European Broadcasting Union Union européenne de radio-télévision |
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Formation | 12 February 1950 |
Type | Union of broadcasting organisations |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Membership | 74 active members |
Official languages | English, French |
President | Jean-Paul Philippot[1] |
Website | http://www.ebu.ch/ |
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: Union européenne de radio-télévision (UER)) is a confederation of 75 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 43 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 Algeria to the Vatican State, 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 former 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.
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[2] 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 (click [1] to listen).
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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 objective of the EBU's technical activities is simply to assist EBU Members (see below) in this period of unprecedented technological changes. This includes provision of technical information to Members via conferences and workshops, as well as in written form (such as the EBU Technical Review).
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:
EBU TRAINING offers targeted training to media professionals. Its organization changed in 2010 since the department became business oriented. To implement the Solidarity Principle on which it is based and to keep a high level of quality, EBU TRAINING identified strategic challenges that EBU members will face during the next 3 years. Challenges are organized in 5 training portfolios. In each portfolio, courses will give EBU members' professionals the competences, savoir-faire and tools needed to face the challenges.
5 portfolios to address the media market challenges of the next 3 years:
Meet the expectations of an audience who increasingly interacts with content creation and distribution. Development of new practices in production processes as well as creative formats and concepts.
Learn to work closer together: digital culture is reshaping the broadcast media industry in all sectors (management, production, technology, editorial) and in all its forms (Multimedia and Multiplatform).
Reporting live today: take security and safety very seriously with HEST and other specialized safety training courses (leadership, crisis management, kidnapping).)
Innovate in your news-making supply chain: Storytelling, online news, investigative journalism. Address key issues: public health, terrorism, diversity and emigration.
Face the complexity of management in Public Service Media. Use marketing to give a strong position of public Broadcasters in a highly competitive market with the EBU Marketing Learning Academy.
Some figures about EBU TRAINING in 2009:
Country | Broadcasting organisation | National script | Abbr. | Year |
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Albanian Public Radio and Television | Radio Televizioni Shqiptar | RTSH | 1999 |
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Radio and Television of Andorra | Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra | RTVA | 2002 |
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Public Radio of Armenia | Հայաստանի Հանրային Ռադիո | ARMR | 2005 |
Public Television of Armenia | Հայաստանի հանրային հեռուստաընկերություն | ARMTV | 2005 | |
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Austrian Broadcasting | Österreichischer Rundfunk | ORF | 1953 |
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Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company | İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti | İTV | 2007 |
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National State Teleradiocompany | Нацыянальная дзяржаўная тэлерадыёкампанія Рэспублікі Беларусь | BTRC | 1993 |
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Flemish Radio- and Television Network | Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep | VRT | 1950 |
Belgian Radio and Television of the French Community | Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française | RTBF | 1950 | |
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Radiotelevision of Bosnia & Herzegovina | Radio-televizija Bosne i Hercegovine | BHRT | 1993 |
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Bulgarian National Radio | Българско национално радио | BNR | 1993 |
Bulgarian National Television | Българска национална телевизия | BNT | 1993 | |
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Croatian Radiotelevision | Hrvatska radiotelevizija | HRT | 1993 |
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Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation | Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου \ (Turkish) Kıbrıs Yayın Kurumu | CY/CBC | 1968 |
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Czech Radio | Český rozhlas | ČR | 1993 |
Czech Television | Česká televize | ČT | 1993 | |
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Denmark's Radio | Danmarks Radio AS | DR | 1950 |
TV2 | TV2 AS | DK/TV2 | 1996 | |
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Estonian Public Broadcasting | Eesti Rahvusringhääling | ERR | 1993 |
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- Finnish Broadcasting Corporation - Swedish Broadcasting of Finland |
Yleisradio OY / (Swedish) Rundradion AB | YLE/FST5 | 1950 |
Commercial Channel 3 | Mainostelevisio 3 | MTV3 | 1957 | |
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- Télévision Française 1 - France Télévisions - Canal+ - Radio France - Radio France Internationale |
Groupement des Radiodiffuseurs Français de l'UER | GRF | 1950 |
Europe 1 | Europe 1 | E1 | 1978 | |
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Georgian Public Broadcasting | საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი | GPB | 2005 |
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German National Broadcasting | Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
ARD | 1952 |
Second German Television | Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen | ZDF | 1963 | |
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Hellenic Radio Television | Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση | ERT | 1950 |
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Hungarian Radio | Magyar Rádió | MR | 1993 |
Hungarian Television | Magyar Televízió | HU/MTV | 1993 | |
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National Broadcasting Service | Ríkisútvarpið | RÚV | 1956 |
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Irish Radio-Television | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | RTÉ | 1950 |
Irish-Gaelic Television | Teilifís na Gaeilge 4 | TG4 | 2007 | |
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Italian Radio-Television | Radiotelevisione Italiana | RAI | 1950 |
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Latvian Television | Latvijas Televīzija | LR | 1993 |
Latvian Radio | Latvijas Radio | LTV | 1993 | |
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Lithuanian National Radio and Television | Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija | LRT | 1993 |
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CLT Multi Media | Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion | RTL | 1950 |
Radio 100,7 | Radio 100,7 | ERSL | 1996 | |
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Macedonian Radio-Television | Македонска радио телевизија | MKRTV | 1993 |
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Public Broadcasting Services | Public Broadcasting Services | MT/PBS | 1969 |
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Teleradio-Moldova | Teleradio-Moldova | TRM | 1993 |
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Radio Monte-Carlo | Groupement de Radiodiffuseurs Monégasques | TMC | 1950 |
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Radio Television of Montenegro | Radio televizija Crne Gore/ Радио телевизија Црне Горе | RTCG | 2001 |
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Netherlands Public Broadcasting | Nederlandse Publieke Omroep | NPO | 1950 |
