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✨ 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
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
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
⚡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
We listened and we acted.

For 2026 we’ve made changes to the Eurovision Song Contest voting framework to strengthen trust and transparency: clearer promotion rules, fewer max votes, juries returning to Semi-Finals, and enhanced tech safeguards.

More details:
👉 social.ebu.ch/ESCVotingCha...
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
And that's a wrap!✨

After two days of valuable discussions on AI, copyright, distribution and the #EuropeanDemocracyShield, our Legal & Policy Assembly has come to an end.

Follow our Policy Adviser, Sofia Nobre, as she gives us a taste of the Assembly experience.
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Our Legal & Policy Assembly is underway and we're examining: What's the impact of AI?

💡From copyright to how distorting news, AI is now a central question for media regulation.

👉This community is the place to be to understand the key issues facing the media sector today. Stay tuned for Day 2!
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
From subtitles and audio description to sign language, public service media are stepping up accessibility.

Our Media Intelligence Services report looks at the challenges and opportunities, and how AI is transforming accessibility.

Download the report: social.ebu.ch/AccessServices
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Voices is back!

📍 Florence, Italy
📅 10-12 March, 2026

This 3rd edition will pick up where we left off in Zagreb: tackling disinformation, fostering media literacy & promoting media freedom.

Don't miss out on your chance to join us!

Read more: social.ebu.ch/VOICES2026
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Public service media strengthening European defence📻📺

💡The event highlighted public service media as a vital organ of European resilience that safeguards our shared values, supports national defence and disaster response, and ensures that every citizens remain informed even in times of crisis.
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📣 It’s official: 18 broadcasters will take part in the 23rd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, live from Tbilisi 🇬🇪 on 13 December!

🌟 Returning this year are:

🇦🇿 Ictimai (Azerbaijan)
🇭🇷 HRT (Croatia)
🇲🇪 RTCG (Montenegro)

Full list: social.ebu.ch/JESC2025Broa...

#JuniorEurovision #UnitedbyMusic
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🌐The digital world evolves fast... & the #DMA must keep up!

@ec.europa.eu has opened a consultation on the #DigitalMarketsAct & we highlight the need to revise its scope & effectiveness to safeguard media pluralism.

Read our response: social.ebu.ch/DMA
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🎙️EBU Podcast Forum 2025 – video talks now live!

Thanks to all who joined the event, where production leaders, creatives, & audio strategists came together to explore what’s next in public service podcasting💪🎧

✅EBU Members can now watch recordings of all sessions here: social.ebu.ch/PodcastForum25
September 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
💡For #PublicServiceMedia, trust is not just a value: it’s a duty.

Did you know…👀
📻In 2/3 of European countries, citizens trust radio the most
🥇Across the EU, PSM news stands out as the most trusted source overall

Unlock more in our latest Media Intelligence Service report👉 social.ebu.ch/Trust
September 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
At a European Board for Media Services event, our Thomas Bergmann urged:
📱device manufacturers to ensure #EMFA brand attribution so audiences know who is behind the content
⚖️governments to guarantee content of general interest rises to the top, as per the #AVMSD

Learn more: social.ebu.ch/Prominence
September 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New music in the making🎶

This week, the Danish National Vocal Ensemble records El Ladrillo que cayó (The Brick that Fell), by Edgard Moya Godoy.

Commissioned through the EBU Music Commissioning Scheme, this piece reimagines the story of Babel.

✨We can’t wait to share the music with you soon!
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM