The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; ) 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
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community.... . Members are radio and television companies, most of which are government-owned public service broadcasters
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic mass media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public.... or privately owned stations with public missions. Full active Members are based in countries from Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area.... to the Vatican State, including almost all European countries.
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; ) 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
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community.... . Members are radio and television companies, most of which are government-owned public service broadcasters
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic mass media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public.... or privately owned stations with public missions. Full active Members are based in countries from Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area.... 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
Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean.... , Japan
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.... , Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico.... , India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world.... and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south.... , as well as many others. Associate Members from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... include ABC, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name.... , NBC, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress and largely funded by the Federal government of the United States to promote public broadcasting.... , and Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner Inc. is the world's third largest media and entertainment Conglomerate by market capitalization , headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City.... .
The European Broadcasting Area is defined by the International Telecommunication Union as such:The western boundary of "Region 1" is a line drawn west of Iceland down the centre of the Atlantic Ocean.... , or otherwise those who are members of the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is the oldest international organisation working towards European integration, having been founded in 1949. It has a particular emphasis on legal standards, human rights, democracy development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation.... .
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition.... , organised by its Eurovision Network
Eurovision Network
The Eurovision Network is part of the European Broadcasting Union, itself founded in 1950 as a system of international broadcasting cooperation.... . The Eurovision Network also organises the Eurovision Dance Contest
Eurovision Dance Contest
The Eurovision Dance Contest is an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in the United Kingdom on Saturday 1 September 2007.... , the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest , is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union annually since 2003.... , the former Eurovision Young Dancers
Eurovision Young Dancers
The Eurovision Young Dancers is a biennial dance showcase broadcast on television throughout Europe. Since 1985, using a format similar to the Eurovision Song Contest, every country that is a member of the European Broadcasting Union has had the opportunity to send a dance act to compete for the title of "Eurovision Young Dancer".... 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.
Most EBU broadcasters have a group deal to carry the Olympics and FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the List of men's national association football teams of the members of F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global govern... (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
Vienna New Year's Concert
The New Year Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is a concert of classical music that takes place each year in the morning of January 1 in Vienna, Austria.... .
Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a French composer of the Baroque music era.He was a prolific and versatile composer, producing music of the highest quality in several genres.... 's Prelude to Te Deum
Te Deum (Charpentier)
Marc Antoine Charpentier composed his grand polyphony motet Te Deum in D major probably between 1688 and 1698, during his stay at the Jesuit Order Church of Saint-Louis in Paris, where he held the position of musical director.... . It is well known to Europeans as it is played before and after the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition.... and other important events (click to listen).
History
It was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe
Europe
Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast.... and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay
Torquay
Torquay is a town in the unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 16 miles south of Exeter along the A380 road on the north of Torbay, 38 miles north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay.... in Devon
Devon
Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire.... , England
England
native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms... . In 1993, the International Radio and Television Organisation
International Radio and Television Organisation
The International Radio and Television Organisation Without British participation, 26 members found the OIR on 28 June 1946. Next day, at the General Assembly of the International Broadcasting Union , an attempt was made to dissolve this body, but the motion fails to obtain the required majority.... (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
Colin Dann
Colin Dann is an England author. He is best known for his The Animals of Farthing Wood series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series.... . The second animated collaboration was Noah's Island
Noah's Island
Noah's Island was an animated Serial made by the creators of The Animals of Farthing Wood and commissioned by the European Broadcasting Union.... from 1997 and more recently, Pitt and Kantrop. Another important EBU program is Jeux sans frontičres
Jeux Sans Frontieres
Jeux Sans Fronti?res is a Europe-wide television game show.In its original conception, it was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union and featured teams from different European countries in outlandish costumes competing to complete bizarre tasks in funny games.... .
Technical activities
The objective of the 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 ).
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
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of Lossy compression video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission bandwidth.... , DAB
Digital audio broadcasting
Digital Audio Broadcasting , also known as EUREKA, is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in the UK and Europe.... , 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 digital audio standard frequently called AES/EBU, officially known as AES3, is used for carrying digital audio signals between various devices.... digital audio interface;
Serial and parallel interfaces for digital video (ITU-R
ITU-R
The ITU Radiocommunication Sector is one of the three sectors of the International Telecommunication Union and is responsible for radio communication.... Recommendations 601 and 656);
Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard from the European Broadcasting Union for sending small amounts of digital information using conventional FM broadcastings.... - the Radio Data System used on FM broadcasting.
The EBU has also actively encouraged the development and implementation of:
Digital Audio Broadcasting , also known as EUREKA, is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in the UK and Europe.... (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
Digital Radio Mondiale is a set of digital radio technologies designed to work over the bands currently used for AM broadcasting, particularly shortwave.... (Digital Radio Mondiale);
A digital video recorder or personal video recorder is a device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive or other memory medium within a device.... 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
Octoshape
Octoshape is a Grid casting streaming media server and client which uses an enhanced and secure version of peer to peer technology to minimize the bandwidth for any broadcaster, CDN, ISP or last mile provider to stream material.... 's distribution platform. . The EBU is also part of the European P2P-Next
P2P-Next
P2P-Next is a European Union Seventh Framework Programme project that is intended to produce a new platform for peer-to-peer digital media distribution that is capable of supporting multiple business models.... project.
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase....
Radio Televizioni Shqiptar translated in English as Albanian Radio and Television is the public broadcaster in Albania, founded in 1938 and operated from Tirana....
R?dio i Televisi? d'Andorra, S.A. , is the Public broadcasting television and radio Broadcasting in the Principality of Andorra. It operates a television channel, ATV, and a radio station, RNA; both of which broadcast in Catalan language....
ORF is the Austrian national Public broadcasting broadcaster. Funded from a combination of a television licence fees and revenue from limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast Mass media....
Ictimai Televiziya v? Radio Yayimlari Sirk?ti, or ITV , is a public television channel in Azerbaijan. The broadcaster became a member of the EBU on July 5, 2007 and can therefore take part in the Eurovision Song Contest, joining Caucasus neighbours Georgia and Armenia for the first time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008....
The National State TV and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus is the state television and radio broadcasting service in the Eastern European nation of Belarus....
The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep , or VRT, is a public broadcasting of radio and television in Flanders .Between 1960 until 1991, VRT was called BRT ....
RTBF or Radio t?l?vision belge de la communaut? fran?aise is the national broadcasting organisation of the government of the French-speaking southern part of Belgium, the counterpart to the Dutch language-speaking Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep in the northern part of the country....
The Bulgarian National Television or BNT is the public broadcasting of Bulgaria. The company was founded in 1959 and began broadcasting on December 26 of the same year....
Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite....
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation or CyBC is Cyprus' public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels....
DR is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded as a public service organization on 1 April 1925 , DR is Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise....
TV 2 is a Denmark government-owned television station broadcasting from Odense on Funen. It started broadcasts on 1 October 1988, breaking the previous monopoly of Danish Broadcast Corporation ....
Eesti Rahvusringh??ling – Estonian Public Broadcasting – is a publicly funded radio and television organization created in Estonia on 1 June 2007 to take over the functions of the formerly separate Eesti Raadio and Eesti Televisioon , under the terms of the Estonian National Broadcasting Act....
Eesti Rahvusringhääling
ERR
1993
- Finnish Broadcasting Corporation - Swedish Broadcasting of Finland
MTV3 is a Finland Commercial broadcasting television station owned by Bonnier Group. Until recently it had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels when Finnish Broadcasting Company's YLE1 took the lead....
Mainotelevisio
MTV3
1957
Télévision Française 1
TF1
TF1 is a private France TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 25-35% makes it the most popular domestic network....
Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming and mostly encrypted, but does broadcast some programs without encryption....
Radio France Internationale was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France to serve as a broadcast vehicle for French Equatorial Africa.... >
Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n? 1, is a privately-owned radio network created in 1955. It is one of the leading France radio broadcasters and heard throughout France....
Georgian Public Broadcasting is the national Public broadcasting of Georgia. It started broadcasting radio in 1925, and Georgian TV started broadcasting in 1956....
ARD , is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. It was founded in West Germany in 1950 to represent the common interests of the new, decentralized post-war broadcasting services — in particular, the introduction of a joint television network....
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television television channel based in Mainz. It is run as an independent non-profit agency established by joint contract between the States of Germany ....
Hellenic Radio [and] Television is the Greece state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. It is a member of European Broadcasting Union....
Magyar Telev?zi? is a Hungary national public television television company, which operates three TV channels, called m1 , m2 and m3 . There is another public service channel, Duna TV, independent from MTV....
R?kis?tvarpi? – The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service – is Iceland's national public broadcasting organization. Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjav?k, as well as a number of regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the wh...
TG4 is a television channel in Ireland, aimed at Irish language speakers and established as a wholly owned subsidiary by Radio Telef?s ?ireann on October 31, 1996....
Ra? is a form of traditional music that originated in Oran, Algeria, and then in Oujda from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Music of Spain, Music of France, African music and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been primarily evolved by women in the culture....
Latvijas Televizija is the state-owned public service broadcasting television company in Latvia.The company is funded by grant-in-aid from the Latvian government , and showing television commercials ....
Latvijas Televizija is the state-owned public service broadcasting television company in Latvia.The company is funded by grant-in-aid from the Latvian government , and showing television commercials ....
Lithuanian National Radio and Television is the national public broadcasting Government-owned corporation of Lithuania. The company operates the two national Public broadcasting Television channel and three national public radio stations....
Radio 100,7 is a Public broadcasting radio station in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.Established under the provisions of Luxembourg's Electronic Media Act of July 1991, the station began broadcasting on 19 September 1993 as honnert, 7: de soziokulturelle radio ....
Macedonian Radio Television is the public broadcasting organization of the Republic of Macedonia. It was founded in 1993 by the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia....
Public Broadcasting Services Limited is Malta's public broadcasting company, responsible for the TVM television channel and the Radio Malta and Radju Parlament and Magic radio stations....
TeleRadio-Moldova is the state-owned national radio-TV broadcaster. It owns the TV channels Moldova 1 and TV Moldova International and the radio channels Radio Moldova and Radio Moldova International....
Radio Television of Montenegro is the public broadcasting of Montenegro. A state-owned company with its headquarters in Podgorica, it is made up of Radio Montenegro and Montenegro Television ....
TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
Telewizja Polska Sp?lka Akcyjna is Poland's public broadcasting corporation.About a third of TVP's income comes from a television licence, while the rest is covered by television advertisement and sponsor ships....
The Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company , informally referred to as Radio Romania , is the public radio broadcaster in Romania. It operates four national radio channels, and, under the Radio Rom?nia Regional umbrella, eleven regional radio stations....
Romanian television may refer to:* Communications media in Romania* Televiziunea Rom?na, TVR, the national television network* List of Romanian language television channels...
Channel One is the Russian List of Russian-language television channels with the widest reception area. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51% of its shares....
RDO is a three-letter initialism that stands for, among other things:*Raster Document Object , a file format used in print on demand systems manufactured by Xerox...
Russia TV Channel or Russia Channel , is a state-owned Russian List of Russian-language television channels founded in 1991. It belongs to the All-Russia State Television and Radio Company .....
Radio Television of Serbia is the public broadcasting in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet....
The Slovak Radio is the Slovak republic national Public broadcasting. The daily broadcast was launched on 2 October 1926 from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia....
Radiotelevizija Slovenija or RTV Slovenija is the national public broadcasting organization of Slovenia. It is based in Ljubljana, with regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world....
The Corporaci?n de Radio y Televisi?n Espa?ola, S.A. or Corporaci?n Radiotelevisi?n Espa?ola is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the RTVE#Indirect management of public broadcasting in Spain of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente P?blico Radiotelevisi?n Espa?ola in 2007....
Cadena SER is the principal radio station in Spain covering news, sports, talk shows and culture. Cadena SER belongs to Uni?n Radio. Uni?n Radio is owned by 3i, Grupo God? and a majority shareholder is PRISA, that has a considerable power in the Spanish media, for example musical radio stations like , newspapers and digital TV ....
COPE is a private, commercial, Spain radio network owned by a series of institutions within the Spanish Catholic Church. COPE was admitted as an active member of the European Broadcasting Union in 1998....
Cadena de Ondas Populares de Espańa
COPE
1998
Swedish Television
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners. The Swedish public broadcasting system is in several respects modeled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the British Broad...
Sveriges Radio AB – Sweden's Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio programming broadcaster. The Swedish public broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with its British counterpart, t...
SRG SSR id?e suisse is the Switzerland public broadcasting organisation, founded in 1931 as SRG-SSR. It is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees and making the remaining income from advertising and Sponsor ....
Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision / (German) SRG idée suisse Deutschschweiz
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. Its President is Vasyl' Ilashchuk. It is state-run, and operates the television channel UT1 , the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory....
The National Radio Company of Ukraine is the Public broadcasting in Ukraine....
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NRU
1993
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation, almost always referred to by its abbreviation "the BBC", is the world's largest broadcasting.Incorporated in the United Kingdom by government charter, it employs 28,500 people in the country alone and has an annual budget of more than ?4 billion.... >
The United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting is an affiliation of United Kingdom independent television production companies and broadcasters. Its predecessor's primary function was to represent independent British television interests as a member of the European Broadcasting Union....
United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting / (Welsh) Darlledu Annibynnus Deyrnas Gyfunol
Vatican Radio is the official broadcasting service of the Vatican City.Set up in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave , medium wave, FM radio, satellite and the Internet radio....
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase....
Entreprise nationale de t?l?vision is the Algerian national public television network. The group manages the television channel with the same name, Canal Alg?rie and Alg?rie 3 ....
Entreprise nationale de Radiodiffusion sonore is the state-owned public broadcasting radio broadcaster of Algeria.ENRS was formed in 1986 when the previous Algerian Radio and Television company was divided into four enterprises....
Israel Broadcasting Authority is Israel's public broadcasting network. It grew out of the radio station Kol Yisrael, which made its first broadcast as an independent station on 14 May 1948....
Jordan Radio and Television is the state broadcaster of Jordan. It was formed in 1985 from the merger of Jordan Radio and Jordan Television.Jordan's first radio broadcasts were received from other countries in the Middle East....
T?l? Liban is Lebanon television network, owned by the Lebanese government. It mainly broadcasts terrestrially throughout Lebanon. TL is the current Lebanese member of the European Broadcasting Union ....
Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision
Soci?t? nationale de radiodiffusion et de t?l?vision is the public broadcaster of Morocco. It was formerly called Radiodiffusion Marocaine and later Radiodiffusion-T?l?vsision Marocaine....
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SNRT
1950-1961, 1968
Etablissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase....
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as the ABC, is Australia's national Public broadcasting.With a budget of Australian dollar840 million annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Net...
The Special Broadcasting Service is one of two government-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and List of Australian television channels, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ....
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , a Canada crown corporation, is the country?s national public radio and television broadcaster. In French, it is called la Soci?t? Radio-Canada .... (Societé Radio Canada)
Corporaci?n de Televisi?n de la Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile , generally known by its broadcast frequency Canal 13, is the second oldest television station in Chile....
Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa is the nationalpublic broadcasting corporation of Greenland, based in the country's capital city, Nuuk.It is an independent state-owned corporation headed by a seven-person board....
Radio Television Hong Kong is a public broadcasting organisation in Hong Kong that is operated as an independent department in the Hong Kong Government under the Broadcasting Authority....
File:AIR FM Tower Mangalore 0203.jpgAll India Radio , officially known as Akashvani is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati , an autonomous corporation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India....
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, or IRIB, , formerly called the National Iranian Radio and Television until the Islamic revolution of 1979, is a giant Iranian corporation in control of radio and television which is among the largest media organizations in Asia and Pacific region, and a regular member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting...
The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcasting of the Mauritius, formed on June 8, 1964. Its funding comes from the levying of a television licence fee and television commercial ....
IntroductionNepal Television is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal.Nepal Television was for many years the only television channel native to Nepal, but several others have begun operation in recent years....
Radio New Zealand Limited is New Zealand's public service radio broadcasting. It is currently a Crown Entity established by the Radio New Zealand Act 1995, incorporated under the Companies Act 1993, and a designated lifeline utility under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002, Schedule A....
The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore....
Al Jazeera Children's Channel is an all-Arabic language television channel Children's interest channel. The channel is also known as JCC; an acronym leaving out the Arabic language definite article al....
The South African Broadcasting Corporation is the state-owned broadcaster in South Africa and provides 18 radio stations as well as 4 television broadcasts to the general public....
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City Rockefeller Center. It is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network due to its stylized peacock logo....
The American Broadcasting Company is an United States television network. Created in 1943 from the former National Broadcasting Company Blue Network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group....
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national Radio syndication to 797 public radio List of NPR stations in the United States....
American Public Media is the second largest Radio producer of public broadcasting programs after National Public Radio. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and operates radio stations in Minnesota, California, and Florida....
WFMT is a fine arts and classical music FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, Illinois. The station is managed by Window To The World Communications, Inc., owner of WTTW, one of Chicago's two PBS television stations.... , Chicago, Illinois
Radio Caracas Televisi?n Internacional is a Venezuelan Cable television television Television network headquartered in the Caracas, Venezuela neighborhood of Quinta Crespo....
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is the state-controlled broadcaster in Zimbabwe. It succeeded the Zimbabwe Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation in 1980, which in turn had succeeded the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation in 1979....
1FLTV is Liechtenstein's only television broadcaster. It began operation on 15 August 2008 in the German language.On August 15 2008, 1FLTV began operation after being licensed by the Liechtenstein government.... is Liechtenstein's only television broadcaster which began broadcasting on 15 August 2008.
2M TV is a Morocco TV service established by the largest Moroccan economic conglomerate Omnium nord Africain before being sold to the Moroccan state.... has asked for membership to the EBU.
: ORTAS (Organisme de la Radio-Télévision Arabe Syrienne) - currently an associate member only (1950-58).
File:RTK1 logo.svgRadio Television of Kosovo is the public service broadcaster in Kosovo.It consists of the television service, broadcast on the terrestrial transmitter network and digital satellite, and two Radio stations, Radio Kosovo and Radio Blue Sky.... has shown interest in joining the EBU.
The Khabar Agency is a major mass media outlet in Kazakhstan. It was established in 1995, known originally as the National Television News Agency.... media-holding is not a member, but has purchased rights to broadcast Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was hosted by Serbia. The semi-finals were held on 20 May and 22 May, and the final was held on 24 May 2008 in the capital, Belgrade.... , an EBU event.
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has over 170 members in 53 countries and regions, reaching a potential audience of about 3 billion people....
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
The Eurovision Dance Contest is an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in the United Kingdom on Saturday 1 September 2007....
Eurovision Young Musicians is a competition for Europeans younger that 19 years old. It is organised by the European Broadcasting Union and is a member of EMCY....
The Eurovision Young Dancers is a biennial dance showcase broadcast on television throughout Europe. Since 1985, using a format similar to the Eurovision Song Contest, every country that is a member of the European Broadcasting Union has had the opportunity to send a dance act to compete for the title of "Eurovision Young Dancer"....
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest , is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union annually since 2003....
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: ORTAS (Organisme de la Radio-Télévision Arabe Syrienne) - currently an associate member only (1950-58).
: PRTV has showed interest in joining the EBU.
: El Arna channel, member of