European Broadcasting Union

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.

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.
 Country Broadcasting organisation National script Abbr. Year   Albanian Radio and Television  Radio Televizioni Shqiptar  RTSH 1962   Entreprise nationale de télévision المـؤسـسـة العمومية للتـلـفزيـون  ENTV  1970 Enterprise nationale de radiodiffusion الإذاعة الجزائرية ENRS  1970 Télédiffusion d'Algérie تلفزيون لجزائر  TDA  1970   Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra  RTVA  RTVA 2002   Public Radio of Armenia Հայաստանի Հանրային Ռադիո  ARMR  2005 Public Television of Armenia  Հայաստանի հանրային հեռուստաընկերություն  ARMTV  2005   Austrian Broadcasting  Österreichischer Rundfunk  ORF 1953   Public Television and Radio  İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti  İTV  2007   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   Radiotelevision of Bosnia & Herzegovina  Radio-televizija Bosne i Hercegovine Радио-телевизија Босне и Херцеговине BHRT  1993   Bulgarian National Radio  Българско национално радио  BNR  1993 Bulgarian National Television  Българска национална телевизия  BNT  1993   Croatian Radiotelevision  Hrvatska radiotelevizija  HRT  1993   Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation  Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου (Greek) Kıbrıs Yayın Kurumu (Turkish)  RIK/ CyBC  1969   Czech Radio  Český rozhlas  ČRo 1993 Czech Television  Česká televize  ČT  1993   Denmark's Radio  Danmarks Radio AS  DR  1950 TV2  TV2 AS  DK/TV2  1996   Egyptian Radio and Television Union إتحاد الإذاعة و التليفزيون المصري  ERTU  1985   Estonian Public Broadcasting  Eesti Rahvusringhääling  ERR  1993   - Finnish Broadcasting Corporation - Swedish Broadcasting of Finland  Yleisradio OY (Finnish)Rundradion AB (Swedish)  YLE/FST5  1950 Commercial Channel 3  Mainostelevisio 3  MTV3  1993  - 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   Georgian Public Broadcasting საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი  GPB  2005   German National Broadcasting  Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichenRundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland  ARD  1952 Second German Television  Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen  ZDF  1963   Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation  Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση  ERT  1950   Hungarian Radio  Magyar Rádió  MR  1993 Hungarian Television  Magyar Televízió  HU/MTV  1993   National Broadcasting Service  Ríkisútvarpið RÚV  1956   Irish Radio-Television  Raidió Teilifís Éireann  RTÉ  1950 Irish Language Television  Teilifís na Gaeilge 4  TG4  2007   Israel Broadcasting Authority  רָשׁוּת השׁידוּר IBA  1957   Italian Broadcasting  Radiotelevisione Italiana  RAI  1950   Jordan Radio and Television Corporation  التلفزيون الأردني JRTV  1970   Latvian Television  Latvijas Televīzija  LTV  1993 Latvian Radio  Latvijas Radio  LR  1993   Télé Liban  تلفزيون لبنان  TL  1950   Lithuanian National Radio and Television  Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija  LRT  1993   CLT Multi Media  Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion  RTL  1950 Radio 100,7  Radio 100,7  ERSL  1996   Macedonian Radio-Television  Македонска радио телевизија  MKRTV  1993   Public Broadcasting Services  Public Broadcasting Services  MT/PBS  1970   Teleradio-Moldova  Teleradio-Moldova  TRM  1993   Radio Monte-Carlo  Groupement de Radiodiffuseurs Monégasques  TMC  1950   Radio Television of Montenegro  Radio televizija Crne Gore Радио телевизија Црне Горе  RTCG  2001   Radiodiffusion et de Télevision Morocaine  الشركة الوطنبة للإذاعة والتلفرة  SNRT  1969   Netherlands Public Broadcasting  Nederlandse Publieke Omroep  NPO  1950   Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation  Norsk Rikskringkasting AS  NRK  1950 TV2  TV2 AS  NO/TV2  1992   Polish Television  Telewizja Polska  TVP  1993 Polish Radio  Polskie Radio  PR  1993   Radio and Television of Portugal  Rádio e Televisão de Portugal RTP  1950   Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company  Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune  ROR  1993 Romanian Television  Televiziunea Română  TVR  1993   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   Radio-Television of San Marino  Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino  SMTV  1995   Radio Television of Serbia  Радио-телевизија Србије  RTS  2001   Radio Television of Slovakia  Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska  RTVS  2011   Radio-Television Slovenia  Radiotelevizija Slovenije  RTVSLO  1993   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  - 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   Swiss Broadcasting Corporation - Swiss- German Radio and Television- Radio Télévision Suisse- Italian Radio and Television of Switzerland- Swiss- Romansh Radio and Television  SRG SSRRadio- 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   Radiodifussion-Télévision Tunisienne إنشاء محطة الإذاعة والتلفزيون التونسية  ERTT 1950   Turkish Radio and Television Corporation  Türkiye Radyo-Televizyon Kurumu TRT  1950   National Television Company of Ukraine  Національна телекомпанія України NTU  1993 National Radio Company of Ukraine  Національна радіокомпанія України  NRU  1993  - British Broadcasting Corporation  British Broadcasting Corporation  BBC  1950  - Independent Television - Channel 4 - Sianel 4 Cymraeg  United Kingdom Independent BroadcastingDarlledu Annibynnus Deyrnas Gyfunol (Welsh)  UKIB  1959   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

Category:Television networks