Description

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) turns 70 this year! How did the EBU come into being? We dive into telecommunications history and evolution to find out.

A Brief History of the EBU Summary

• Topic Intro (1:53)
• Dueling Telegraphs in 1843 (4:20)
• What do you know about Napoleon III? (10:29)
• The Radio Makes Waves (17:18)
• The International Broadcasting Union and Proto-Eurovision (31:58)
• Telecommunications Needs Post World War II and the Birth of the EBU (38:50)

Links

• Morse Code and the Telegraph (History)
• The 1865 International Telegraph Conference (ITU)
• International Broadcasting Union (Nature)
• Suzanne Lommers, "The quality of high-culture broadcasting" (Inventing Europe)
• Morten Michelsen, "European Music? The International Broadcasting Union's 1930s Concert Series Concerts Européens" (Transnationalizing Radio Research)
• Suzanne Vega is the 'Mother of the mp3' (Observer)
• International Radio Conference; Atlantic City, 1947 (ITU)
• EBU - 70th Anniversary (EBU)