Euronews
Pan-European news television channel
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Key Takeaways
- Euronews is a pan-European television news network, headquartered in Lyon, France.
- The network began broadcasting on New Year's Day 1993 and covers world news from a European perspective.
- History Timeline Background In 1992, following the Persian Gulf War, during which CNN's position as the preeminent source of 24-hour news programming was cemented, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) proposed a channel to present information from a counterpart European perspective.
- The BBC and German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF opted not to join.
- At launch, language services were provided via sound multiplex.
Euronews is a pan-European television news network, headquartered in Lyon, France. It is a provider of livestreamed news, which can be viewed in Europe and North Africa via satellite, and in most of the world via its website, on YouTube, and on various mobile devices and digital media players.
The network began broadcasting on New Year's Day 1993 and covers world news from a European perspective. Euronews is currently majority-owned by Alpac Capital.
History
Timeline
Background
In 1992, following the Persian Gulf War, during which CNN's position as the preeminent source of 24-hour news programming was cemented, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) proposed a channel to present information from a counterpart European perspective.
Euronews was founded by a consortium of ten EBU members (national public broadcasters), titled SOCEMIE (French: Société éditrice de la chaîne européenne multilingue d'information Euronews):
The Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR was admitted later as a non-founding member. The BBC and German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF opted not to join.
The French city of Lyon was chosen to host the broadcaster's headquarters, out of a variety of candidates also including Munich, Bologna and Valencia. At launch, language services were provided via sound multiplex.
Launch, geographic and linguistic expansion (1993–2015)
The inaugural Euronews broadcast was on 1 January 1993 from Écully, Lyon. In 1996, an additional broadcast studio was set up in London.
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