First fiction partnership for
the EBU (European Broadcasting Union, Philippe
Jacot)
The EBU is the largest professional association of national broadcasters
in the world. The Union has 74 active Members in 54 countries of Europe,
North Africa and the Middle East, and 48 associate Members in 28 countries
further afield. Founded in 1950, the Geneva-based Union works on behalf
of its Members, negotiates broadcasting rights for major sports events,
operates the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, organizes program
exchanges, stimulates and coordinates coproductions, and provides
a full range of other operational, commercial, technical, legal and
strategic services to its Members. The EBU also works in close collaboration
with sister unions on other continents.
18 public service broadcasters bought the TV movie rights
France 2 (France); BNT (Bulgaria); ERT (Greece); ETV (Estonia); LRT
(Lithuania); MTV (Hongary); NRK (Norway); ORF (Austria); RUV (Iceland);
RTBF et VRT (Belgium); RTP (Portugal); RTVSLO (Slovenia); SBS (Australia);
STV (Slovakia);Teleac/NOT (Netherlands); TVE (Spain); TVP (Poland);
YLE (Finland).