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NEP’s TFC broadcast control system powers Eurovision 2026
TFC is managing IP-based SMPTE ST 2110 signal routing across software and hardware, along with multiview capabilities and redundant support
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Vizrt technology to deliver immersive video elements for Eurovision 2026
Viz Engine will render all on-screen graphics, including the scores during the jury and public votes
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A greener, more cinematic Eurovision
Head technical production manager Claudio Bortoli tells TVBEurope how ORF is using cinematic ARRI Alexa cameras to bring a unique look to Eurovision 2026,...
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Sennheiser details audio innovations for Eurovision 2026
For 2026, Sennheiser will deliver its largest Spectera set-up to date, including manufacturing samples of the yet-to-be-launched handheld transmitter
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ORF to employ 8,500 individually controllable LEDs for Eurovision 2026
The Austrian broadcaster has unveiled the lighting design for this year's event, which will also include more than 2,100 LED and laser units
Sustainability
Eurovision 2026 aims to enhance green credentials with fully LED- and laser-based lighting concept
Broadcaster ORF has set itself a goal of minimising its CO₂ footprint as much as possible
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National Science and Media Museum showcases 70 years of Eurovision broadcast innovation
The Bradford museum's temporary exhibition will highlight Eurovision's contribution to technological advancement in the global media and entertainment industry
Business
TVBEurope July/August 2025 issue now available
The July/August 2025 issue focuses on the growing adoption of cloud in the media technology industry, and discovers how the EBU's Media eXchange Layer...
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Martin Österdahl steps down as Eurovision executive supervisor
Österdahl has spent five years in the role, overseeing the pandemic-hit event in Rotterdam, as well as the events in Turin, Liverpool, Malmö and...
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Eurovision Song Contest 2025 has highest viewing share in over 20 years
The 69th Contest, staged in Basel, Switzerland, reached 166 million people across 37 public service media markets, said the EBU, 3 million more than...
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What the hell just happened: TVBEurope visits Eurovision
TVBEurope's Matthew Corrigan on the sights, sounds and incredible production behind the exuberance of Eurovision
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NEP deploys TFC orchestration platform at Eurovision 2025
The implementation of the TFC broadcast orchestration platform allows NEP to streamline signal management and reduce rigging and setup time
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Eurovision 2025 to employ SRT, open source graphics, and augmented reality
As Basel welcomes thousands of fans from across Europe (and beyond) for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, TVBEurope speaks to key members of the...
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Rock and Roblox at Eurovision
My Eurovision Party 2025 is part of the push to bring the contest to a younger generation, and has been released in collaboration with...
Live Production
EBU Academy and Eurovision Song Contest join forces on masterclasses focused on mobile video, AI
In a first for the EBU Academy, the masterclasses will give journalists, content creators and influencers advice on how to sharpen their skillsets
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Eurovision Song Contest grows audience in 2024
The viewing share of the Grand Final was 46.7 per cent - the highest since 2006
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Disguise enables first large-scale SMPTE 2110 live broadcast for Eurovision
Disguise fed the ST 2110 video outputs from the five moveable LED cubes to the Panasonic Kairos, which was used as a multiviewer
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Why Eurovision 2024 will have a cinematic look
SVT's Tobias Aberg talks to TVBEurope about the host broadcaster's plans for this year's Eurovision Song Contest, including cameras, sound and graphics
Production & Post
BAFTA Television Craft Awards winners announced
The awards celebrate the craft of behind-the-scenes TV talent and the best programmes of 2023
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Movable LED cubes, 2,168 lighting fixtures, 204 tonnes of technical gear: Eurovision 2024 stage unveiled
The stage designers have worked to create a 360-experience for both the arena and TV audiences, with movable LED cubes, LED floors, light, video...
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Eurovision 2024 unveils 360-degree stage and lighting design
The aim of the design is to make the audience more of a focus than ever before, both inside the arena and for viewers...
Podcasts and Videos
Watch: TVBEurope’s Story of 2023
TVBEurope takes its annual look back at the biggest events in the media and entertainment industry during 2023, from the Eurovision Song Contest and...
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37 broadcasters sign up for Eurovision 2024
The 36 countries represented in 2023’s event in Liverpool will return and be joined by RTL from Luxembourg who will take part for the...
Production & Post
Eurovision, The Traitors, Queen Elizabeth’s funeral honoured at RTS Craft & Design Awards
The Outstanding Achievement Award was given to Justine Evans, director of photography at BBC Studios Natural History Unit
IBC
Eurovision Song Contest, Warner Bros Motion Picture Group set for IBC honours
A project aiming to advance the DVB-I standard to enable the ongoing use of linear TV programming in Germany will receive the 2023 Special...
Audio
Everything we know about: ADM-OSC, S-ADM and the delivery of next-generation audio
Expanding on the article in TVBEurope's August issue, about how BBC R&D used the Eurovision Song Contest as a testing ground for next generation...
Business
TVBEurope August 2023 issue now available
In our new issue, we talk to the re-recording mixer on the latest Transformers movie, hear how this year's Eurovision Song Contest made a...
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Eurovision Song Contest 2023 breaks online engagement records
The EBU has released figures from this year's event which reached 162 million viewers and delivered "record breaking online engagement and musical impact" ...
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Studer Vista X mixes the sound of Eurovision
Both semi-finals and the grand final were mixed in Conrad Fletcher's Mixbus by Andy Tapley
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Eurovision 2023 proves a streaming cha-cha-champion
According to NPAW, online video plays surged by 28 per cent during the show versus the previous 90 days, with Eurovision 2023 registering 31...
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disguise selected as official technology supplier for Eurovision Song Contest
Company has developed a customised solution to provide a more seamless stage management experience for this year's show
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ReadySet Studios provides virtual production and ICVFX for Netherlands’ Eurovision entry
The set included a central ‘portal’ with doors to ‘connect’ the multiple virtual scenes the artists walk in and out of from one location...
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Flying the Flag: dock10’s role at Eurovision
TVBEurope talks to dock10's Adam Balcombe about how the facility will be the backbone of the BBC's Eurovision 2023 coverage
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Eight miles of cabling and 150 microphones: The numbers behind Eurovision Song Contest 2023
The BBC has revealed sone of the facts and figures behind this year's Eurovision Song Contest
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Eurovision Song Contest 2023 stage revealed
The set brings together 220 square metres of independently moving and turning video screens, as well as over 700 video tiles integrated into the...
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Drone technology and 360-degree cameras used on Eurovision postcards
The 37 postcards feature 111 different locations, with local production crews used where possible
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BBC appoints Stage One Creative Services to build Eurovision stage
The stage is inspired by a wide hug, and includes over 260 individual components that will be assembled on site at the Liverpool Arena
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‘We will create something truly special’: Liverpool to host Eurovision Song Contest 2023
The BBC will be the host broadcaster of the event, working alongside the European Broadcasting Union
Media Consumption
Live events help BBC iPlayer break more records
Glastonbury was Q2's best performing boxset with 36 million streams up to the end of June, and 39.4 million to date
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BBC confirmed as Eurovision 2023 host
The BBC will now begin the process of selecting a host city
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EBU to begin discussions with BBC over hosting Eurovision 2023
The EBU said it made the decision given the current circumstances, and operational guarantees required for a broadcaster to host, organise and produce Eurovision
Media Consumption
161 million viewers tuned into Eurovision
Across the EBU's 34 measured markets, the event saw an increase of 7 million viewers compared to 2021