Father Anchieta Foundation)	FPA	2012
Canada	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Societé Radio Canada	CBC	1950
Chile	Canal 13	UCTV	1971
China	China Media Group	CMG	2010
	Shanghai Media Group	SMG	2016
Cuba	Cuban Institute of Radio and Television	ICRT	1992
Georgia	Teleimedi	TEME	2004
	Rustavi 2	RB	2003
Hong Kong	Radio Television Hong Kong	RTHK	1983
India	All India Radio	AIR	1979
Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting	IRIB	1969
Japan	Nippon Hoso Kyokai	NHK	1951
	Tokyo Broadcasting System	TBS	2000
	Tokyo FM	TFM	1986
Kazakhstan	Khabar Agency	KA	2016
Malaysia	Radio Televisyen Malaysia	RTM	1970
Mauritius	Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation	MBC	1980
New Zealand	Radio New Zealand	RNZ	1950
	Television New Zealand	TVNZ	1980
Oman	Public Authority for Radio and TV of Oman	PART	1976
South Africa	South African Broadcasting Corporation	SABC	1951
South Korea	Korean Broadcasting System	KBS	1974
Syria	General Organization of Radio and TV - Syria (Organisme de la Radio-Télévision Arabe Syrienne, الهيئة العامة للإذاعة والتلفزيون - سورية)	ORTAS	1978
United States	American Broadcasting Company	ABC	1959
	American Public Media	APM	2004
	CBS	CBS	1956
	National Public Radio	NPR	1971
	National Broadcasting Company	NBC	1953
	WFMT Radio Network	WFMT	1980

Past associate members[]

Country	Broadcasting organisation	Abbr.	From	To
Palestine	Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (هيئة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الفلسطينية)	PBC	2009	2014

Approved participant members[]

Any groups or organisations from a country with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) membership, which does not qualify for either the EBU's Active or Associate memberships, but still provide a broadcasting activity for the EBU, are granted a unique Approved Participants membership, which lasts approximately five years. An application for this status may be submitted to the EBU at any given time, providing an annual fee is paid.^[26]

The following seven EBU broadcast members had status as Approved Participants in May 2016.^[27]

Organised events[]

The EBU in co-operation with the respective host broadcaster organises competitions and events in which its members can participate if they wish to do so. These include:

Eurovision Song Contest[]

The trophy in 2014

The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson)^[28] is an annual international song competition between EBU Members, 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.^[29] The most recent host city was Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where Italy won the competition.

Let the Peoples Sing[]

Let the Peoples Sing is a biennial choir competition, the participants of which are chosen from radio recordings entered by EBU radio members. The final, encompassing three categories and around ten choirs, is offered as a live broadcast to all EBU members. The overall winner is awarded the Silver Rose Bowl.

Jeux sans frontières[]

Jeux sans frontières (English: Games without frontiers, or Games Without Borders) was a Europe-wide television game show. In its original conception, it was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the EBU. The original series run ended in 1982 but was revived in 1988 with a different complexion of nations and was hosted by smaller broadcasters.

Eurovision Young Musicians[]

Eurovision Young Musicians is a competition for European musicians that are between the ages of 12 and 21 years old. It is organised by the EBU and is a member of EMCY. The first competition was held in Manchester, the United Kingdom on 11 May 1982.

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.

Eurovision Young Dancers[]

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 competition is for solo dancers and all contestants must be between the ages of 16 and 21 years and not professionally engaged.

Euroclassic Notturno[]

Euroclassic Notturno is a six-hour sequence of classical music recordings assembled by BBC Radio from material supplied by members of the EBU and streamed back to those broadcasters by satellite for use in their overnight classical-music schedules. The recordings used are taken not from commercial CDs but from earlier (usually live) radio broadcasts.^[30][31]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest[]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson Junior),^[32] is an 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 entries. The 2003 Contest was won by Croatia and the current winner is France.

Eurovision Dance Contest[]

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, the United Kingdom on 1 September 2007. The competition was repeated in 2008 when it was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, but has not been held since.

Eurovision Magic Circus Show[]

The Eurovision Magic Circus Show was an entertainment show organised by the EBU, which took place in 2010, 2011 and 2012 in Geneva. Children aged between 7-14 representing 8 countries within the EBU membership area, performed a variety of circus acts at the Geneva Christmas Circus (French: Cirque de Noël Genève). The main show was also accompanied by the Magic Circus Show Orchestra.^[33]

Eurovision Choir[]

The inaugural Eurovision Choir featuring non-professional choirs selected by EBU Members, took place on 22 July 2017 in Riga, hosted by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV). 9 countries took part in the first edition. Carmen Manet from Slovenia was the first winner.

European Sports Championships[]

The European Sports Championships is a multi-sport event involving some of the leading sports in Europe. The European Governing Bodies for athletics, aquatics, cycling, rowing, golf, gymnastics and triathlon, will coordinate their individual championships as part of the first edition^[34] in the summer of 2018, hosted by the cities of Berlin (already chosen as the host for the 2018 European Athletics Championships) and Glasgow (already chosen as the host for the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, and which will now also host the events of the other sports).^[35][36]

See also[]

• Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
• Public Broadcasting System
• Caribbean Broadcasting Union
• Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
• Commonwealth Press Union
• Europe by Satellite
• International Telecommunication Union
• North American Broadcasters Association
• Organización de Telecomunicaciones de Iberoamérica

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

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