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🎼📺 Eurovision Classical Concerts is coming to screens across Europe!
Full story 👉 https://www.ebu.ch/news/2025/12/eurovision-classical-concerts-to-be-broadcast-by-22-public-service-media-organizations
Full story 👉 https://www.ebu.ch/news/2025/12/eurovision-classical-concerts-to-be-broadcast-by-22-public-service-media-organizations
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎼📺 Eurovision Classical Concerts is coming to screens across Europe!
Full story 👉 https://www.ebu.ch/news/2025/12/eurovision-classical-concerts-to-be-broadcast-by-22-public-service-media-organizations
Full story 👉 https://www.ebu.ch/news/2025/12/eurovision-classical-concerts-to-be-broadcast-by-22-public-service-media-organizations
AVMSD: time for action to safeguard European public service media💪
💡The Audiovisual Media Services Directive is vital to protecting minors, supporting media pluralism, and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity.
Read more here: social.ebu.ch/AVMSD-submis...
💡The Audiovisual Media Services Directive is vital to protecting minors, supporting media pluralism, and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity.
Read more here: social.ebu.ch/AVMSD-submis...
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
AVMSD: time for action to safeguard European public service media💪
💡The Audiovisual Media Services Directive is vital to protecting minors, supporting media pluralism, and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity.
Read more here: social.ebu.ch/AVMSD-submis...
💡The Audiovisual Media Services Directive is vital to protecting minors, supporting media pluralism, and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity.
Read more here: social.ebu.ch/AVMSD-submis...
💡The value of public service media... seen from every angle!
Our new Media Intelligence Service report offers a full 360° perspective on the impact of PSM, backed by facts and real-world impact.
Get the full picture: social.ebu.ch/360-Value
Our new Media Intelligence Service report offers a full 360° perspective on the impact of PSM, backed by facts and real-world impact.
Get the full picture: social.ebu.ch/360-Value
Public Service Media 360° Value
A snapshot of the contribution to society made by the EBU's public service Members
social.ebu.ch
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
💡The value of public service media... seen from every angle!
Our new Media Intelligence Service report offers a full 360° perspective on the impact of PSM, backed by facts and real-world impact.
Get the full picture: social.ebu.ch/360-Value
Our new Media Intelligence Service report offers a full 360° perspective on the impact of PSM, backed by facts and real-world impact.
Get the full picture: social.ebu.ch/360-Value
🤩2025 top Legal & Policy news.
This year's top acronyms are....
🥇AVMSD
🥈EMFA
🥉EUDS
& shout-out to... DNA
👉Our Legal & Policy team has your back in this whirlwind of letters.
Explore our top milestones, acronyms or otherwise: social.ebu.ch/Policy-Highl...
This year's top acronyms are....
🥇AVMSD
🥈EMFA
🥉EUDS
& shout-out to... DNA
👉Our Legal & Policy team has your back in this whirlwind of letters.
Explore our top milestones, acronyms or otherwise: social.ebu.ch/Policy-Highl...
Top 10 Legal and Policy news of 2025
Discover our most popular news items of the year
social.ebu.ch
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🤩2025 top Legal & Policy news.
This year's top acronyms are....
🥇AVMSD
🥈EMFA
🥉EUDS
& shout-out to... DNA
👉Our Legal & Policy team has your back in this whirlwind of letters.
Explore our top milestones, acronyms or otherwise: social.ebu.ch/Policy-Highl...
This year's top acronyms are....
🥇AVMSD
🥈EMFA
🥉EUDS
& shout-out to... DNA
👉Our Legal & Policy team has your back in this whirlwind of letters.
Explore our top milestones, acronyms or otherwise: social.ebu.ch/Policy-Highl...
Euroradio Christmas Music Day is THIS Sunday!🎶✨
And our Members are ALREADY in the holiday spirit.
Can you guess which tree topper belongs to who?🎄👇
🎶Joy Has Appeared to Us, performed by Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir of Ukrainian Radio & Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra
And our Members are ALREADY in the holiday spirit.
Can you guess which tree topper belongs to who?🎄👇
🎶Joy Has Appeared to Us, performed by Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir of Ukrainian Radio & Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Euroradio Christmas Music Day is THIS Sunday!🎶✨
And our Members are ALREADY in the holiday spirit.
Can you guess which tree topper belongs to who?🎄👇
🎶Joy Has Appeared to Us, performed by Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir of Ukrainian Radio & Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra
And our Members are ALREADY in the holiday spirit.
Can you guess which tree topper belongs to who?🎄👇
🎶Joy Has Appeared to Us, performed by Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir of Ukrainian Radio & Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Trusted media=protected posts…or that’s how it should be!
Despite #EMFA, real change by platforms is slow. #PublicServiceMedia still faces removals, downranking & obstacles.
Our new campaign explains why this matters & how trusted content can be protected.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/Trusted-medi...
Despite #EMFA, real change by platforms is slow. #PublicServiceMedia still faces removals, downranking & obstacles.
Our new campaign explains why this matters & how trusted content can be protected.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/Trusted-medi...
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trusted media=protected posts…or that’s how it should be!
Despite #EMFA, real change by platforms is slow. #PublicServiceMedia still faces removals, downranking & obstacles.
Our new campaign explains why this matters & how trusted content can be protected.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/Trusted-medi...
Despite #EMFA, real change by platforms is slow. #PublicServiceMedia still faces removals, downranking & obstacles.
Our new campaign explains why this matters & how trusted content can be protected.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/Trusted-medi...
🔎An EBU Investigative Journalism Network exposé reveals how one donor’s sperm, carrying a rare, dangerous gene mutation, was used to conceive 197 children across Europe.
Read more👉 bit.ly/44XWPQA
Read more👉 bit.ly/44XWPQA
Donor 7069: The TP53 Mutation, 14 Countries, and Europe's Unregulated Sperm Banking Crisis
The 'Kjeld' case reveals a massive failure in Europe's fertility industry. Learn how one donor bypassed limits and spread a deadly cancer risk across borders.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🔎An EBU Investigative Journalism Network exposé reveals how one donor’s sperm, carrying a rare, dangerous gene mutation, was used to conceive 197 children across Europe.
Read more👉 bit.ly/44XWPQA
Read more👉 bit.ly/44XWPQA
Yesterday we joined a High-Level Roundtable on the Social Status of Artists and stressed:
🔹the right level for social aspect decisions = national
🔹#PublicServiceMedia have EU-level social dialogue w/ stakeholders
🔹PSM need funding & independence
@liandersson.bsky.social @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social
🔹the right level for social aspect decisions = national
🔹#PublicServiceMedia have EU-level social dialogue w/ stakeholders
🔹PSM need funding & independence
@liandersson.bsky.social @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Yesterday we joined a High-Level Roundtable on the Social Status of Artists and stressed:
🔹the right level for social aspect decisions = national
🔹#PublicServiceMedia have EU-level social dialogue w/ stakeholders
🔹PSM need funding & independence
@liandersson.bsky.social @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social
🔹the right level for social aspect decisions = national
🔹#PublicServiceMedia have EU-level social dialogue w/ stakeholders
🔹PSM need funding & independence
@liandersson.bsky.social @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social
It's official! We're joining forces with France Télévisions and CARTOON once again to develop a new European animation series, 'Elle(s)', selected from 70+ projects at Cartoon Forum 2025.
👉 Full story: https://social.ebu.ch/EBUAnimation26
👉 Full story: https://social.ebu.ch/EBUAnimation26
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It's official! We're joining forces with France Télévisions and CARTOON once again to develop a new European animation series, 'Elle(s)', selected from 70+ projects at Cartoon Forum 2025.
👉 Full story: https://social.ebu.ch/EBUAnimation26
👉 Full story: https://social.ebu.ch/EBUAnimation26
🌍 The 2025 Rose d’Or Awards celebrated the very best in global storytelling with strong showings from #PublicServiceMedia.
🔗Read more: social.ebu.ch/RosedOr25
🔗Read more: social.ebu.ch/RosedOr25
Adolescence wins big at 2025 Rose d’Or Awards - with special honours for Owen Cooper, Anne Reid and the ensemble cast of Furia (Rage)
The recipients of the 64th annual Rose d’Or Awards were announced during a ceremony in London on 1st December, celebrating the breadth of global creativity across programmes from Belgium, Japan, Norwa...
social.ebu.ch
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🌍 The 2025 Rose d’Or Awards celebrated the very best in global storytelling with strong showings from #PublicServiceMedia.
