european broadcasting union
Business
European licence fees ‘have never been better value’
EBU releases annual Licence Fee report
Content
EBU delivers 47 million hours of cycling content on FTA channels across Europe
Viewers in France (France Télévisions), Italy (Rai), the Netherlands (NPO), Belgium (VRT & RTBF) and Austria (ORF) watched the most coverage
Production & Post
European Broadcasting Union creates Eurovision Services
EBU will transfer business services to new subsidiary on 1st January
Business
Tony Hall elected as EBU president
Delphine Ernotte Cunci, CEO of France Télévisions, will serve as VP
TVBEverywhere
EBU expresses “disappointment” at Copyright Directive
Directive would require all authors and performers to be notified on any use of their work
Business
EBU appoints new director of technology and innovation
Arcidiacono will join from Eutelsat on 1st September
Technology
EBU publishes royalty-free conditional access standard for live content streams
BISS-CA enables real-time entitlement management for content streams over any network
Business
EBU ‘disappointed’ at Sat Cab regulation decision
European Parliament rejected proposed digital single market regulation
Content
EBU, ESPN secure IAAF world indoor tour rights
Deal includes sale and distribution rights for selected events over five years
Production & Post
European radio stations join forces for anniversary broadcast
44 stations to mark 50th anniversary of first concert from Queen Elizabeth Hall
Content
Public Service Media ‘spends more on content than Netflix and Amazon’
New research from European Broadcasting Union
Business
EBU’s director of technology and innovation announces departure
Simon Fell will step down at the end of his tenure in February
Features
Parallel realities – a challenge for broadcasters
For broadcasters, VR continues to be a stimulating but serious challenge with regards to storytelling
Business
EBU, NBA renew partnership for global distribution
Partnership now runs through to the 2021-22 season
Business
Noel Curran officially joins EBU as director general
He succeeds Ingrid Deltenre, who has stepped down after eight years in the role
Production & Post
Broadcast plans unveiled for inaugural European Championships
The event will take place in Glasgow and Berlin in August 2018
Business
Public service news organisations facing ‘perfect storm’
The EBU's report has been released to coincide with the launch of a new Quality Journalism Initiative
Business
Curran appointed EBU director-general
Former RTE boss is expected to take up his new post in September
Business
EBU: Trust between traditional and new media widening
According to the EBU's Trust in Media 2017 report, broadcast media remains the most trusted media throughout Europe
Business
Viacom’s Logo to broadcast Eurovision in the US
Logo will air the 62nd Grand Final live on Saturday 13th May
Business
EBU draws up recommendations on future of access services
EDF, EBU and ACT expect their proposed measures to enhance the accessibility of TV programmes
Business
EBU director appointed chair of World Broadcasting Unions Technical Committee
Simon Fell will serve a two-year term
TVBEverywhere
IBC TV to go live with VRT-EBU IP studio
IBC TV will be using the VRT-EBU LiveIP studio production set-up to shoot, edit and produce some of the programmes covering IBC2016. Driven by the Belgian public broadcasting
TVBEverywhere
AIMS members participate in first full IP remote live broadcast
Flemish Belgian public broadcaster VRT has completed a trial remote production over IP
Production & Post
VRT performs first full IP remote broadcast
Belgian broadcaster VRT has completed the world’s first full IP remote broadcast production using open standards, assisted by Nevion
Business
EU official threatens legal action against Polish government
The EU commissioner for the digital economy has threatened legal action after Polish MPs approved a law giving the government direct control over top appointments in public broadcasting
TVBEverywhere
UHF to remain with TV services until 2023
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has applauded the decision by the ITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) on the use of the UHF band
Business
Public broadcasters demand cultural diversity protection in TTIP
European public broadcasters and the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity are calling for the protection of cultural diversity and the principle of technological neutrality to be included explicitly in the final text of the TTIP
IBC
Ultra HD – get it right now: not more but better pixels!
The race for what forms the next generation Ultra-High...
Business
Eurovision draws 197 million viewers in 40 countries
The Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s largest non-sporting TV event, was seen by almost 200 million viewers in its 60th anniversary year.
Business
EBU and ABU call to safeguard spectrum
Leaders of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) have demanded global action to protect spectrum to guarantee the future of broadcasting.
Business
EBU reacts to report on spectrum allocation
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has welcomed the European Commission’s High Level Group report recommending that the EU safeguard access to spectrum below 700MHz for digital terrestrial television until 2030.
Production & Post
EBU selects VideoClarity analyser for 4K research
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has chosen Video Clarity’s ClearView Extreme 4K video quality analyser for use in numerous research projects.
Production & Post
EBU invests in Snell for sports and entertainment
EBU has made a further investment in Snell Alchemist Ph.C-HD standards conversion system