Eurovision Network
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| Branding | Eurovision |
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| Owner | European Broadcasting Union |
| Launch date | 1954 |
| Website | eurovision.net |
The Eurovision Network (founded 1954 in Geneva) is an institution, which is part of the European Broadcasting Union. It was established with the intention of exchanging TV and radio programmes and TV news footage (via the daily Eurovision news exchange - EVN).
Not only confined to Europe, Eurovision currently encompasses 75 TV and radio stations located in 54 countries of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Furthermore, there are 61 associated stations in Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Oceania.
Official Eurovision TV broadcasts can be recognised by the Eurovision logo and the beginning of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Te Deum. The first official broadcast was transmitted on June 6, 1954. It showed the Narzissenfest in Montreux.
Popular broadcasts are the annual Eurovision Song Contest (which has been been broadcast since 1956), the annual papal blessing 'Urbi et Orbi', the Vienna New Year's Concert, the Palio in Siena and major European sports events. It is not widely known that affiliated stations provided footage of current events for each other within the scope of the Eurovision News Exchange programme (EVN).
The Eurovision Network is not affiliated with the European Union.
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