European Broadcasting Union

alliance of public service media entities
Organization alliance Q166400
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Summary

European Broadcasting Union is an alliance[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of alliance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,883 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: World Wide Web Consortium[3], Global Association of International Sports Federations[4], European Services Forum[5]
  • Country: Switzerland[6], Belgium[7]
  • Instance of: metaorganization[8], organization[9], regional standards organisation[10]
  • Official language: English[11], French[12]
  • Anthem: Te Deum[13]
  • Follows: International Broadcasting Union[14]
  • Headquarters location: Geneva[15]
  • Commons category: EBU[16]
  • Chairperson: Delphine Ernotte[17]
  • Inception: February 12, 1950[18]
  • Official website: https://ebu.ch[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:European Broadcasting Union[20]
  • Short name: EBU[21], UER[22]
  • Owner of: Radio Mayak[23]
  • Interested in: media in Europe[24]
  • Partnership with: UNESCO[25]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
  • Member category: Category:European Broadcasting Union members[27]

Why It Matters

European Broadcasting Union has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . rundel.de. rundel.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . esf.be. Retrieved . esf.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 13w ago · Tillnius · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → EBU
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  4. 16w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → European_Broadcasting_Union
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