Own European Broadcasting Union

The Own Eurovision Broadcasting Union (OEBU) is an association of public service media entities, with its headquarters located in Rome, Italy. It was established on 28 April 2012. In the present, 54 nations are active members of the association.

Active members of the association are able to participate in the Own Eurovision Song Contest.

Members[]

There are currently 54 active members of the Own Eurovision Broadcasting Union. The current council members are Italy and Russia.

Current members[]

Color key: Council member; Current host

Country	Broadcasting organization	Abbr.	HoD	Edition
Albania	Albanian Radio and Television	RTSH	Jmain	#01
Andorra	Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra	RTVA	Gabriel	#01
Armenia	Public Television of Armenia	ARMTV	Alexandru	#01
Austria	Austrian Broadcasting	ORF	Pam	#02
Azerbaijan	Public Television and Radio	İCTI/İTV	Axisv	#04
Belarus	Belarusian Television and Radio Company	BTRC	Alex Heardman	#04
Belgium	Flemish Radio- and Television Network	VRT	Rethnas	#01
Belgium	Radio and Television of Belgian French	RTBF	Rethnas	#01
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Radiotelevision of Bosnia & Herzegovina	BHRT	Chante	#01
Bulgaria	Bulgarian National Television	BNT	Hayley	#01
Croatia	Croatian Radiotelevision	HRT	Quentin	#01
Cyprus	Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation	CyBC	Alex Memphis	#01
Czech Republic	Czech Television	ČT	Barovka	#01
Denmark	Danish Broadcasting Corporation	DR	Agni	#01
Estonia	Estonian Public Broadcasting	ERR	Karol	#03
Faroe Islands	Broadcasting Faroe Islands	KVF	Thorir	#07
Finland	Finnish Broadcasting Corporation	YLE	Michal	#04
France	France Télévisions	GRF	Nic	#05
Georgia	Georgian Public Broadcasting	GBP	Joshua	#06
Germany	German National Broadcasting	ARD	Katrin	#02
Gibraltar	Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation	GBC	Josejtdfan	#55
Greece	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	ERT	Aussiegoomba	#01
Hungary	Hungarian Television	HU/MTV	Selvin	#03
Iceland	National Broadcasting Service	RÚV	Seb	#02
Ireland	Raidió Teilifís Éireann	RTÉ	Alexito	#01
Israel	Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation	IPBC	Tom	#02
Italy	Italian Radio-Television	RAI	Mihai	#01
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan Radio and Television Corporation	RTRK	Anton	#08
Kosovo	Radio Television of Kosovo	RTK	Mark	#01
Latvia	Latvian Television	LTV	N/A	#08
Lebanon	Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International	LBCI	Kostas	#01
Liechtenstein	1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television	1FLTV	Arguello	#04
Lithuania	Lithuanian National Radio and Television	LRT	Euu	#03
Luxembourg	CLT Multi Media	RTL	Alper	#06
Malta	Public Broadcasting Services	PBS	Basil	#01
Moldova	Teleradio-Moldova	TRM	Vukasin	#01
Monaco	TMC Monte Carlo	TMC	Luiri	#02
Montenegro	Radio Television of Montenegro	RTCG	Hayashi	#02
Netherlands	Netherlands Public Broadcasting	NPO	Alexander	#05
North Macedonia	Macedonian Radio-Television	MRT	Lewis	#01
Norway	Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation	NRK	Adamantios	#02
Poland	Polish Television	TVP	Dimitris	#07
Portugal	Radio and Television of Portugal	RTP	Domas	#01
Romania	Romanian Television	TVR	Cristian	#01
Russia	Channel One Russia	C1R	Adrià	#01
San Marino	Radio-Television of San Marino	SMRTV	Greg	#01
Serbia	Radio Television of Serbia	RTS	Fuerteesc	#01
Slovakia	Radio Television of Slovakia	RTVS	Josh	#03
Slovenia	Radio-Television Slovenia	RTVSLO	Ron	#01
Spain	Spanish Radio-Television	RTVE	Dylan	#01
Sweden	Sveriges Television	SVT	Vaios	#01
Switzerland	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation	SRG SSR	William	#02
Turkey	Turkish Radio and Television Corporation	TRT	Roy	#01
Ukraine	National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine	UA:PBC	Jakub	#02
United Kingdom	British Broadcasting Corporation	BBC	George	#01

Former members[]

The following table lists the countries that are no longer eligible to participate in the contest.

Country	Broadcasting organization	Abbr.	From	To
Åland Islands	TV Åland	TVÅ	#08	#27
Algeria	Entreprise nationale de télévision	ENTV	#13	#53
Egypt	Egyptian Radio and Television Union	ERTU	#15	#52
England	British Broadcasting Corporation England	BBC England	#03	#44
Greenland	Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa	KNR	#02	#31
Jordan	Jordan Radio and Television Corporation	JRTV	#16	#27
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz Public Radio and Television Corporation	KTRK	#17	#17
Libya	Libya National Channel	LNC	#11	#34
Morocco	Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision	SNRT	#12	#53
Northern Ireland	British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland	BBC NI	#06	#44
Palestine	Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation	PBC	#14	#31
Scotland	British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland	BBC Scotland	#03	#43
Syria	General Organization of Radio and Television Syria	ORTAS	#25	#37
Tajikistan	Television of Tajikistan	TVT	#15	#15
Tunisia	Établissement de la radiodiffusion-télévision tunisienne	RTTT	#13	#34
Turkmenistan	Turkmen Television	TTV	#15	#19
Uzbekistan	National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan	MRTK	#16	#44
Vatican City	Vatican Radio	VR	#04	#27
Wales	British Broadcasting Corporation Wales	BBC Wales	#05	#44

Council[]

The OEBU Council is a congress of the heads of delegations of different countries of the Own European Broadcasting Union to discuss each edition's planning, to accept entries of the participating countries and to discuss general rules and standards of the Own Eurovision Song Contest.

This list shows the current and former permanent or temporary members of the OEBU council. Head members are written in bold. The council has currently five permanent members and one temporary member, traditionally the winning Head of Delegation of the previous edition.