European Broadcasting Union

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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), known in French as L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision (UER), and unrelated to the European Union, was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon, England. In 1993, the International Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT), an equivalent organisation of broadcasters from Central and Eastern Europe, was merged with the EBU.

European Broadcasting Union
Union européenne de radio-télévision

Countries with one or more members are in dark blue. Associated members in light blue.
Formation	12 February 1950
Type	Union of broadcasting organisations
Headquarters	Geneva, Switzerland
Membership	73 active members
Website	http://www.ebu.ch/

Members

Full Members

• The names of the broadcasting companies not in Roman script are either in English or French, the official languages of the EBU.^[1]

Country	Broadcasting organisation	National script	Abbr.	Year
Albania	Albanian Radio and Television	Radio Televizioni Shqiptar	RTSH	1962
Algeria	Entreprise nationale de télévision	المـؤسـسـة العمومية للتـلـفزيـون	ENTV	1970
	Enterprise nationale de radiodiffusion	الإذاعة الجزائرية	ENRS	1970
	Télédiffusion d'Algérie	تلفزيون لجزائر	TDA	1970
Andorra	Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra	RTVA	RTVA	2002
Armenia	Public Radio of Armenia	Հայաստանի Հանրային Ռադիո	ARMR	2005
	Public Television of Armenia	Հայաստանի հանրային հեռուստաընկերություն	ARMTV	2005
Austria	Austrian Broadcasting	Österreichischer Rundfunk	ORF	1953
Azerbaijan	Public Television and Radio	İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti	İTV	2007
Belgium	Flemish Radio- and Television Network	Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep	VRT	1950
	French Radio and Television of Belgium	Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française	RTBF	1950
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Radiotelevision of Bosnia & Herzegovina	Radio-televizija Bosne i Hercegovine Радио-телевизија Босне и Херцеговине	BHRT	1993
Bulgaria	Bulgarian National Radio	Българско национално радио	BNR	1993
	Bulgarian National Television	Българска национална телевизия	BNT	1993
Croatia	Croatian Radiotelevision	Hrvatska radiotelevizija	HRT	1993
Cyprus	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation	Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου (Greek) Kıbrıs Yayın Kurumu (Turkish)	RIK/ CyBC	1969
Czech Republic	Czech Radio	Český rozhlas	ČRo	1993
	Czech Television	Česká televize	ČT	1993
Denmark	Denmark's Radio	Danmarks Radio AS	DR	1950
	TV2	TV2 AS	DK/TV2	1996
Egypt	Egyptian Radio and Television Union	إتحاد الإذاعة و التليفزيون المصري	ERTU	1985
Estonia	Estonian Public Broadcasting	Eesti Rahvusringhääling	ERR	1993
Finland	- Finnish Broadcasting Corporation - Swedish Broadcasting of Finland	Yleisradio OY (Finnish) Rundradion AB (Swedish)	YLE/FST5	1950
	Commercial Channel 3	Mainostelevisio 3	MTV3	1993
France	- Télévision Française 1 - France Télévisions - Canal+ - Radio France - Radio France Internationale	Groupement des Radiodiffuseurs Français de l'UER	GRF	1950
	Europe 1	Europe 1	E1	1978
Georgia	Georgian Public Broadcasting	საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი	GPB	2005
Germany	German National Broadcasting	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland	ARD	1952
	Second German Television	Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen	ZDF	1963
Greece	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση	ERT	1950
Hungary	Hungarian Radio	Magyar Rádió	MR	1993
	Hungarian Television	Magyar Televízió	HU/MTV	1993
Iceland	National Broadcasting Service	Ríkisútvarpið	RÚV	1956
Ireland	Irish Radio-Television	Raidió Teilifís Éireann	RTÉ	1950
	Irish Language Television	Teilifís na Gaeilge 4	TG4	2007
Israel	Israel Broadcasting Authority	רָשׁוּת השׁידוּר	IBA	1957
Italy	Italian Broadcasting	Radiotelevisione Italiana	RAI	1950
Jordan	Jordan Radio and Television Corporation	التلفزيون الأردني	JRTV	1970
Latvia	Latvian Television	Latvijas Televīzija	LTV	1993
	Latvian Radio	Latvijas Radio	LR	1993
Lebanon	Télé Liban	تلفزيون لبنان	TL	1950
