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Eurovision is a pan-European television telecommunications network owned and operated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was founded in 1954 in Geneva , Switzerland, and its first official transmission took place on 6 June 1954.
The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la chanson) [60] is an annual international song competition between EBU members, that was first held in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24 May 1956. Seven countries participated – each submitting two songs, for a total of 14.
The initiative quickly became popular, so the EBU itself decided to partake. Every Saturday (which was shifted to the third Saturday of every month starting from 18 July 2020) at 21:00 CEST , the Eurovision YouTube channel would re-broadcast a final of a previous contest, revealed by the EurovisionAgain team 15 minutes before the start. [ 2 ]
Many of the European Broadcasting Union’s more than 100 member networks are already rights holders for at least some of the events. European public TV networks launch free-to-air sports ...
The Eurovision Song contest is airing free in most European countries, so if you want to tune into a different broadcast of the show, like the BBC’s free coverage of the contest, you can do so ...
Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, [86] Bosnia and Herzegovina, [87] Monaco [88] and Slovakia [89] confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. The Romanian broadcaster, TVR , remained in talks with the EBU until 25 January 2024, but decided not to participate for financial reasons.
As national broadcasters join and leave the Eurovision feed transmitted by the EBU, the EBU/Eurovision network logo ident (not to be confused with the logo of the song contest itself) is displayed. The accompanying music (used on other Eurovision broadcasts) is the Prelude (Marche en rondeau) to Marc-Antoine Charpentier 's Te Deum . [ 4 ]
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest. Since 1988, it has been the norm to have at least two presenters for the contest.