Eutelsat’s 139 West A has been retired to a ‘graveyard’ orbit. The satellite provided Eutelsat with an impressive 22 years of service despite its initial expected life of nearer 12-15 years. The EADS Astrium-built craft first entered service in March 2004 as Eutelsat W3A, and at the time was the operator’s most powerful satellite. W3A […]
Thomas Riedel, founder and owner of Riedel Communications and the Riedel Group, has acquired ARRI, a Munich-based manufacturer of camera and lighting technology for motion picture and live entertainment. The entrepreneur from Wuppertal was chosen in a competitive international process with his concept for a new home for ARRI, marking the largest acquisition of his […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Voxovation together with S2O Productions and Thailand’s Channel 3 hace announced that Eurovision Song Contest Asia will debut in 2026, with Bangkok selected as the Host City for its inaugural edition. Broadcasters from 10 countries across Asia are confirmed to take part with more to be announced. The first […]
Building on their collaboration around the World Aquatics Championships 2025, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Aquatics GB have expanded their partnership to deliver a slate of aquatic events free to UK audiences in 2026, streamed live and on-demand via Eurovision Sport. The agreement increases the range of events available, with coverage spanning swimming, diving, […]
Eurovision Sport, the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) free-to-air streaming platform, with its partner CAMB.AI, will deliver live and on-demand subtitling for coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, taking place from March 6th to 15th. CAMB.AI, a specialist in AI-driven language solutions, will provide real-time, contextual speech-to-text transcription across live and on-demand coverage […]
The 23rd Junior Eurovision Song Contest proved popular with young audiences around the world, surpassing 100 million views on TikTok for the first time and setting new records on Instagram and Facebook, reports the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Broadcast on December 13th 2025, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 reached 16 million viewers across 14 […]
Eurovision Classical Concerts, a new pan-European music series developed under the Eurovision brand, is set to be broadcast by 22 public service media organisations across Europe. The four-concert series is a co-production led by BBC Arts, in partnership with WDR (Germany), RTP (Portugal) and Yle (Finland), and represents the first new Eurovision music co-production with […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has confirmed the list of public service broadcasters competing in the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, to be hosted by ORF in Vienna in May. Several countries, including Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland, have withdrawn from the 2026 contest in protest of Israel’s continued participation. The […]
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 […]
Tulipop Studios has announced the creative team for its three animated seasonal specials, two of which will include music composed by Icelandic singing star Daði Freyr. The creative team is led by directors Selina Wagner and Evgenia Golubeva and writer Myles McLeod, who is joined by award-winning co-writers. Eurovision sensation Freyr will compose original songs […]