🔗Read more: social.ebu.ch/RosedOr25
🔗Read more: social.ebu.ch/RosedOr25
⚡In times of crisis, trusted information saves lives⚡
A DG-ECHO article noted public service media's crucial role in security & defence, following our event at @europarl.europa.eu
👉Read more: social.ebu.ch/Resilience
A DG-ECHO article noted public service media's crucial role in security & defence, following our event at @europarl.europa.eu
👉Read more: social.ebu.ch/Resilience
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
⚡In times of crisis, trusted information saves lives⚡
A DG-ECHO article noted public service media's crucial role in security & defence, following our event at @europarl.europa.eu
👉Read more: social.ebu.ch/Resilience
A DG-ECHO article noted public service media's crucial role in security & defence, following our event at @europarl.europa.eu
👉Read more: social.ebu.ch/Resilience
📡Piracy of broadcast signals is a global issue, damaging the value of live & premium content.
We urge WIPO Members meeting next week to call for a Diplomatic Conference to adopt the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty💪
We urge WIPO Members meeting next week to call for a Diplomatic Conference to adopt the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty💪
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
📡Piracy of broadcast signals is a global issue, damaging the value of live & premium content.
We urge WIPO Members meeting next week to call for a Diplomatic Conference to adopt the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty💪
We urge WIPO Members meeting next week to call for a Diplomatic Conference to adopt the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty💪
We welcome @europarl.europa.eu’s report highlighting the vital roles of regulation, media literacy & #PublicServiceMedia in protecting minors from online harm.
Read more here: social.ebu.ch/a
@cschaldemose.bsky.social @leilachaibi.bsky.social @syoncourtin.bsky.social @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social
Read more here: social.ebu.ch/a
@cschaldemose.bsky.social @leilachaibi.bsky.social @syoncourtin.bsky.social @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social
Protecting minors online: European Parliament weighs in and cites positive contribution from public service media
The EU urges a strengthened, holistic approach to protect minors online through regulation, media literacy, and secure access to trustworthy digital content.
social.ebu.ch
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We welcome @europarl.europa.eu’s report highlighting the vital roles of regulation, media literacy & #PublicServiceMedia in protecting minors from online harm.
Read more here: social.ebu.ch/a
@cschaldemose.bsky.social @leilachaibi.bsky.social @syoncourtin.bsky.social @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social
Read more here: social.ebu.ch/a
@cschaldemose.bsky.social @leilachaibi.bsky.social @syoncourtin.bsky.social @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social
🔔 Read our newly launched guidelines created to help journalists report ethically, accurately and safely on cases involving the abuse of women and girls in sport.
www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...
www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...
EBU publishes new guidelines to support ethical reporting on abuse of women and girls in sport
The guidance offers trauma-informed advice on interviewing survivors, selecting language, contextualizing allegations and avoiding harmful stereotypes.
www.ebu.ch
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🔔 Read our newly launched guidelines created to help journalists report ethically, accurately and safely on cases involving the abuse of women and girls in sport.
www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...
www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...
We listened and we acted.
For 2026 we’ve made changes to the Eurovision Song Contest voting framework to strengthen trust and transparency: clearer promotion rules, fewer max votes, juries returning to Semi-Finals, and enhanced tech safeguards.
More details:
👉 social.ebu.ch/ESCVotingCha...
For 2026 we’ve made changes to the Eurovision Song Contest voting framework to strengthen trust and transparency: clearer promotion rules, fewer max votes, juries returning to Semi-Finals, and enhanced tech safeguards.
More details:
👉 social.ebu.ch/ESCVotingCha...
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We listened and we acted.
For 2026 we’ve made changes to the Eurovision Song Contest voting framework to strengthen trust and transparency: clearer promotion rules, fewer max votes, juries returning to Semi-Finals, and enhanced tech safeguards.
More details:
👉 social.ebu.ch/ESCVotingCha...
For 2026 we’ve made changes to the Eurovision Song Contest voting framework to strengthen trust and transparency: clearer promotion rules, fewer max votes, juries returning to Semi-Finals, and enhanced tech safeguards.
More details:
👉 social.ebu.ch/ESCVotingCha...
And that's a wrap!✨
After two days of valuable discussions on AI, copyright, distribution and the #EuropeanDemocracyShield, our Legal & Policy Assembly has come to an end.
Follow our Policy Adviser, Sofia Nobre, as she gives us a taste of the Assembly experience.
After two days of valuable discussions on AI, copyright, distribution and the #EuropeanDemocracyShield, our Legal & Policy Assembly has come to an end.
