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 June 25, 2026, Canada became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) during its General Assembly in Prague, opening the possibility for the country to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. Earlier the same day at the Prague assembly, 3Cat, Catalonia's public service media organization broadcasting in Catalan, joined the EBU as an Ancillary Member. Previously, on June 23, the EBU began using Moments Lab’s AI-powered platform to identify and distribute short clips from live events to member journalists across more than 50 countries, aiming to provide fast, reliable access to verified video for public service broadcasters. The EBU also announced its Access Services Community Meeting, scheduled for September 23-24 at its Geneva headquarters, which will address accessibility challenges and share best practices. Concurrently, the annual TV Music Experts Plenary, a gathering for TV commissioners and producers of music and cultural programming from EBU member broadcasters, was also announced.
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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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Examples of European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s suppliers include Rohde & Schwarz, NEP Group and Production Resource Group (PRG).
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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 boxing, multi-sport, winter sports, futsal, tennis, aquatics and swimming, water polo, soccer | association football, athletics, motorsports, gymnastics, rowing, biathlon, other sports, basketball and cycling.
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