Lithuania	Lithuanian National Radio and Television	Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija	LRT	1993
Luxembourg	CLT Multi Media	Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion	RTL	1950
	Radio 100,7	Radio 100,7	ERSL	1996
F.Y.R. Macedonia	Macedonian Radio-Television	Македонска радио телевизија	MKRTV	1993
Malta	Public Broadcasting Services	Public Broadcasting Services	MT/PBS	1970
Moldova	Teleradio-Moldova	Teleradio-Moldova	TRM	1993
Monaco	Radio Monte-Carlo	Groupement de Radiodiffuseurs Monégasques	TMC	1950
Montenegro	Radio Television of Montenegro	Radio televizija Crne Gore Радио телевизија Црне Горе	RTCG	2001
Morocco	Radiodiffusion et de Télevision Morocaine	الشركة الوطنبة للإذاعة والتلفرة	SNRT	1969
Netherlands	Netherlands Public Broadcasting	Nederlandse Publieke Omroep	NPO	1950
Norway	Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation	Norsk Rikskringkasting AS	NRK	1950
	TV2	TV2 AS	NO/TV2	1992
Poland	Polish Television	Telewizja Polska	TVP	1993
	Polish Radio	Polskie Radio	PR	1993
Portugal	Radio and Television of Portugal	Rádio e Televisão de Portugal	RTP	1950
Romania	Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company	Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune	ROR	1993
	Romanian Television	Televiziunea Română	TVR	1993
Russia	Channel One Russia	Первый канал	C1R	1993
	Radio Dom Ostankino	Радиодом Останкино	RDO	1993
	Russian State Television and Radio	Всероссийская государственная телевизионная ирадиовещательная компания	RTR	1993
San Marino	Radio-Television of San Marino	Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino	SMTV	1995
Serbia	Radio Television of Serbia	Радио-телевизија Србије	RTS	2001
Slovakia	Radio Television of Slovakia	Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska	RTVS	2011
Slovenia	Radio-Television Slovenia	Radiotelevizija Slovenije	RTVSLO	1993
Spain	Spanish Radio-Television	Corporación Radiotelevisión Española	RTVE	1955
	Spanish Society of Radio	Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión	SER	1982
	People's Radiowaves of Spain	Cadena de Ondas Populares de España	COPE	1998
Sweden	- Swedish Television - Swedish Radio - Swedish Educational Broadcasting - Swedish Factual Broadcasting	Sveriges Television och Radio Grupp AB	SVT	1950
	- TV4 - TV11 - Canal+	TV4 Gruppen AB	TV4	2004
Switzerland	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation - Swiss- German Radio and Television - Radio Télévision Suisse - Italian Radio and Television of Switzerland - Swiss- Romansh Radio and Television	SRG SSR Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (German) Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision (French) Società svizzera di radiotelevisione (Italian) Societad svizra da radio e televisiun (Romansh)	SRG SSR	1950
Tunisia	Radiodifussion-Télévision Tunisienne	إنشاء محطة الإذاعة والتلفزيون التونسية	ERTT	1950
Turkey	Turkish Radio and Television Corporation	Türkiye Radyo-Televizyon Kurumu	TRT	1950
Ukraine	National Television Company of Ukraine	Національна телекомпанія України	NTU	1993
	National Radio Company of Ukraine	Національна радіокомпанія України	NRU	1993
United Kingdom	- British Broadcasting Corporation	British Broadcasting Corporation	BBC	1950
	- Independent Television - Channel 4 - Sianel 4 Cymraeg	United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting Darlledu Annibynnus Deyrnas Gyfunol (Welsh)	UKIB	1959
Vatican City	Vatican Radio	Radio Vaticana	RV	1950

Future & Potential EBU Members

• Liechtenstein: currently Liechtenstein has no national television or radio station, but if they get one it will be possible for them to join the EBU (this technicality had affected them once before when they were not allowed to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969)
• Kosovo: RTK - currently an associate member
• Syria: ORTAS (Organisme de la Radio-Télévision Arabe Syrienne) - currently an associate member only
• Morocco: The second commercial channel of Morocco 2M TV have asked for membership to the EBU. It is still unknown if Morocco will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest or the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Other websites

• EBU Website

References

1. "EBU Active Members". EBU.ch. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-01-15.