1FLTV, the Liechtenstein national broadcaster, has decided against applying for full EBU membership – a requirement to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as other Eurovision Contests. In 2008, the Eurovision Song Contest was a long term aim for 1FLTV. An application for EBU membership was […]
Earlier today, the BBC, the British national broadcaster, was announced as the Host Broadcaster for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. The BBC is acting as Host Broadcaster on behalf of UA:PBC, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, who won last year. Over the next few weeks and months, the following […]
On Thursday, July 14th, RTVE, the EBU & Voxovation met to discuss a collaboration on the Eurovision Song Contest Latin America, which was ANNOUNCED last Tuesday. During the meeting, all three parties agreed to continue talks surrounding the new Contest and how they could collaborate. Those present at […]
Following RTVE’s ANNOUNCEMENT of Hispavisión, the European Broadcasting Union has announced Eurovision Song Contest Latin America, in conjunction with Voxovation – the production company behind the American Song Contest and Eurovision Song Contest Canada. The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest generated more than 75 million unique viewers on YouTube […]
The European Broadcasting Union, have conducted a visit to Yerevan, host city of the 2022 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The EBU and AMPTV, the Armenian national (host) broadcaster, have visited the host venue – the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. The purpose of the visit was to […]
Last Friday, the European Broadcasting Union announced that Ukraine will not have the chance to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest and instead, entered into discussions with the BBC, the British national broadcaster. The European Broadcasting Union has now released a new statement reiterating and explaining its decisions, […]
This afternoon, the European Broadcasting Union released a statement surrounding the voting irregularities of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania & San Marino. The statement can be seen below: “This year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was an enormous success in bringing hundreds of millions of people across the world […]
Earlier today, IPBC (KAN), the Israeli national broadcaster, released a statement concerning withdrawal from this year’s Contest, due to a strike at the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry provide extra security for Israel delegations at international events. Over the course of the day, mixed messages have been relayed […]
The European Broadcasting Union have suspended all Russian broadcasters from serving within any of their Governance Groups. This follows the Russian member broadcasters verbal withdrawal from the EBU, although they have yet to receive formal notification. The EBU had the following to say: “The EBU Executive Board, in […]
#RUSSIA: EBU issues a statement In view of the ongoing situation in Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has issued a statement on Russia’s participating in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin in May. In short, Russia won’t be there. The full statement is here: This is […]