The European Broadcasting Union (EBU;French: Union mondiale de radio-télévision,UWR) is an alliance ofpublic service media entities, established on 12 February 1950.Most EBU states are part of this organisation and therefore EBU has been subject to supranational legislation and regulation. It also hosted debates between candidates for the Europa Commission presidency for the 2014 parliamentary elections but is unrelated to the institution itself. It is best known for producing the Europa Song Contest
Members[]
- See also: Heads of Delegations
Active members[]
There are currently fifty active members of the European Broadcasting Union.
- Color key
- Council member
- Current host
| Country | Broadcasting organization | Abbr. | HoD | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania
|
Radio Televizioni Shqiptar | RTSH | Josh | #01 |
 Andorra
|
Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra | RTVA | Juan | #03 |
 Armenia
|
Armenian Radio-Television | AMRTV | Hayastantzi | #01 |
 Australia
|
Special Broadcasting Service | SBS | NVSCFanph | #06 |
 Austria
|
Austrian Broadcasting | ORF | Dylan | #02 |
 Azerbaijan
|
Azerbaijani Television | AzTV | Listen and Play | #02 |
 Belarus
|
Belarusian Television and Radio Company | BTRC | KFIR | #01 |
 Belgium
|
Canvas | — | Syr | #01 |
 B&H
|
Radiotelevision of Bosnia & Herzegovina | BHRT | Aleks | #04 |
 Bulgaria
|
Bulgarian National Television | BNT | Axis | #01 |
 Croatia
|
Croatian Radiotelevision | HRT | B3stbeats | #01 |
 Cyprus
|
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation | RIK / CyBC | Arguello | #01 |
 Czech Republic
|
Czech Television | ČT | Jakub | #01 |
 Denmark
|
Denmark's Radio | DR | Streamrunner | #01 |
 Estonia
|
Eesti Rahvusringhääling | ERR | Thomas (FR) | #01 |
 Faroe Islands
|
Kringvarp Føroya | KVF | Sebber | #01 |
 Finland
|
Finnish Broadcasting Corporation | YLE | Soumpouros | #01 |
 France
|
France Télévisions | GRF | Roy | #01 |
 FYR Macedonia
|
Macedonian Radio-Television | MRT | Aussie | #02 |
 Georgia
|
Georgian Public Broadcaster | GPB | ESC HK | #04 |
 Germany
|
North German Broadcasting | NDR | Toby | #01 |
 Greece
|
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation | ERT | Apostolis | #01 |
 Hungary
|
Duna TV | — | Quentin | #02 |
 Iceland
|
Ríkisútvarpið Sjónvarp | RÚV | George | #02 |
 Ireland
|
Raidió Teilifís Éireann | RTÉ | Grace | #01 |
 Israel
|
Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation | IPBC | Tom | #01 |
 Italy
|
Italian Radio-Television | RAI | Greg | #01 |
 Kazakhstan
|
National Television of Kazakhstan | NTK | Martin | #01 |
 Latvia
|
Latvijas Televīzija | LTV | Alper | #02 |
 Lebanon
|
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation | LBC | Sardinha | #02 |
 Liechtenstein
|
1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television | 1FLTV | Kenny | #03 |
 Lithuania
|
Lithuanian National Radio and Television | LRT | Eurovisionfan | #01 |
 Luxembourg
|
CLT Multi Media | RTL | Lisa | #03 |
 Malta
|
Public Broadcasting Services | PBS | Dominic | #02 |
 Moldova
|
Teleradio-Moldova | TRM | Cedric | #01 |
 Monaco
|
TMC Monte Carlo | TMC | Pounce | #01 |
 Montenegro
|
Radio Television of Montenegro | RTCG | Shiny Hunter | #04 |
 Morocco
|
La deuxième Télévision | 2M TV | Basil | #03 |
 Netherlands
|
Netherlands Public Broadcasting | AVROTROS | Luxas | #01 |
 Norway
|
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation | NRK | Thomas | #01 |
 Poland
|
Polish Television | TVP | Niko | #02 |
 Portugal
|
Radio and Television of Portugal | RTP | Julian | #01 |
 Romania
|
Televiziunea Română | TVR | El Catracho | #01 |
 Russia
|
Russia 1 | - | Proggj | #01 |
 San Marino
|
Radio-Television of San Marino | SMRTV | Mark | #02 |
 Serbia
|
Radio Television of Serbia | RTS | Fultz | #01 |
 Slovakia
|
Jednotka | — | Europemelfest | #02 |
 Slovenia
|
Radio-Television Slovenia | RTVSLO | JMLiNN | #02 |
 Spain
|
Spanish Television | TVE | NarJagBlundar | #01 |
 Sweden
|
Sveriges Television | SVT | Ari | #01 |
 Switzerland
|
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation | SRG SSR | Michal | #03 |
 Turkey
|
Turkish North Vision | TNV | Vaggelis | #01 |
 Ukraine
|
National Television Company of Ukraine | NTU | Kinoshita | #01 |
 United Kingdom
|
British Broadcasting Corporation | BBC | Darell | #01 |
Council[]
The EBU Council is a congress of the heads of delegations of different countries of the European Broadcasting Union to discuss each edition's planning, to accept entries of the participating countries and to discuss general rules and standards of the Europa Song Contest.
Members[]
This list shows the current and former permanent or temporary members of the EBU council. Head members are written in bold. The council has currently seven permanent members and one temporary member, traditionally the winning Head of Delegation of the previous edition
Current members
George (January 2017–present)
- Nvscfanph (May 2018-present)
- Jakub (July 2018-present)
Former members
- Toby (May 2018-August 2018)
EBU Competitions[]
The EBU holds contests where only its members can participate.
Europa Song Contest[]
The Europa Song Contest, often shortened ESC, is a song contest on Youtube held among the members of the European Broadcasting Union since December 2016 and is inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest. The current and official ESC executive supervisor is George Rospier,
Junior Europa Song Contest[]
The Junior Europa Song Contest, often shortened JESC, is a song contest on Youtube held among the members of the European Broadcasting Union since April 2017 and is inspired by the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The contest is the junior pendant for the Europa Song Contest.