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Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation | Norsk Rikskringkasting AS | NRK | 1950 |
TV2 | TV2 AS | NO/TV2 | 1992 | |
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Polish Television | Telewizja Polska | TVP | 1993 |
Polish Radio | Polskie Radio | PR | 1993 | |
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Radio and Television of Portugal | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal | RTP | 1950 |
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Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company | Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune | ROR | 1993 |
Romanian Television | Televiziunea Română | TVR | 1993 | |
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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 | |
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Radio-Television of San Marino | Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino | SMRTV | 1995 |
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Radio Television of Serbia | Радио-телевизија Србије | RTS | 2001 |
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Slovak Radio | Slovenský rozhlas | SK/SR | 1993 |
Slovak Television | Slovenská televízia | SK/STV | 1993 | |
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Radio-Television Slovenia | Radiotelevizija Slovenije | RTVSLO | 1993 |
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Spanish Radio-Television | Corporación Radiotelevisión Española | RTVE | 1955 |
Spanish Society of Radio | Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión | SER | 1982 | |
People's Radiowaves of Spain | Cadena de Ondas Populares de España | COPE | 1998 | |
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- Swedish Television - Swedish Radio - Swedish Educational Broadcasting - Swedish Factual Broadcasting |
Sveriges Television AB | SVT | 1950 |
TV4 | TV4 AB | TV4 | 2004 | |
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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 |
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Turkish Radio and Television Corporation | Türkiye Radyo-Televizyon Kurumu | TRT | 1950 |
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National Television Company of Ukraine | Національна телекомпанія України | NTU | 1993 |
National Radio Company of Ukraine | Національна радіокомпанія України | NRU | 1993 | |
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- British Broadcasting Corporation | British Broadcasting Corporation | BBC | 1950 |
- Independent Television - Channel 4 - S4/C |
United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting / Darlledu Annibynnus Deyrnas Gyfunol (Welsh) |
UKIB | 1959 | |
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Vatican Radio | Radio Vaticana | RV | 1950 |
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National Television Company | المـؤسـسـة العمومية للتـلـفزيـون | ENTV | 1969 |
National Sound-broadcasting Company | الإذاعة الجزائري | ENRS | 1969 | |
Television of Algeria | التلفزيون في الجزائر | TDA | 1969 | |
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Egyptian Radio and Television Union | التلفزيون المصري | ERTU | 1950–1958, 1984 |
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Israel Broadcasting Authority | רָשׁוּת השׁידוּר | IBA | 1957 |
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Jordan Radio and Television Corporation | الفضائية | JRTV | 1969 |
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Télé Liban | تلفزيون لبنان | TL | 1950 |
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Libyan Jamahiriyah Broadcasting Corporation | الجماهيرية اللّيبيّة | LJBC | 1974 |
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Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision | الشركة الوطنبة للإذاعة والتلفرة | SNRT | 1950–1961, 1968 |
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Êtablissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne | - | ERTT | 1950 |
Any group or organisation member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which provide a radio and/or television service outside of the European Broadcasting Area, are permitted to submit applications to the EBU for Associate Membership. Countries which have this status also pay an annual fee to maintain this status, if a fee is not paid, then their Associate Membership is revoked. It was also noted by the EBU that any country that is granted Associate Member status does not include any access into the Eurovision system.[3]
The following table, gives a list of Associate Members of the EBU.[3]
Venezuela's contribution to the union was stopped with the closure of RCTV by Hugo Chavez.
Any groups or organisations from a country with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) membership, which don't qualify for either of 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 5 years. An application for this status may be submitted to the EBU at any given time, providing an annual fee is paid.
The following table provides a list of European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 'Approved Participants'.[5]
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TV5 Europe | FRI/TV5 |
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Euronews | Euronews |
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ARTE GEIE | ARTE |
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JP MRD (Macedonian Broadcasting) | JPMRD |
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Antenna Hungária RT | AH |
Duna Television | Duna TV | |
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Palestine Radio and TV Corporation | PRTV |
Abertis Telecom S.A. | - | |
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Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting Network | RTRN |
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Sentech (Pty) Ltd | SNTC |
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MBC Limited - Middle East Broadcasting Centre | MEBC |
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Alliance of Public Radio and Television | UJRT | 2002–2006 |
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Radio Service of Sweden | SVR | 1950–1958 |
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Yugoslav Radio Television | JRT | 1950–1992 |
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Radio Television of Kosovo | RTK | RTK has shown interest into obtaining active EBU membership. However, they have yet to fulfil all the criteria set by the EBU for admission.[6][7][8] |
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1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television | 1FLTV | Liechtenstein's only television broadcaster which began broadcasting on 15 August 2008. In July 2009, Peter Kolbel, broadcaster's managing director officially announced its intent to apply to join the EBU by the end of July 2009.[9] |
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2 Morocco Television | 2M TV | The second commercial channel of Morocco has asked for membership to the EBU.[citation needed] |
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Qatar Radio | Qatar Radio | Recently shown interest at Eurovision 2009, by sending delegates in the hope of applying for active membership.[10] |
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a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The Assembly of Kosovo unilaterally declared its independence on 17 February 2008, a move that is recognised by 65 of the 192 UN member states and the Republic of China (Taiwan), but not by other UN member states. Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. |
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European Broadcasting Union Union européenne de radio-télévision | |
Formation | 12 February 1950 |
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Type | Union of broadcasting organisations |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Membership | 74 active members |
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), known in French as L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision (UER), and unrelated to the European Union, was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organizations 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.
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