Europe by Satellite (EbS) is the TV information service of the European Union which includes 2 TV channels: EbS and EbS+. Managed by the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

, it broadcasts images coming from all EU Institutions like the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

, the European Council, the

European Central Bank The European Central Bank (ECB) is the prime component of the monetary Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) as well as one of seven institutions of the European Union. It is one of the world's most important centr ...

, the

European Committee of the Regions The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities (i.e. regions, counties, provinces, municipalities and cities) with a direct voice w ...

, and the European Court of Justice. EbS was launched in 1995 with the purpose of providing TV, radio stations and other news services with live pictures and sounds coming from the EU, in all EU official languages. The programming consists of a mix of live events, stock shots, edited programmes and video clips on EU subjects produced by various EU Institutions and Directorates. EbS delivers a unique archive on the history of the EU. All the material from EbS and its archive may be used free of charge for EU-related information and educational purposes.

Satellite Footprint for EbS

EbS service is available via unencrypted satellite signals and the services are on Eutelsat 9A. The satellite footprint covers all Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. More detail
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Audiovisual Portal

EbS service is also available online, on th
Audiovisual Portal
managed by the European Commission where the schedule of both channels is available for streaming and download purposes. Download functionalities offer several file formats: MP3 for audio files, MP4 h264 broadcast quality and MPEG4 web quality for the video files. In addition, the video embed code is also available for the user. * Eb
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*inter-institutional content, coming from the

, the

Council of the European Union The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council of Ministers, is the third of the seven Institutions of the European Union (EU) as ...

, the

and other institutions of the EU; *live coverage of events, press conferences, briefings, EP plenary sessions, ceremonies; *stock shots and programmes produced by EC services and other EU institutions; *the material on EbS may freely be used by media professionals. The restrictions are give
here
*online streaming of EbS on the internet, low resolution, live and on demand (up to 7 days), and in 25 languages – a unique service on the World Wide Web; *online broadcast quality TV and radio files, available for download on the internet, allowing the EU to reach broadcasters anywhere in the world;

External links

more details of the services offered by the European Commission

References

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