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The Eurovision Network (founded 1954 in Geneva

Geneva

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
) is part of the European Broadcasting Union

European Broadcasting Union

The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 75 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 43 associate broadcasters from a further 25....
, itself founded in 1950 as a system of international broadcasting cooperation. Eurovision was set up for the purpose of exchanging TV programmes and, subsequently, TV news footage (via the daily Eurovision news exchange - EVN).

It has a radio counterpart in Euroradio.

The Eurovision network is managed by the European Broadcasting Union’s Eurovision Operations Department and offers permanent coverage of Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, as well as ad-hoc coverage of the African continent and the Pacific Rim. Eurovision is the world’s largest television contribution network

Not confined only to Europe

Europe

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The Eurovision Network (founded 1954 in Geneva

Geneva

European Broadcasting Union

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....
, Eurovision currently encompasses 75 television broadcasting organizations located in 56 countries of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Furthermore, there are 61 associated broadcasting organizations in Europe, Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania.

Eurovision TV transmissions may be recognised by the Eurovision logo and the beginning of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

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....
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....
, although most contributed items, such as international relays of sports events, including the Olympics, are not thus credited and the general public is therefore mostly unaware of Eurovision's involvement.

High-profile Eurovision events are the annual 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....
(organized since 1956) and 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....
(organized since 2007), the Eastertime papal

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
blessing 'Urbi et Orbi

Urbi et Orbi

Urbi et Orbi was a standard opening of Roman proclamations. The term is now used to denote a Pope address and Apostolic Blessing that is addressed to the City of Rome and to the entire world....
', 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....
, the Palio

Palio di Siena

The Palio di Siena , the most famous palio in Italy, is a horse-racing held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 in Siena, in which ten horses and riders, dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen Contrade, or city wards....
in Siena

Siena

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site....
and major European sports events, but routine transmissions of sport and culture amount to over 15,000 transmission hours per year. Member broadcasting organizations also provide each other with news footage

Footage

In film and video, footage is the raw, unedited material as it had been originally recorded by video camera, which usually must be film editing to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work....
(over 30,00 separate news items per year) within the framework of the daily Eurovision News Exchanges (EVN). Eurovision also sponsors the annual broadcast news industry conference, News Xchange

News Xchange

News Xchange is an annual conference for the international broadcast news industry. The event is run on a not-for-profit basis and is underwritten by Eurovision, which runs the global Eurovision Network as the operations department of the European Broadcasting Union....
. Despite the similarity in name this has no direct connection with Eurovision News Exchanges.

The first official Eurovision transmission took place on June 6, 1954. It showed the Narcissus Festival in Montreux

Montreux

Montreux is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Vevey in the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located on Lake Geneva at the foot of the Swiss Alps and has a population of 22,897....
, Switzerland.

Eurovision is not affiliated with 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....
.

External links

[https://www.ebu.ch/en/members/active_members Eurovision Active Member List]