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.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1950

Headcount

534

Headquarters

Switzerland

Primary Segment

Content rights

Ownership

Non-profit

Deployments

617

News Summary:

On October 1, 2026, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the International Biathlon Union (IBU) extended their exclusive media rights and production partnership until 2034, ensuring fans can continue to follow biathletes across EBU Members’ and partner services. Previously, on September 25, the EBU's AI Accelerator Focus Group issued an open call where Suspilne Ukraine presented its first AI Strategy, outlining its direction for the next two years and addressing how public service media can embrace artificial intelligence while maintaining public values.

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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 NEP Group, DAZN Group and Rohde & Schwarz.

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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 79 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including tennis, gymnastics, futsal, soccer | association football, multi-sport, basketball, other sports, motorsports, biathlon, athletics, cycling, winter sports, rowing, water polo, aquatics and swimming and boxing.

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