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'''The Eurasian Broadcasting Group''' (EBG) is Eurasia's response to the great [[:Category:International news broadcasting|international news networks]] of developed, powerful nations, as well as Eurasia's attempt to promote public diplomacy and soft power.  
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'''The Eurasian Broadcasting Group''' (EBG) is Eurasia's response to the great [[:Category:International news broadcasting|international news networks]] of developed, powerful nations, as well as Eurasia's attempt to promote public diplomacy and soft power. Founded in 1922 by the Wireless Telegraphy and International Media Act, the corporation employs 104,900 individuals with a budget of 79 million [[eura]]s.
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The EBG is an independent hybrid between a public corporation and a private corporation, run by the Eurasian Broadcasting Group Trust Commission (EBGTC).  The EBGTC operates to ensure that the EBG is held accountable to the regulations of the [[Eurasian Broadcasting Quality and Standards Board]], in addition to ensuring journalistic excellence and fulfillment of the EBG's core values.  
  
  
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EBG has three methods of expression. It is, above all, a television channel, broadcasting internationally. But it also has a website ([http://ebg.co.uke/ ebg.co.uke]), which includes both written articles and a continuous video feed, displaying the same as the television channels, along with hundreds of radio channels.
 
EBG has three methods of expression. It is, above all, a television channel, broadcasting internationally. But it also has a website ([http://ebg.co.uke/ ebg.co.uke]), which includes both written articles and a continuous video feed, displaying the same as the television channels, along with hundreds of radio channels.
  
===Television===
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===Services===
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====Television====
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*[[EBGNews24]] - constant news programming
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*[[EBG One]] - premier programming and high-rated content
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*[[EBG Two]] - current affairs, documentaries, educational programming, culture-oriented broadcasts
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*[[EBG Three]] -  art and science documentaries, vintage drama (including many rare black-and-white programmes), and non-English language productions
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*[[EBG Four]] - children's and youth programming
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*[[EBG Five]] - New drama, New talent, Eurasian comedy, top films and accessible news
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*[[EBG Finance]] - financial, economic news
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*[[EBG Weather]] - meterology
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*[[EBG Parliament]] - Eurasian politics-oriented broadcasting
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*[[EBG EEF]] - broadcasting designed for soldiers serving overseas
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*[[VLE]] - ''Videritransmissios en le Lingua Eurasi'' - the EBG's [[Eurasian]]-language channel
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*[[EBG Cinématographe]] - movie channel
  
EBG broadcasts 24 hours a day, and offers a 30 minute news update every hour. Every other half hour is used for in-depth coverage and analysis of current events and issues, and may for example be a report on culture in a particular country, analysis regarding environmental threats, a look at the evolution of social policies and their results in one or more countries, coverage of a specific cultural festival, a report on a trade embargo somewhere in the world, an in-depth look at how globalisation affects the world, a study of a specific branch of philosophy and its relevance in contemporary society, an analysis of political tensions in a particular part of the world...
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====Radio====
 
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*[[EBG Global Service]] - international broadcast, orientation on news, current affairs, documentaries
Programmes may be in [[English]], [[Arabic]] or [[Pacitalian]]. The news is usually read in English. Whenever one language is spoken, subtitles are provided in the other two languages. When a fourth language is spoken (usually by a person being interviewed), subtitles are in all three languages. In addition, many programmes broadcast into other nations feature that nations' primary languages
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*EBG Radio 1 - the latest music
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*EBG Radio 2 - broad scopes of musical genres, with music-related documentaries
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*EBG Radio 3 - classical music
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*EBG Radio 4 - news, drama, comedy, science and history
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*EBG Radio 5 - sports programming
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*EBG Radio 6 - alternative programming
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*EBG Radio 7 - comedy
  
 
===='''A list of countries in which EBG is broadcast''':====
 
===='''A list of countries in which EBG is broadcast''':====
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* [[Vuhifellian Federation]]
 
* [[Vuhifellian Federation]]
 
* [[Zaire]] (Congo--Kinhasa)
 
* [[Zaire]] (Congo--Kinhasa)
 
===Website===
 
 
EBG's website is available in 91 languages, most notably [[English]], [[Arabic]], [[Hindi]], and [[Eurasian]], with each version being identical.  The website is divided into several sections, including "Eurasia", various geographical regions, "World", "Business", "Health", "Science", "Sport", "Technology" and "Entertainment".
 
 
Each section contains written news articles, usually accompanied by EBG commentaries and analyses, along with "Have Your Say" and "In-Depth Reports" features. Most also provide access to records of video feeds. The website aims at extensive coverage of major and "minor" events and issues from around the world.
 
  
 
{{Eurasia}}
 
{{Eurasia}}

Revision as of 09:39, 28 February 2007

Eurasian Broadcasting Group
ebglogoyv8.jpg

Type
 
Broadcast radio and digital
high-definition television network
Country eurasiauberminiflaggc0.jpg UKE
Availability

 
Nationally; internationally via EBG News, the EBG Global Service, and ebg.co.uke

Slogan Because the world deserves better. (2009— )
Motto Quæstaceti les ariaondes (Eurasian for "Ruling the Airwaves")

Workforce 104,900 (2009)
Operating budget 79,000,000,000 (2009)

Established
 
1922 (radio)
1957 (television)

Audience statistics
Audience share
-- National
-- Peak
-- Pan
-- Best performer

37.1% (National, 2009)
47.0% (Londinium)
25.9% (Viridis Foresti)
EBG News -- National: 33.6%

Key people


 
Giovanni Alkyl, director-general
James Blair, trust chair
Elizabeth Batra, VP operations
Eric Orwell, VP news
Established
 
1922 (radio)
1957 (television)

Website http://news.ebg.co.uke

The Eurasian Broadcasting Group (EBG) is Eurasia's response to the great international news networks of developed, powerful nations, as well as Eurasia's attempt to promote public diplomacy and soft power. Founded in 1922 by the Wireless Telegraphy and International Media Act, the corporation employs 104,900 individuals with a budget of 79 million euras.

The EBG is an independent hybrid between a public corporation and a private corporation, run by the Eurasian Broadcasting Group Trust Commission (EBGTC). The EBGTC operates to ensure that the EBG is held accountable to the regulations of the Eurasian Broadcasting Quality and Standards Board, in addition to ensuring journalistic excellence and fulfillment of the EBG's core values.


Purposes

EBG's purposes are

  • to offer reliable, objective, unbiased news regarding issues of international importance
  • to keep viewers constantly up to date on major events
  • to cover a wide variety of events in an objective manner, and comment on them in depth, to generate debate and help viewers understand the root causes and issues of events
  • to increase awareness of issues considered important in Eurasia and around the globe
  • to focus on the cultures and societies of an extremely wide variety of nations and societies, to promote greater awareness, understanding and acceptance of diversity
  • To inform, educate and entertain
  • To serve everyone and enrich people's lives

Broadcasting

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Ashley Tyler presents the daily news on a Chinese language station
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EBG has three methods of expression. It is, above all, a television channel, broadcasting internationally. But it also has a website (ebg.co.uke), which includes both written articles and a continuous video feed, displaying the same as the television channels, along with hundreds of radio channels.

Services

Television

  • EBGNews24 - constant news programming
  • EBG One - premier programming and high-rated content
  • EBG Two - current affairs, documentaries, educational programming, culture-oriented broadcasts
  • EBG Three - art and science documentaries, vintage drama (including many rare black-and-white programmes), and non-English language productions
  • EBG Four - children's and youth programming
  • EBG Five - New drama, New talent, Eurasian comedy, top films and accessible news
  • EBG Finance - financial, economic news
  • EBG Weather - meterology
  • EBG Parliament - Eurasian politics-oriented broadcasting
  • EBG EEF - broadcasting designed for soldiers serving overseas
  • VLE - Videritransmissios en le Lingua Eurasi - the EBG's Eurasian-language channel
  • EBG Cinématographe - movie channel

Radio

  • EBG Global Service - international broadcast, orientation on news, current affairs, documentaries
  • EBG Radio 1 - the latest music
  • EBG Radio 2 - broad scopes of musical genres, with music-related documentaries
  • EBG Radio 3 - classical music
  • EBG Radio 4 - news, drama, comedy, science and history
  • EBG Radio 5 - sports programming
  • EBG Radio 6 - alternative programming
  • EBG Radio 7 - comedy

A list of countries in which EBG is broadcast:

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2009 EBG advert.
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Main article: British Londinium
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