Follow our Policy Adviser, Sofia Nobre, as she gives us a taste of the Assembly experience.
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And that's a wrap!✨
After two days of valuable discussions on AI, copyright, distribution and the #EuropeanDemocracyShield, our Legal & Policy Assembly has come to an end.
Follow our Policy Adviser, Sofia Nobre, as she gives us a taste of the Assembly experience.
After two days of valuable discussions on AI, copyright, distribution and the #EuropeanDemocracyShield, our Legal & Policy Assembly has come to an end.
Follow our Policy Adviser, Sofia Nobre, as she gives us a taste of the Assembly experience.
Our Legal & Policy Assembly is underway and we're examining: What's the impact of AI?
💡From copyright to how distorting news, AI is now a central question for media regulation.
👉This community is the place to be to understand the key issues facing the media sector today. Stay tuned for Day 2!
💡From copyright to how distorting news, AI is now a central question for media regulation.
👉This community is the place to be to understand the key issues facing the media sector today. Stay tuned for Day 2!
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our Legal & Policy Assembly is underway and we're examining: What's the impact of AI?
💡From copyright to how distorting news, AI is now a central question for media regulation.
👉This community is the place to be to understand the key issues facing the media sector today. Stay tuned for Day 2!
💡From copyright to how distorting news, AI is now a central question for media regulation.
👉This community is the place to be to understand the key issues facing the media sector today. Stay tuned for Day 2!
From subtitles and audio description to sign language, public service media are stepping up accessibility.
Our Media Intelligence Services report looks at the challenges and opportunities, and how AI is transforming accessibility.
Download the report: social.ebu.ch/AccessServices
Our Media Intelligence Services report looks at the challenges and opportunities, and how AI is transforming accessibility.
Download the report: social.ebu.ch/AccessServices
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
From subtitles and audio description to sign language, public service media are stepping up accessibility.
Our Media Intelligence Services report looks at the challenges and opportunities, and how AI is transforming accessibility.
Download the report: social.ebu.ch/AccessServices
Our Media Intelligence Services report looks at the challenges and opportunities, and how AI is transforming accessibility.
Download the report: social.ebu.ch/AccessServices
Voices is back!
📍 Florence, Italy
📅 10-12 March, 2026
This 3rd edition will pick up where we left off in Zagreb: tackling disinformation, fostering media literacy & promoting media freedom.
Don't miss out on your chance to join us!
Read more: social.ebu.ch/VOICES2026
📍 Florence, Italy
📅 10-12 March, 2026
This 3rd edition will pick up where we left off in Zagreb: tackling disinformation, fostering media literacy & promoting media freedom.
Don't miss out on your chance to join us!
Read more: social.ebu.ch/VOICES2026
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Voices is back!
📍 Florence, Italy
📅 10-12 March, 2026
This 3rd edition will pick up where we left off in Zagreb: tackling disinformation, fostering media literacy & promoting media freedom.
Don't miss out on your chance to join us!
Read more: social.ebu.ch/VOICES2026
📍 Florence, Italy
📅 10-12 March, 2026
This 3rd edition will pick up where we left off in Zagreb: tackling disinformation, fostering media literacy & promoting media freedom.
Don't miss out on your chance to join us!
Read more: social.ebu.ch/VOICES2026
The EBU and 100+ media organizations highlight the importance of free and independent media to Europe’s democratic resilience in a joint letter.
We urge @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu to guarantee sustainable EU funding & investment for public-interest media.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/MFF
We urge @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu to guarantee sustainable EU funding & investment for public-interest media.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/MFF
Invest in free media: Europe’s democratic foundation
The EBU and over 100 media organisations stress that Europe’s democratic resilience depends on investing in public-interest media.
social.ebu.ch
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The EBU and 100+ media organizations highlight the importance of free and independent media to Europe’s democratic resilience in a joint letter.
We urge @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu to guarantee sustainable EU funding & investment for public-interest media.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/MFF
We urge @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu to guarantee sustainable EU funding & investment for public-interest media.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/MFF
🌍 AI assistants distort news systematically across 22 public service media in 18 countries working in 14 languages.
A new joint BBC/EBU-led study – launched at our News Assembly – tells us AI poses a systemic risk to trust in journalism and democracy.
Read the report👉 social.ebu.ch/AIAssistants
A new joint BBC/EBU-led study – launched at our News Assembly – tells us AI poses a systemic risk to trust in journalism and democracy.
