European Broadcasting Union
alliance of public service media entities
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 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.
Formation | 12 February 1950 |
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Type | Union of broadcasting organisations |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Membership | 73 active members |
Website |
Members
changeFull Members
change- The names of the broadcasting companies not in Roman script are either in English or French, the official languages of the EBU.[1]
Country | Broadcasting organisation | National script | Abbr. | Year |
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Albania | Albanian Radio and Television | Radio Televizioni Shqiptar | RTSH | 1962 |
Algeria | Entreprise nationale de télévision | المـؤسـسـة العمومية للتـلـفزيـون | ENTV | 1970 |
Enterprise nationale de radiodiffusion | الإذاعة الجزائرية | ENRS | 1970 | |
Télédiffusion d'Algérie | تلفزيون لجزائر | TDA | 1970 | |
Andorra | Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra | RTVA | RTVA | 2002 |
Armenia | Public Radio of Armenia | Հայաստանի Հանրային Ռադիո | ARMR | 2005 |
Public Television of Armenia | Հայաստանի հանրային հեռուստաընկերություն | ARMTV | 2005 | |
Austria | Austrian Broadcasting | Österreichischer Rundfunk | ORF | 1953 |
Azerbaijan | Public Television and Radio | İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti | İTV | 2007 |
Belgium | Flemish Radio- and Television Network | Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep | VRT | 1950 |
French Radio and Television of Belgium | Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française |
RTBF | 1950 | |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Radiotelevision of Bosnia & Herzegovina | Radio-televizija Bosne i Hercegovine Радио-телевизија Босне и Херцеговине |
BHRT | 1993 |
Bulgaria | Bulgarian National Radio | Българско национално радио | BNR | 1993 |
Bulgarian National Television | Българска национална телевизия | BNT | 1993 | |
Croatia | Croatian Radiotelevision | Hrvatska radiotelevizija | HRT | 1993 |
Cyprus | Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation | Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου (Greek) Kıbrıs Yayın Kurumu (Turkish) |
RIK/ CyBC | 1969 |
Czech Republic | Czech Radio | Český rozhlas | ČRo | 1993 |
Czech Television | Česká televize | ČT | 1993 | |
Denmark | Denmark's Radio | Danmarks Radio AS | DR | 1950 |
TV2 | TV2 AS | DK/TV2 | 1996 | |
Egypt | Egyptian Radio and Television Union | إتحاد الإذاعة و التليفزيون المصري | ERTU | 1985 |
Estonia | Estonian Public Broadcasting | Eesti Rahvusringhääling | ERR | 1993 |
Finland | - Finnish Broadcasting Corporation - Swedish Broadcasting of Finland |
Yleisradio OY (Finnish) Rundradion AB (Swedish) |
YLE/FST5 | 1950 |
Commercial Channel 3 | Mainostelevisio 3 | MTV3 | 1993 | |
France | - 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 | |
Georgia | Georgian Public Broadcasting | საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი | GPB | 2005 |
Germany | German National Broadcasting | Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
ARD | 1952 |
Second German Television | Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen | ZDF | 1963 | |
Greece | Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation | Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση | ERT | 1950 |
Hungary | Hungarian Radio | Magyar Rádió | MR | 1993 |
Hungarian Television | Magyar Televízió | HU/MTV | 1993 | |
Iceland | National Broadcasting Service | Ríkisútvarpið | RÚV | 1956 |
Ireland | Irish Radio-Television | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | RTÉ | 1950 |
Irish Language Television | Teilifís na Gaeilge 4 | TG4 | 2007 | |
Israel | Israel Broadcasting Authority | רָשׁוּת השׁידוּר | IBA | 1957 |
Italy | Italian Broadcasting | Radiotelevisione Italiana | RAI | 1950 |
Jordan | Jordan Radio and Television Corporation | التلفزيون الأردني | JRTV | 1970 |
Latvia | Latvian Television | Latvijas Televīzija | LTV | 1993 |
Latvian Radio | Latvijas Radio | LR | 1993 | |
Lebanon | Télé Liban | تلفزيون لبنان | TL | 1950 |
Lithuania | Lithuanian National Radio and Television | Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija | LRT | 1993 |
