The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the alliance of public service media, has awarded LiveU a five-year contract to deliver 24/7 live news content through its Eurovision News Exchange. The ambitious project represents a further move towards IP-based contribution and hybrid distribution from a previously satellite-only system. The mission-critical News Exchange, renowned for its reliability and […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) News Assembly has elected the next News Committee at its annual meeting in Naples, Italy. Drawn from a field of 18 candidates, the new leadership team will set the direction for the EBU’s news operations for the next two years. Incoming chair Pierre-Olivier Volet, Editor-in-Chief, TV News, SRG SSR, commented: […]
Research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a daily information gateway for millions of people – routinely misrepresent news content, no matter which language, territory or AI platform is tested. The international study was launched at the EBU News Assembly, in Naples. Involving […]
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 […]