The exclusive media rights across continental Europe (excluding Italy and the UK) for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games have been awarded to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Additionally, WBD Sports Europe has strengthened its association with The Olympic Movement by securing rights to show daily highlights coverage of the Games on a pan-European […]
RTVE and FORTA have officially launched the Spanish DVB-I Pilot, an initiative in Spain aimed at testing the DVB-I standard. The project seeks to assess its suitability as a strategic tool to enhance the visibility, accessibility, and relevance of audiovisual content, while adapting to new consumption habits. The pilot is framed within the Convenio Compostela, […]
The European Broadcasting Union and the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and (EBU) have announced the formation of the Joint Task Force on Dynamic Media Facilities (JT-DMF), a collaboration designed to facilitate an industry-wide transition to the Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) concept and software-based media production. The JT-DMF aims to establish an industry council bringing […]
Multiple EBU Members have delivered a complex journalistic collaboration to report on the hunger and hardship in the Gaza Strip. Coordinated by Eurovision News, the group of public service broadcasters pooled expertise and resources on the ground to document the realities of life in Gaza, where the Israeli authorities are prohibiting international news media from […]
Shivani Wadhwa has been appointed as the new Director of Human Resources at the EBU. Wadhwa brings more than two decades of international experience in people and culture leadership, with a strong track record in change management, diversity and inclusion, and organisational development in complex global environments. She joins the EBU from WWF International where […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced an agreement with the Homeless World Cup Foundation (HWCF) to stream the Oslo 2025 Homeless World Cup on Eurovision Sport, the EBU’s digital platform. The event will take place in Oslo, Norway from August 23rd–30th, bringing together 500 participants from 48 nations to compete in 4-a-side matches as […]
Audiences across Europe can look forward to continued access to world-class Rowing coverage, as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and World Rowing, the international governing body of the sport of Rowing, have announced the renewal of their European media rights agreement starting in 2025 and running until the end of 2032. The new agreement marks […]
The best track and field athletes on the planet will compete for the right to be crowned World Champion this September with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) set to screen the action through a new broadcast partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The non-exclusive agreement covers 45 markets across Europe (excluding the Nordics and Poland) […]
Finnish technology companies Media Tailor and SPX Graphics have announced a partnership to enable media organisations to adopt the new generation of HTML graphics as easily and cost-effectively as possible. The cooperation includes joint marketing, sales, customer project delivery, and technical support. Both companies see cross-border collaboration as essential for solution development and international expansion. […]
On August 8th, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) entered into effect, marking a step toward supporting an independent and pluralistic media sector in Europe. The EMFA offers key safeguards to public service media. It also provides for a right to have the media brand made visible to users, for example on Smart TVs and […]