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Background
The name "Eurovision" was originally coined by British journalist George Campey when writing for the
Evening Standard, and was adopted by the EBU for its network.[2]
Eurovision is managed by the European Broadcasting Union’s Eurovision Operations Department and
offers permanent coverage of Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific
region, as well as ad-hoc coverage of the African continent and the Pacific Rim.
Not confined only to Europe, Eurovision currently encompasses 75 television broadcasting organizations
located in 56 countries of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Furthermore, there are 61
associated broadcasting organizations in Europe, Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania.
Events
The EBU in co-operation with the respective host broadcaster, organises competitions and events in
which its Members can participate, if they wish to do so. These include:
The televised competition is held every two years, with some countries holding national heats. Since its
foundation in 1982, the Eurovision Young Musicians competition has become one of the most important
music competitions on an international level.
Eurovision Young Dancers
The Eurovision Young Dancers is a biennial dance showcase broadcast on television throughout
Europe. The first competition was held in Reggio Emilia, Italy on 16 June 1985.
It uses a format similar to the Eurovision Song Contest, every country that is a member of the EBU has
had the opportunity to send a dance act to compete for the title of "Eurovision Young Dancer". The act
can be either a solo act or a dance couple, and all contestants must be between the ages of 16 and 21
years and not professionally engaged.
Eurovision Choir
Eurovision Choir (formerly Eurovision Choir of the Year) is a new event launched by the EBU, and the
latest event to be launched since the Eurovision Magic Circus Show. The event consists of non-
professional choirs who are members of the EBU, with the inaugural contest taking place on 22 July
2017, hosted by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), coinciding with the closing ceremony
of the European Choir Games 2017.[8]
Other events
Routine transmissions of sport and culture events amount to over 15,000 transmission hours per year.
High-profile Eurovision events include:
The Proms[14]
Eastertime papal blessing Urbi et Orbi
Euroclassic Notturno
Palio in Siena
Rose d'Or
Musikantenstadl
Stadlshow
Vienna New Year's Concert
Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits
Eurosonic Noorderslag
European Border Breakers Award
Euroradio Folk Festival
Rockpalast Nacht
Eurovision Debate
News
Member broadcasting organisations also provide each other with news footage (over 30,000 separate
news items per year) within the framework of the daily Eurovision News Exchanges (EVN). Eurovision
also sponsors the annual broadcast news industry conference, News Xchange. Despite the similarity in
name this has no direct connection with Eurovision News Exchanges.
Eurovision Sports
Eurovision has offered free internet streaming of major sports events such as the London 2012 Olympics
on its website, under the name Eurovision Sports.[15]
Eurovision Sports also offering all FIFA World Cups coverage for 2018 and 2022.[16]
Transmission ident
Eurovision television transmissions may be recognised by the Eurovision ident and the opening theme of
Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "Te Deum" which appears before and after the programme to indicate to
viewers they are connected and watching via the Eurovision network. The most famous and well known
times for this to occur is before and after the Eurovision Song Contest, although most contributed items,
such as international relays of sports events, including the Olympics, are not thus credited and the general
public is therefore mostly unaware of Eurovision's involvement.
References
1. http://www.ebu.ch/CMSimages/en/dossiers_1_04_eurovision50_ve_tcm6-13890.pdf
2. Jefferson, Ed (11 May 2018). "How a 17th century war, the Queen and a desperate Swiss
TV executive led to Eurovision" (https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/201
8/05/how-17th-century-war-queen-and-desperate-swiss-tv-executive-led). New Statesman.
Retrieved 12 May 2018.
3. "Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest" (http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/pdf/Wi
nners-Palmares_56-02.pdf) (PDF). European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 December
2007.
4. "Historical Milestones" (https://web.archive.org/web/20060526065558/http://www.eurovisio
n.tv/english/611.htm). European Broadcasting Union. 2005. Archived from the original (htt
p://www.eurovision.tv/english/611.htm) on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2006.
5. "Rules" (https://eurovision.tv/about/rules/). Eurovision Song Contest. European
Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 28 September 2019.
6. "Official information page" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120928062758/http://www.ebu.c
h/fr/eurovisiontv/entertainment/junior_eurovision_song_contest.php?display=FR) (in
French). European Broadcasting Union. 10 December 2007. Archived from the original (htt
p://www.ebu.ch/fr/eurovisiontv/entertainment/junior_eurovision_song_contest.php?display=
FR) on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
7. Burkhardt, Nadja (6 August 2012). "Eurovision Magic Circus Show" (http://eurovisionshowc
ase.com/programmes/eurovision-magic-circus-show). eurovisionshowcase.com. European
Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
8. Granger, Anthony (8 August 2016). "EBU to launch "Choir of the Year" contest" (http://eurov
oix.com/2016/08/08/ebu-launch-choir-year/). eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 August
2016.
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ionships.com/ESC_Press_Release.pdf) (PDF). Archived from the original (http://europeans
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20 September 2015.
10. "European Athletics - Leading sports bring together their European championships in 2018"
(http://www.european-athletics.org/news/article=leading-sports-bring-together-their-europea
n-championships-2018/). european-athletics. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
11. "Rowing joins the innovative European Sports Championships - worldrowing.com" (http://w
ww.worldrowing.com/news/rowing-joins-the-innovative-european-sports-championships).
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12. Jordan, Paul (18 August 2017). "The Greatest Song Contest in the World is coming to Asia!"
(https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-is-coming-to-asia). eurovision.tv. European
Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
13. "Three cities interested in hosting Eurovision Asia" (https://web.archive.org/web/201708051
03012/https://eurovoix-world.com/three-cities-interested-hosting-eurovision-asia/). eurovoix-
world.com. Eurovoix. 19 May 2017. Archived from the original (https://eurovoix-world.com/th
ree-cities-interested-hosting-eurovision-asia/) on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
14. "EBU - 2017 BBC Proms bow out in style" (https://www.ebu.ch/news/2017/09/2017-bbc-pro
ms-bow-out-in-style). www.ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
15. "Eurovision Sports Live" (http://www.eurovisionsports.tv). Eurovision. Retrieved 27 June
2016.
16. Union (EBU), European Broadcasting (30 March 2012). "EBU in European media rights
deal with FIFA for 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups™" (http://www.ebu.ch/news/2012/03/eb
u-in-european-media-rights-dea). www.ebu.ch. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
External links
Official website (http://www.eurovision.net)
Eurovision Active Member List (http://www3.ebu.ch/members)
The Birth of Eurovision (http://www.ina.fr/art-et-culture/musique/video/I00012313/acte-de-na
issance-de-l-eurovision.fr.html) (in French)
Eurovision Sports Live Streaming (http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/)
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