This week, the formal suspension of all Russian EBU member broadcasters took place. Earlier this year, the Russian member broadcasters claimed to have withdrawn from the EBU, however there was never anything formal – hence the suspension. Eric Campbell, Secretary of EBU Governing Bodies, had the following to […]
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 […]
At the end of MAY, the European Broadcasting Union agreed to suspend BTRC, the Belarusian national broadcaster – with a two week period to appeal. As of today and after no appeal, BTRC has been formally suspended – the first time the EBU has taken such action against […]
The European Broadcasting Union have confirmed talks with TRT, the Turkish national broadcaster, regarding the Eurovision Song Contest. The EBU had the following to say: “Although the EBU’s Turkish Member TRT hasn’t participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2012 we know there is still huge interest in […]
The European Broadcasting Union has given Eurovoix a statement in regards to the current situation surrounding Belarus in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The EBU had the following to say, without any further details: “We are still in discussions with Belarus’ broadcaster BTRC regarding the submission of a […]
Following various media outlets calling on the European Broadcasting Union to act upon this year’s Belarusian entry, they have released the following statement: With the closing date for entries this forthcoming Monday, March 15th, BTRC, the Belarusian national broadcaster will have to act quickly if they don’t want […]
In his final act as Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand has declared Ireland the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020! The decision comes as a result of Ireland’s stellar Eurovision record since 1965. Having already won the contest 7 times, Mr Sand […]
Today the EBU unveiled a series of modifications to the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest for 2018’s competition, due to take place in Lisbon next May. While the rules do not change the format of Europe’s favourite show, they do tweak some of the specifications regarding the […]
Juliusz Braun, President of TVP, confirmed that a return to the Eurovision Song Contest, was associated with strong dialogue with the EBU. Braun, in an interview for Radio TOK FM said “For the EBU the Eurovision Song Contest is an important project.” and went on to say that as for […]
Today on the website Evrovizija.com it was announced that RTV Slovenia (National Broadcaster For Slovenia) are still reviewing their participation at Eurovision 2014. In an announcement they advised that they will make a decision on their Eurovision participation by January 7th saying “is the new deadline the European Broadcasting […]