International Broadcasting Union

The International Broadcasting Union , often referred as IBU is a union of broadcasters from fifty-nine different countries across Europe, North Africa and the Caucasus Area with its headquarters located in Cologne, Germany. Every country that is member of the IBU, is allowed to take part in the International Music Festival.
==Members==
: See also: Heads of Delegations
===Active members===
;Color key
: Council member
Country	Broadcasting organization 	Abbr. 	HoD
 	 	RTSH 	Josh
 	 	CA 	
 	 	RTVA 	Dona
 	 	 	Ari (DE)
 	Telefe 	Telefe 	Tufkai
 	 	ARMTV 	
 	 	SBS 	Robbie
 	Österreichischer Rundfunk 	ORF 	Tom
 	 	AzTV 	
 	 	BTRC 	Boyan
 	 	VRT/RTBF	Florian
 	 	BHRT 	
 	Globo TV 	GTV 	Alex Brando
 	 	BNT 	Nicky
 	Canada Broadcasting Corporation 	CBC 	Jens
 	China Central Television 	CCTV 	Euan
 	RCN Televisión 	RCN 	Austria2002
 	 	HRT 	Philip
 	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation 	RIK 	Jeffry
 	 	ČT 	Roehldo
 	 	DK 	Dimitris
 	 	RTE 	William
 	 	ERR 	
 	 	KVF 	Daniel
 	 	YLE 	NarJagBlundar
 	France Télévisions 	FT 	Dapturner
 	 	MRT 	Antony
 	 	GPD 	
 	Ghana Broadcasting Corporation 	GBC 	Apostolis
 	Norddeutscher Rundfunk 	NDR 	Marco
 	 	ERT 	Vaios
 	Televicentro 	TVC 	Antoine
 	Radio and Television Hong Kong 	RTHK 	Adamantios
 	Duna Television 	DTV 	Valentin
 	 	RÚV 	Chrisserie
 	 	RTÉ 	
 	 	IBA 	Michalek
 	 	RAI 	Fabbi
 	 	KZKH 	Anton
 	Japan Broadcasting Corporation 	NHK 	Anthony
 	 	RTK 	Logan
 	 	LTV 	Luiri
 	 	LBC 	Francisco
 	 	1FLTV 	Rytis
 	 	LRT 	Jay
 	 	RTL 	Rethnas
 	 	PBS 	Alex (ES)
 	Televisa 	Televisa	Noobchicken
 	 	TRM 	Scotlandownseuro
 	 	TMC 	Andreas 
 	 	RTCG 	Jordie
 	 	SNRT 	Alexx
 	 	TROS 	Luca
 	Television New Zealand 	TVNZ 	Domas
 	 	NRK 	Alex (BG)
 	 	 	Meowthed
 	 	TVP 	Mateusz
 	 	RTP 	Niklas
 	 	TVR 	Liza
 	 	RTR/C1R 	Dmitry
 	 	SMRTV 	
 	 	RTS 	Vukasin
 	 	JC1 	
 	 	RTVSLO 	Chicken
 	South African Broadcasting Company 	SABC 	Christian (AT)
 	 	KBS 	Lefteris
 	 	TVE 	Adrià
 	 	SVT 	Torbjörn
 	Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft	SRG SSR 	Ari (IL)
 	 	 	Max
 	 	TRT 	Dylan
 	 	NTU 	George (GR)
 	 	BBC 	Julian
 	American Broadcasting Company 	ABC 	Maxim
===IBU membership applications===
Country	Broadcasting organization 	Abbr. 	HoD
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	Star Plus 	Star Plus	
 	 	NET. 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	Turkmen Owazy 	TOZ 	
 	 	 	
 	National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan	NTRU 	
 	 	 	
==Council==
The IBU Council is a congress of the heads of delegations of different countries of the International Broadcasting Union to discuss each edition's planning, to accept entries of the participating countries and to discuss general rules and standards of the International Music Festival.
=== Members ===
This list shows the current and former members of the IBU council. Head members are written in bold.
; Permanent members
:* Florian Rahn (July 2013–present)
; Former permanent members
* Hasib Kodeih (February 2014–2015)
:* Adrià Puigdemont (February 2014–2015)
:* Dimitris Ioannu (May 2014–2015)
:* Dapturner (February 2014– May 2014)
:* Rick Saaltud (July 2013– September 2013)
:* Julian Rotstich (December 2015- May 2016)
:* Kevin Fechner (December 2015-2016)
:* Aleks F. (May 2016- June 2016)
:* N/A Lithuanian member (May 2016- September 2016)