European Broadcasting Union

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 organizations 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.

European Broadcasting Union
Union européenne de radio-télévision

Countries with one or more members are in dark blue. Associated members in light blue.
Formation12 February 1950
TypeUnion of broadcasting organisations
HeadquartersSwitzerland Geneva, Switzerland
Membership73 active members
Website

Members

Full Members

  • 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
  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

  • 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

References

  1. "EBU Active Members". EBU.ch. Retrieved 2012-01-15.