Luxembourg | CLT Multi Media | Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion | RTL | 1950 |
Radio 100,7 | Radio 100,7 | ERSL | 1996 | |
F.Y.R. Macedonia | Macedonian Radio-Television | Македонска радио телевизија | MKRTV | 1993 |
Malta | Public Broadcasting Services | Public Broadcasting Services | MT/PBS | 1970 |
Moldova | Teleradio-Moldova | Teleradio-Moldova | TRM | 1993 |
Monaco | Radio Monte-Carlo | Groupement de Radiodiffuseurs Monégasques | TMC | 1950 |
Montenegro | Radio Television of Montenegro | Radio televizija Crne Gore Радио телевизија Црне Горе |
RTCG | 2001 |
Morocco | Radiodiffusion et de Télevision Morocaine | الشركة الوطنبة للإذاعة والتلفرة | SNRT | 1969 |
Netherlands | Netherlands Public Broadcasting | Nederlandse Publieke Omroep | NPO | 1950 |
Norway | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation | Norsk Rikskringkasting AS | NRK | 1950 |
TV2 | TV2 AS | NO/TV2 | 1992 | |
Poland | Polish Television | Telewizja Polska | TVP | 1993 |
Polish Radio | Polskie Radio | PR | 1993 | |
Portugal | Radio and Television of Portugal | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal | RTP | 1950 |
Romania | Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company | Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune | ROR | 1993 |
Romanian Television | Televiziunea Română | TVR | 1993 | |
Russia | Channel One Russia | Первый канал | C1R | 1993 |
Radio Dom Ostankino | Радиодом Останкино | RDO | 1993 | |
Russian State Television and Radio | Всероссийская государственная телевизионная ирадиовещательная компания |
RTR | 1993 | |
San Marino | Radio-Television of San Marino | Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino | SMTV | 1995 |
Serbia | Radio Television of Serbia | Радио-телевизија Србије | RTS | 2001 |
Slovakia | Radio Television of Slovakia | Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska | RTVS | 2011 |
Slovenia | Radio-Television Slovenia | Radiotelevizija Slovenije | RTVSLO | 1993 |
Spain | 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 | |
Sweden | - Swedish Television - Swedish Radio - Swedish Educational Broadcasting - Swedish Factual Broadcasting |
Sveriges Television och Radio Grupp AB | SVT | 1950 |
- TV4 - TV11 - Canal+ |
TV4 Gruppen AB | TV4 | 2004 | |
Switzerland | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation - Swiss- German Radio and Television - Radio Télévision Suisse - Italian Radio and Television of Switzerland - Swiss- Romansh Radio and Television |
SRG SSR Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (German) Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision (French) Società svizzera di radiotelevisione (Italian) Societad svizra da radio e televisiun (Romansh) |
SRG SSR | 1950 |
Tunisia | Radiodifussion-Télévision Tunisienne | إنشاء محطة الإذاعة والتلفزيون التونسية | ERTT | 1950 |
Turkey | Turkish Radio and Television Corporation | Türkiye Radyo-Televizyon Kurumu | TRT | 1950 |
Ukraine | National Television Company of Ukraine | Національна телекомпанія України | NTU | 1993 |
National Radio Company of Ukraine | Національна радіокомпанія України | NRU | 1993 | |
United Kingdom | - British Broadcasting Corporation | British Broadcasting Corporation | BBC | 1950 |
- Independent Television - Channel 4 - Sianel 4 Cymraeg |
United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting Darlledu Annibynnus Deyrnas Gyfunol (Welsh) |
UKIB | 1959 | |
Vatican City | Vatican Radio | Radio Vaticana | RV | 1950 |
Future & Potential EBU Members
change- Liechtenstein: currently Liechtenstein has no national television or radio station, but if they get one it will be possible for them to join the EBU (this technicality had affected them once before when they were not allowed to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969)
- Kosovo: RTK - currently an associate member
- Syria: ORTAS (Organisme de la Radio-Télévision Arabe Syrienne) - currently an associate member only
- Morocco: The second commercial channel of Morocco 2M TV have asked for membership to the EBU. It is still unknown if Morocco will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest or the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Other websites
changeReferences
change- ↑ "EBU Active Members". EBU.ch. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-01-15.