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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Council of Europe. As of 2024, it is made up of 123 member organisations from 56 countries, [2] and 31 associate ...
1.1. The ‘Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision (European Broadcasting Union)’ (hereafter ‘EBU’) is an association of broadcasting organisations which is governed by Swiss law and by these Statutes. 1.2. The purposes of the EBU are to contribute, in the field of broadcasting, to:
- The EBU’s Predecessor – The Ibu
- The Birth of The Ebu and Eurovision
- The Applications of Eurovision
- Ideas For Programme Formats
- The Ebu and Media Technology
- The Partnership of Content and Technology
- The Need For Many Capabilities
- Looking Forward
The story begins in the years before the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was constituted in 1950. In 1925, driven by the birth of radio broadcasting across Europe, the EBU’s predecessor, the International Broadcasting Union (IBU) was established in Geneva, Switzerland. Many supported creating the IBU, but among them was John Reith, the first Mana...
In the tumultuous years that followed, the World War, then the Cold War, held back progress in international cooperation. But, by 1950, the dust had finally settled and broadcasters from Western Europe came together in a hotel in the English seaside town of Torquay to form the European Broadcasting Union. Broadcasters in Eastern Europe created the ...
Returning for a moment to its origin in the early 1950s, once set up, Eurovision needed to be well used. Initially, though many others came along, three types of programme content seemed valuable to exchange, because of their universal interest. These were - and still are - News, Music and Sport. Procedures for news content exchange between Members...
Stopping in time for a milestone moment in the mid 1950s, EBU Members received proposals for two programme formats from its Members that seemed likely to appeal across nations. The first was a pan-European version of the ‘San Remo Song Festival’. The second was a pan-European version of a national TV show ‘Top Town’. Here, individual towns put up t...
Media rests on the bedrock of technology, and the EBU has always been in the vanguard of developments. It was intimately involved in colour television. It worked on analogue radio systems. It has been instrumental in planning the way the airwaves are used internationally since the days of the IBU. The EBU’s work made possible ‘frequency plans’ for ...
The media always has depended on, and always will depend on, the partnership of content and technology. There are many stories to tell. One milestone occurred in 1967. An EBU television programme experience beyond the technical imagination of the time was brought to life. Many early generation satellites, a million kilometres of cable, thousands of...
Media rests not only on technology and the ability of the programme maker. It also needs legal understanding and skills. From the days of the IBU, protecting and arranging copyright issues have been a major activity for the EBU, as have the legal frameworks for public service media, and the manifold occasions when a legal dialogue and decisions are...
Change itself is the only permanent facet of the media. The last decades have seen huge changes in media content, technology, and ways of experiencing media. Through it all, the EBU’s public service Members have navigated with the one simple and immutable principle – that they are media with a purpose. It is our job at the EBU to ensure the public ...
The European Broadcasting Union is the world’s foremost alliance of public service media, representing over a hundred organizations worldwide. We strive to secure a sustainable future for public service media, provide our Members with world-class content through the Eurovision and Euroradio brands, and build on our founding ethos of solidarity and co-operation to create a centre for learning ...
Feb 8, 2020 · The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) is the major association of public service media organisations, sharing and co-operating across Europe and beyond. It has over a hundred members, including ...
Oct 1, 2012 · Membership is now formally open to broadcasters in member states of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) situated in the latter’s ‘European Broadcasting Area’ – whose borders, at 30 degrees north and 40 degrees east, extend further south and south-east than any conventional definition of Europe – or in any member state of the Council of Europe situated outside the EBA ...
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The broadcasting sector in the European Union (the Union) is in a state of flux. Rapid technological development and increasing commercialisation have provided new challenges for regulators and policymakers, who seek to harness the potential of new technology to provide a regulatory environment that is for the good of everyone.