Read the report👉 social.ebu.ch/AIAssistants
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
New research coordinated by the EBU and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants routinely distort or misrepresent public service journalism.
social.ebu.ch
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🌍 AI assistants distort news systematically across 22 public service media in 18 countries working in 14 languages.
A new joint BBC/EBU-led study – launched at our News Assembly – tells us AI poses a systemic risk to trust in journalism and democracy.
Read the report👉 social.ebu.ch/AIAssistants
A new joint BBC/EBU-led study – launched at our News Assembly – tells us AI poses a systemic risk to trust in journalism and democracy.
Read the report👉 social.ebu.ch/AIAssistants
⚽ Exciting news for football fans across Europe!
Fans in Azerbaijan, Iceland, and Malta will be able to enjoy free-to-air coverage of the #FIFAWorldCup 2026™ and FIFA World Cup 2030™, thanks to our extended media rights agreement with FIFA. 🇦🇿 🇮🇸 🇲🇹
👉 Read in full: social.ebu.ch/FIFAWC_25
Fans in Azerbaijan, Iceland, and Malta will be able to enjoy free-to-air coverage of the #FIFAWorldCup 2026™ and FIFA World Cup 2030™, thanks to our extended media rights agreement with FIFA. 🇦🇿 🇮🇸 🇲🇹
👉 Read in full: social.ebu.ch/FIFAWC_25
EBU extends broadcast rights deal for FIFA World Cup 2026™ & 2030 edition to additional European territories
The inclusion of EBU Member broadcasters Icitimai (Azerbaijan), RUV (Iceland) and PBS (Malta) builds on the initial deal announced earlier this year, which secured comprehensive rights for EBU Members...
social.ebu.ch
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
⚽ Exciting news for football fans across Europe!
Fans in Azerbaijan, Iceland, and Malta will be able to enjoy free-to-air coverage of the #FIFAWorldCup 2026™ and FIFA World Cup 2030™, thanks to our extended media rights agreement with FIFA. 🇦🇿 🇮🇸 🇲🇹
👉 Read in full: social.ebu.ch/FIFAWC_25
Fans in Azerbaijan, Iceland, and Malta will be able to enjoy free-to-air coverage of the #FIFAWorldCup 2026™ and FIFA World Cup 2030™, thanks to our extended media rights agreement with FIFA. 🇦🇿 🇮🇸 🇲🇹
👉 Read in full: social.ebu.ch/FIFAWC_25
Public service media strengthening European defence📻📺
💡The event highlighted public service media as a vital organ of European resilience that safeguards our shared values, supports national defence and disaster response, and ensures that every citizens remain informed even in times of crisis.
💡The event highlighted public service media as a vital organ of European resilience that safeguards our shared values, supports national defence and disaster response, and ensures that every citizens remain informed even in times of crisis.
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Public service media strengthening European defence📻📺
💡The event highlighted public service media as a vital organ of European resilience that safeguards our shared values, supports national defence and disaster response, and ensures that every citizens remain informed even in times of crisis.
💡The event highlighted public service media as a vital organ of European resilience that safeguards our shared values, supports national defence and disaster response, and ensures that every citizens remain informed even in times of crisis.
🏅Ski-lightful! The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games are coming to the EBU.⛷️
📡EBU Members will deliver free-to-air coverage across every platform, bringing the Games to fans everywhere.
📲On Eurovision Sport, fans can catch all 6 Paralympic winter sports.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/IPC26
📡EBU Members will deliver free-to-air coverage across every platform, bringing the Games to fans everywhere.
📲On Eurovision Sport, fans can catch all 6 Paralympic winter sports.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/IPC26
Fondazione Milano Cortina awards exclusive Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games media rights to European Broadcasting Union
Following a highly competitive RFI process led by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the decision to appoint the EBU will see at least 25 EBU Member* broadcasters provide extensive coverage...
www.ebu.ch
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🏅Ski-lightful! The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games are coming to the EBU.⛷️
📡EBU Members will deliver free-to-air coverage across every platform, bringing the Games to fans everywhere.
📲On Eurovision Sport, fans can catch all 6 Paralympic winter sports.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/IPC26
📡EBU Members will deliver free-to-air coverage across every platform, bringing the Games to fans everywhere.
📲On Eurovision Sport, fans can catch all 6 Paralympic winter sports.
Read more: social.ebu.ch/IPC26