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 […]
Thousands of public and private news media around the world have joined an initiative by the European Broadcasting Union and WAN-IFRA calling on AI developers to help ensure that Artificial Intelligence is safe, reliable and beneficial for the news ecosystem and the public. The initiative – News Integrity in the Age of AI – proposes […]
ARTE, the Franco-German public service broadcaster, has become the newest Member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), having been elected this month at the EBU’s 93rd General Assembly in Lausanne. Founded in 1990, ARTE was established as a binational collaboration between France and Germany, with a mission to promote cultural exchange, creativity and the arts. […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has appointed Martin Green in a new role as Director overseeing the Eurovision Song Contest. Green’s track record as an executive producer of major events includes the ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Hull UK City of Culture 2017, the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 and the Eurovision […]
France Télévisions CEO Delphine Ernotte Cunci has been re-elected as the President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), whilst wedish Radio (SR) Director General Cilla Benkö has been re-elected as the Vice-President. They were both re-elected to the roles by an absolute majority at the EBU’s General Assembly held in Cyprus and will continue in […]
BBC Sport has agreed a new multi-year deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to broadcast European Athletics Championships up to and including 2027. Beginning with the European Athletics Championships in Rome (June 7th-12th), the deal also includes the 2026 European Athletics Championships which takes place in Birmingham, the 2025 and 2027 European Athletics Indoor […]
Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), concentrated on securing sports rights and event production, took full advantage of its ongoing relationship with LiveU at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. Using solutions from across the LiveU EcoSystem, Eurovision Sport created agile and cost-effective coverage of the largest cycling event ever […]
ITV and the BBC will provide live television coverage of the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The news, accompanied by a separate announcement from the European Broadcasting Union and FIFA, ends fears that the tournament would not be shown in a number of major European markets, with the game’s […]
European broadcasters, through the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which represent both commercial and public service broadcasters as well as video-on-services operators, have welcomed the continued commitment of WIPO Member States to finalise their work on the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty. “Protecting […]
Antonio Arcidiacono, Director of Technology & Innovation at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has suggested that broadcasters use both broadcast and online technologies in a sustainable and smart way to ensure that Public Service Media (PSM) organisations keep control over future distribution in their own hands. Writing in the EBU’s tech-i magazine, Arcidiacono says that […]