European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), founded in 1950, is a non-profit organization headquartered in Switzerland. With a staff of approximately 460, it comprises 115 member organizations across 56 European countries and 31 associates in other regions. The EBU's activities center on supporting public service media, and it operates the Eurovision and Euroradio networks. Its annual revenue was less than $500 million in 2021. While its activities encompass a broad range of programming, a significant focus is on the broadcasting of athletics and multi-discipline sporting events.

2021 Revenue

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Founded

1950

Headcount

455

Headquarters

Switzerland

Primary Segment

Connectivity and distribution services

Ownership

Non-profit

News Summary:

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Basel, Switzerland. The United Kingdom will be represented by the country-pop trio Remember Monday, performing the song "What The Hell Just Happened." The EBU also published an updated Digital Services Act (DSA) Handbook to explain the new DSA rules and how public service media can work with online platforms. A report highlights the potential of member-exclusive archives as valuable data sources for AI training. Another report details media organizations' expectations for generative AI, focusing on audience reach and efficiency improvements in news production.

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European Broadcasting Union (EBU) offers 19 products in the sports, media tech and media and telecoms services industries. European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s product portfolio comprises of connectivity and distribution services, soccer, water sports, media and TV services and broadcast professional services.
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European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s revenues were less than $500M in 2021. Caretta Research has split European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s revenue into 6 different product categories, the largest of which is other. For full access to European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has partners like ARD. Examples of European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s suppliers include NEP Group, Rohde & Schwarz and Evertz.

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European Broadcasting Union (EBU) sells broadcasting rights of its 13 winter sports, rowing, athletics, multi-Sport, soccer | association football, cycling and biathlon competitions to 110 companies globally, covering 21 countries. European Broadcasting Union (EBU)'s rights holders include Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), RTL Group and BBC. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) currently holds 56 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including rowing, motorsports, biathlon, cycling, soccer | association football, gymnastics, futsal, aquatics and swimming, athletics, water polo, winter sports, tennis, multi-sport, basketball and other sports.

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