European Broadcasting Union, also known as EBU, is a non-profit organization headquartered in Switzerland. Founded in 1950, with approximately 460 employees, the organization reported $266.9M in revenue as of 2024 and functions as a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company's core focus is content rights, promoting public service media, with 115 member organizations in 56 countries and an additional 31 Associates across Asia, Africa, Australasia, and the Americas. EBU also operates Eurovision and Euroradio.
On September 11, 2026, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Association of European Radios (AER) co-hosted a policy breakfast at the European Parliament with MEPs Hélder Sousa Silva, Sunčana Glavak, and Alex Agius Saliba, advocating for the Digital Networks Act to ensure broadcast radio's presence in all vehicles. Previously, on September 10, the EBU released a Technical Report summarizing current practices of some EBU Member broadcasters for delivering Audio Description (AD) and Spoken Subtitles (AST), comparing approaches and identifying functional gaps in their distribution and reception. On September 9, the EBU announced its switch to Microsoft Entra as its new authentication method, enabling most members to log in with their work email and password. Also on September 9, Security4Media (S4M), a non-profit media cybersecurity association co-founded by the EBU and its members, announced its authorization by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), which took effect on September 1. Earlier, on September 8, the EBU hosted the 8th edition of its PSM Compass Webinar, focusing on centering advocacy in crisis preparedness strategy.
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European Broadcasting Union (EBU) offers 22 products in the media and telecoms services industry. European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s product portfolio comprises of content rights and media and TV services.
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European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s revenues were less than $500M in 2024. Caretta Research has split European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is sports sublicensing. For full access to European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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European Broadcasting Union (EBU) sells broadcasting rights of its 2 sports sublicensing competitions to 15 companies globally, covering 2 countries. European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s rights holders include Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) currently holds 74 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including multi-sport, aquatics and swimming, biathlon, basketball, winter sports, other sports, rowing, boxing, motorsports, tennis, soccer | association football, water polo, cycling, athletics, futsal and gymnastics.
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