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🌍 Promoting #PublicServiceMedia in Europe | We operate Eurovision & Euroradio 📺 📻
📻Happy World Radio Day!

Radio is more than entertainment, it is the most trusted medium across Europe. Through blackouts, war, natural disasters, it is the surest way to reach people with essential information.

Want to learn more about radio's role in times of crisis? social.ebu.ch/Resilience
February 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM
There's SNOW place like Milano Cortina right now! ❄️🇮🇹 Favourite event so far? 🏂

On your screens across Europe, thanks to EBU Members 📡 For where to watch: https://social.ebu.ch/MilanoCortinaCoverage
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
What a show! 🤩 Brought to you by EBU Members across Europe. Our Director General Noel at last night's Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony! 🇮🇹

🔗For where to watch: https://social.ebu.ch/MilanoCortinaCoverage

With huge thanks to our Members.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
🌟 FIRST EUROVISION LIVE TOUR ICONS REVEALED 🌟

Alessandra (🇳🇴 2023) · Guy Sebastian (🇦🇺 2015) · Helena Paparizou (🇬🇷 2001 | 2005 🏆) · Johnny Logan (🇮🇪 1980 | 1987 | composer 1992 🏆) · Katrina (🇬🇧 1997 🏆) · Lordi (🇫🇮 2006 🏆) · Verka Serduchka (🇺🇦 2007)
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Democracy needs strong public service media. And that starts with a robust rule of law.

💡In our submission to the rule of law report, we stress the need to safeguard media independence & pluralism, protect journalists & address AI risks.

Read our full submission: social.ebu.ch/rule-of-law-...
January 26, 2026 at 9:23 AM
✨ A Eurovision Song Contest first! ✨

To celebrate 70 magical years, the EBU is launching the very first official Eurovision Song Contest Live Tour 🎤🌍

🎶 Icons from across 7 decades
⭐ 10 artists from Vienna 2026
🏟️ 10 cities across Europe
January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
🎉70TH EUROVISION SONG CONTEST TICKETS SELL OUT IN RECORD TIME! 🎉

#Eurovision2026 Semi-Finals and Grand Final gone in just 20 minutes!

Demand for the world’s biggest live music event is higher than ever as we celebrate 70 years of being #UnitedByMusic

🔗 Read more: social.ebu.ch/ESC70Tickets...
January 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
🎉 The results are in!

🎤 The Semi-Final Draw for the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna has taken place!

🏆 Check out which broadcasters will compete in which Semi-Finals on 12 & 14 May

🔗 social.ebu.ch/ESC2026SemiF...

#Eurovision #ESC2026 #UnitedByMusic
January 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
❄️1 month until the #MilanoCortina2026 Winter Olympic Games!

EBU Members are preparing to deliver comprehensive, trusted coverage, playing a central role in bringing these #Olympics to millions, ensuring shared moments, accessibility & public value.
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
As this year comes to a close, we're hitting rewind on the moments that shaped our year✨

Here's to another year of celebrating the very best of public service media!
December 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🎼📺 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
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 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...
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
💡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
Public Service Media 360° Value
A snapshot of the contribution to society made by the EBU's public service Members
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December 18, 2025 at 4:45 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...
Top 10 Legal and Policy news of 2025
Discover our most popular news items of the year
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December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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...
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🔎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
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.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 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
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...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
⚡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
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 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💪
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🔔 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...
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM