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!

🎼📺 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

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...

💡The value of public service media... seen from every angle! Our new Media Intelligence Service report offers a full 360° perspective on the impact of PSM, backed by facts and real-world impact. Get the full picture: social.ebu.ch/360-Value

🤩2025 top Legal & Policy news. This year's top acronyms are.... 🥇AVMSD 🥈EMFA 🥉EUDS & shout-out to... DNA 👉Our Legal & Policy team has your back in this whirlwind of letters. Explore our top milestones, acronyms or otherwise: social.ebu.ch/Policy-Highl...

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

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...

🔎An EBU Investigative Journalism Network exposé reveals how one donor’s sperm, carrying a rare, dangerous gene mutation, was used to conceive 197 children across Europe. Read more👉 bit.ly/44XWPQA

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

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

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🌍 The 2025 Rose d’Or Awards celebrated the very best in global storytelling with strong showings from #PublicServiceMedia. 🔗Read more: social.ebu.ch/RosedOr25

⚡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

📡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💪

We welcome @europarl.europa.eu’s report highlighting the vital roles of regulation, media literacy & #PublicServiceMedia in protecting minors from online harm. Read more here: social.ebu.ch/a @cschaldemose.bsky.social @leilachaibi.bsky.social @syoncourtin.bsky.social @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social

🔔 Read our newly launched guidelines created to help journalists report ethically, accurately and safely on cases involving the abuse of women and girls in sport. www.ebu.ch/news/2025/11...

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...

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.

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!

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

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

The EBU and 100+ media organizations highlight the importance of free and independent media to Europe’s democratic resilience in a joint letter. We urge @europarl.europa.eu & @ec.europa.eu to guarantee sustainable EU funding & investment for public-interest media. Read more: social.ebu.ch/MFF

🌍 AI assistants distort news systematically across 22 public service media in 18 countries working in 14 languages. A new joint BBC/EBU-led study – launched at our News Assembly – tells us AI poses a systemic risk to trust in journalism and democracy. Read the report👉 social.ebu.ch/AIAssistants

⚽ Exciting news for football fans across Europe! Fans in Azerbaijan, Iceland, and Malta will be able to enjoy free-to-air coverage of the #FIFAWorldCup 2026™ and FIFA World Cup 2030™, thanks to our extended media rights agreement with FIFA. 🇦🇿 🇮🇸 🇲🇹 👉 Read in full: social.ebu.ch/FIFAWC_25

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.

🏅Ski-lightful! The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games are coming to the EBU.⛷️ 📡EBU Members will deliver free-to-air coverage across every platform, bringing the Games to fans everywhere. 📲On Eurovision Sport, fans can catch all 6 Paralympic winter sports. Read more: social.ebu.ch/IPC26

We’re honoured to receive the 2025 Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Award with SMPTE & VSF. Congrats to all who contributed & to the entire international community working together to shape the future of media technology! More here👉 bit.ly/4qbB4G7

📣 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

🌐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

Access to trustworthy information is more essential than ever & #radio is at the forefront of it all📻 As the EU prepares its #DigitalNetworksAct, keeping this lifeline accessible to all is vital. Sibyle Veil explains why radio is essential for Europe’s resilience: social.ebu.ch/Radio

🚨ICYMI - On #WorldNewsDay, @lizcorbin.ebu.ch & WAN-IFRA CEO Vincent Peyrègne warned: AI assistants often distort the news. How can we protect journalism’s integrity? 💡Find out here: bit.ly/46DGl03 #WND2025 #PublicServiceMedia

🎙️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

💡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

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

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!

So many prizes at #IBC2025! 🏆 🎉Congrats to our colleagues Alexis Allemann & Sébastien Noir for winning the IBC Best Technical Paper Award 2025. 🎉We also presented the EBU Excellence in Media Award to SRG SSR for the #Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Big thanks also to our partners at the IBC!

🌍📰118 global media & journalism orgs have joined the EBU in urging the #US Gov not to slash journalist visas to 240 days Such restrictions would: ⚠️Undermine press freedom ⚠️Weaken international reporting ⚠️Weaken coverage of the U.S. to global audiences Read more: social.ebu.ch/US-Visa

🎼 Unveiling the 1st of our EBU Music Commissioning Scheme: uniting orchestras, choirs & #ClassicalMusic radio 🎶Andile Khumalo reveals stories of resilience & heritage. It opens Saturday 13/9 with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. See more: social.ebu.ch/MusicCommiss...

ICYMI: We've won another Emmy! 🎉 The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the 2025 Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy to the EBU, along with SMPTE & VSF, for the ST 2110 suite of standards, transforming media production & distribution worldwide🌍 Read more👉 social.ebu.ch/2025emmy

🥊 Big news for boxing fans! 🥊 Eurovision Sport will be streaming the World Boxing Championships 2025 LIVE and for FREE to audiences around the world! 🌍 Full story: social.ebu.ch/WorldBoxing25 #Boxing #EurovisionSport #Olympics

EBU Members document the hunger & hardship in Gaza, where Israeli authorities have barred foreign media. Palestinian journalists, enduring famine & war, gathered the footage released today. 𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬.

🚀2 of our colleagues have won the #IBC2025 Best Technical Paper award! 🎉 The paper explores the EBU NEO news chatbot and how it's designed to uphold the editorial integrity and trust at the heart of #PublicServiceMedia. Read more: social.ebu.ch/3HUdHzt

75 Seconds With... Hovhannes Movsisyan! ⭐ We got to chat to Armenia Public TV's Director General after he opened our Media Summit 2025 - and digital content, young audiences and AI were the hot topics! 🤖 #PublicServiceMedia #AI #YoungAudiences #DigitalContent #Armenia

🎶 It’s official: Vienna will host the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in May 2026! The Grand Final takes place on 16 May at the iconic Wiener Stadthalle, with Semi-Finals on 12 & 14 May Read more 👉 social.ebu.ch/ESCVienna2026 💖 #Eurovision #Eurovision2026 #UnitedbyMusic

⚽️ We’re excited to announce our landmark agreement with the Homeless World Cup Foundation to stream the Oslo 2025 Homeless World Cup on Eurovision Sport, the EBU’s premier digital platform.📲 ℹ️ Read more: social.ebu.ch/HWC25 #EurovisionSport #PublicServiceMedia

🎉 The #Eurovision Song Contest has a new look to mark 70 incredible years of being United by Music! Bold, playful & full of heart – just like the Contest 💖 More on the transformation ahead of #ESC2026 in Austria!👇 social.ebu.ch/ESCBrandRefr...

📢We've extended our #WorldRowing European media rights agreement 🚣Fans can enjoy world-class coverage (incl. on our #EurovisionSport platform) of top events from the World Rowing Championships to the Beach Sprint Finals, debuting at the LA #Olympics Read the full story: social.ebu.ch/WorldRowing25

🌱Where do the next great stories begin? With #YoungAudiences! This #InternationalYouthDay, we celebrate a generation shaping media, not just consuming it. 💡We help Members with workshops, research & more. 📩Don’t just keep up... Stay ahead with our Young Audiences newsletter: bit.ly/EBUNewsletters

🌐What kind of media is trending online? 🛜 This new report from our Media Intelligence Service reveals how audiences are consuming media beyond traditional TV & radio. Read now (🔒Members only): bit.ly/DigitalTrend... #PublicServiceMedia #DigitalTrends

The European #MediaFreedom Act is a big opportunity. Let’s make it count!🤩 #EMFA is now in effect: a significant step toward strengthening independent & pluralistic media across the EU💪 The EBU is ready to guide Members with legal clarity & tools. 💡Read more: bit.ly/EMFAlaunch