The European Broadcasting Union: who enters it and what is it?

The old world is developing with the goal of integrating the countries of Western Europe in all spheres of social, cultural, political and economic life. This process was not interrupted and continues today. The European Union has the ability to expand and give the opportunity to join it to other countries. Growth is subject to the cultural sphere, currency turnover and other socio-political aspects of society. Since we live in the age of information technology, television and radio broadcasts play a leading role in the cultural life of the society. For the implementation of many international projects, it was necessary to develop and strengthen international communications in the field of broadcasting.

Purpose and tasks of creation

The main task with which the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was formed is the wide exchange of radio and television programs, the production of joint projects, preferential access to broadcasts of competitions, cultural programs, international festivals and competitions for members of the Union. The EBU provides its participants with a variety of legal and technical assistance. On their behalf, negotiations are under way on the rights of broadcasting. The Union organizes the exchange of news, coordinates and stimulates the joint production of cartoons, educational and documentary films, contests for young musicians, dancers, script writers of both adult and children's contests. Also the EBU's goal is to present a complete set of different operational, technical, commercial, strategic and legal services.

The EBC compiled and developed a clear algorithm for determining the ranking of problems by importance. Emerging or foreseeable problems are analyzed with the participation of specialists. They are tested using carefully formulated questionnaires designed to identify the most diverse aspects of the problem, the dangers and the expected result; The necessary opportunities, terms, resources are estimated. Finally, the formulation of the problem and the ways of its solution are formulated.

History of creation

The day of formation of the EMU - February 12, 1950. This was the initiative of twenty-three public television and radio companies belonging to the states of Western Europe and the Mediterranean. Today it is the world's largest non-profit association of professional national state and public television and radio broadcasting organizations. There are countries that are represented by more than one TV and radio company. The European Broadcasting Union includes seventy-five full members representing fifty-six European states, the North African and the Middle East. There are also forty-five associated regional members.

Structure

The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) is similar to the broadcasting company. The union includes the council of administration with departments. This is television, broadcasting, the department for legal, technical issues, etc. One more feature of the EBU is the role of the broadcaster, which generates Euro channels. The television and radio departments of the European Broadcasting Union are engaged in large-scale activities with affiliates (program) of corporations that make up the union. They carry out the organization of competitions, special creative projects, grants, musical competitions of "Eurovision", "Euroradio", etc. The Legal Department deals with issues of improving the legal parties of broadcasting.

Who is included in the European Broadcasting Union, and Eurovision-2016

The union includes more than 70 different countries of the European continent, including Russia. The members of the Union are both Western countries (Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Denmark and others), and the states that were part of the USSR (Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Estonia, etc.). The Union includes: Czech Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Albania, Serbia; Israel, Jordan, Iceland, Malta, Monaco, Tunisia, Turkey and many more. At the last Eurovision-2016 contest, participants from 40 countries were represented. The jury consisted of five experts from Russia. New rules were introduced, according to which spectators 'and judges' votes are summed up 50 to 50, and each judge votes separately on a 12-point scale. When the results were announced and the petition was filed, it turned out that the European Broadcasting Union was ready to review the results of the Eurovision Song Contest, but the result of the contest as a result remained the same: Ukraine won.

The results of the Eurovision-2016 contest and the European Broadcasting Union

A petition signed by more than three hundred people on change.org was aimed at reviewing the results of Eurovision-2016. As a result of the contest, Ukraine became the winner. The final was held on May 14. The petition was considered, but the response of the European Broadcasting Union did not change the outcome. Ukraine after the audience vote and the results of scoring from the jury-experts from different countries received the highest score. The second place was fixed for Australia, and the third for Russia (representative Sergey Lazarev), which closed the top three.

Technologies

The main problem, which the technological divisions of EBU work on, is the introduction of digital technologies in TV and radio production. Particular attention is paid to the layout of programs, their production and archiving. In connection with these tasks, a sufficient number of important documents have been developed related to the preservation, restoration of film materials, their elimination, recording, measurement and standardization of the levels of digital audio signals and digital video recording formats, comparative tests, the use and compatibility of methods, the development of principles of universality of identification, Etc. This makes it possible to increase efficiency and lower costs, increase the efficiency of project implementation, oizvodimogo material provides the possibility to create new ones.

The network technologies of Eurovision are aimed at developing the exchange of TV and radio products, identifying authorship, improving the existing network, researching the problems of data transmission and collection, production, format harmonization, and the distribution of corporate systems. The technology divisions and the working groups are interlinked with other EMU departments.