Talk:European Broadcasting Union

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I removed Transnistria as a potential EBU member, as it lacks international recognition and its seperatiste dictatorship government (see article) probably is occupied with other things than applying for EBU membership. -- 790 19:30, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Isn't the EBU a Broadcasting Union rather than a union of countries? The article treats the countries as members of the EBU, shouldn't that be the broadcasting organizations? I see no logic e.g. behind what's written about RTS and RTCG (Serbia & Montenegro) .. both are already full members, and the country eventually splitting up wouldn't change anything in that matter. -- Ben NL, +/- 01:45 January 7 2006 (UTC)

Wasn't "It's a Knockout" (Jeux Sans Frontieres) the biggest Eurovision show before it ended several years ago? --PkerUNO 05:31, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

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I removed the following section as it is not really directly related to EBU. I leave it here in case discussions or new article organization provide an adequate place for this:

Another well-known production is Wetten, dass..?, a entertainment show made by ZDF, ORF and SF-DRS. Participating countries are Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the German-speaking Italian province of South Tyrol. "Wetten, dass..?" is Europe's most popular family entertainment for almost 30 years and is hosted by Thomas Gottschalk. The show has been broadcast from Aspendos (amphitheater), Paris (EuroDisney), Majorca and Xanten (Germany) and several other German, Austrian and Swiss cities. Former host, Frank Elstner, had the chance to broadcast with John Paul II by recorded video link, but Elstner refused. Internationally there are other versions from China, Russia and Turkey.

Contents 1 Liechtenstein in Eurovision 2 Future & Potential Active EBU Members 3 Turkey 4 Cyprus 5 Australia 6 Kosovo as a potential future member 7 Yugoslavia

[edit] Liechtenstein in Eurovision

It is true that Liechtenstein tried to enter the Eurovision Song Contest once, but it was in 1976 - not 1969. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tobsonhelsinki (talk • contribs) 17:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Future & Potential Active EBU Members

Do we really need the section European Broadcasting Union#Future & Potential Active EBU Members? Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Furthermore, calling Liechtenstein and Kazakhstan "future or potential active EBU members" is a bit of a stretch: Liechtenstein is not eligible because it does not have a national broadcaster, and Kazakhstani broadcasters "have not expressed desire to join the EBU so far." Aecis^Brievenbus 23:05, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Turkey

This may be a volatile issue, but why is Turkey listed as a non-European EU member? Aecis^Brievenbus 23:14, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I cant Understend,Turkey is European Then Armenia,Rusia and Georgia,, Turkey Must be in European members because European,still in There But some nationalist wanna change,,, Thanx for 12 points AegeanFighter

Since when are the caucasian countries european?

I made some changes: the caucasian countries Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are now listed under Non-European members. There is absolutly no link between these countries and Europe, while some percent of Turkeys land are on the european continent, so they can not be considered as Non-European.

Georgia and Arminia are racialy, culturly and religously part of European, unlkike Turkik/Islamic Azerbijan.--86.29.244.33 (talk) 17:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cyprus

Why is Cyprus in the Non-European section? It has been in the EU scince 2004! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Petcalledros (talk • contribs) 18:38, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Australia

And why is Australia out of the list?SBS is an assiciate member.They show Eurovision Song Contest every year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.161.76.219 (talk) 10:18, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Umm, is it because they are not a member? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.13.192.65 (talk) 22:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

They are accosiate members: —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.161.76.219 (talk) 06:41, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kosovo as a potential future member

This is debatable: "Now that Kosovo is independent, it can become an EBU member." I removed an unsourced sentence to that effect but it was re-instated by User:Mumi.mumi. My point when removing still stands: when a pretty significant number of member countries don't recognise it, we can't really act as if they're well on their way to membership. At best it's slightly naive speculation, at worst it's original research. I'm removing it again. Chwech 15:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia doesn't exist... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.197.107 (talk) 22:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)