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Euronews is a European, multilingual news television channel, headquartered in Lyon-Écully, France. Created in 1993, it claims to be covering world news from a Pan-European perspective.

Euronews has been criticised for reflecting the viewpoint of one of its funding providers, the European Comission, with especially harsh criticism coming from some eurosceptic commentators.

Content
As a rolling-news channel, headlines from both Europe as well as the world are broadcast in thirty-minute intervals. Brief magazine segments typically fill in the remaining schedule, focusing on market data, financial news, sports news, art and culture, science, weather, European politics, and press reviews of the major European newspapers. These item slots will occasionally be preempted by breaking news or live television coverage. Some segments are displayed without commentary under the banner "No Comment", which has been the channel's signature program since its launch.

The channel has been noted by eurosceptic outlets for its bias towards the actions of the European Commission.

In 2011 Euronews took a step towards more competitive coverage of major events by sending its reporters at the heart of the action and seeking to give a more human face to the channel.

General
Logo used from 2000 to June 2008

In 1992, following the First Persian Gulf War, during which CNN's position as the preeminent source of 24-hour news programming was cemented, the European Broadcasting Union decided to establish the channel to present information from a European perspective. Euronews was first broadcast on 1 January 1993 from Lyon, with an additional broadcast studio set up in London in 1996. It was founded by a group of ten European public broadcasters:


 * 🇨🇾 CYBC
 * 🇬🇷 ERT
 * 🇫🇷 France Télévisions
 * 🇮🇹 RAI
 * 🇧🇪 RTBF


 * 🇵🇹 RTP
 * 🇪🇸 RTVE (former shareholder)
 * 🇲🇨 TMC (former shareholder)
 * 🇫🇮 YLE
 * 🇪🇬 ERTU

In 1997, the British news broadcaster ITN purchased a 49-percent share of Euronews for £5.1 million from Alcatel-Alsthom. ITN supplies the content of the channel along with the remaining shareholders, which are represented by the SOCEMIE (Société Editrice de la Chaîne Européenne Multilingue d'Information EuroNews) consortium. SOCEMIE is the actual operating company which produces the channel and holds the broadcasting licence. It is co-owned by the 10 founders and:


 * 🇷🇺 VGTRK
 * 🇹🇷 TRT
 * 🇨🇿 ČT
 * 🇲🇹 PBS
 * 🇲🇦 SNRT


 * 🇸🇮 RTVSLO
 * 🇮🇪 RTÉ
 * 🇺🇦 NTU
 * 🇨🇭 SRG-SSR
 * 🇷🇴 TVR


 * 🇸🇪 SVT - MTG
 * 🇹🇳 ERTT
 * 🇩🇿 ENTV

The broadcast switched from solely analogue to mainly digital transmission in 1999. In the same year, the Portuguese audio track was added. The Russian audio track appeared in 2001.

In 2003, ITN sold its stake in Euronews as part of its drive to streamline operations and focus on news-gathering rather than channel management.

On 6 February 2006, Ukrainian public broadcaster Natsionalna Telekompanya Ukraïny (NTU) purchased a one-percent interest in SOCEMIE.

On 27 May 2008, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE decided to leave Euronews to promote its international channel TVE Internacional. It also cited legal requirements to maintain low debt levels through careful spending as a factor influencing its decision to leave.

In February 2009, the Turkish public broadcaster TRT became a shareholder in the channel, and joined its supervisory board. TRT purchased 15.70% of the channel's shares and became the fourth main partner after France Télévisions (23.93%), RAI (21.54%), and RTR (15.98%).

Language History

 * The channel started with 5 languages in 1993: English, French, Spanish, German and Italian.
 * In 1999, Portuguese became the sixth broadcast language.
 * In September 2001, Russian language became the seventh language.
 * Since 12 July 2008, EuroNews broadcasts in Arabic.
 * On 30 January 2010, Turkish was added.
 * On 27 October 2010, Persian language became the tenth language.
 * On 24 August 2011, Ukrainian language became the eleventh language.
 * As of 16 December 2011, Polish is selectable as an audio option however it is broadcasting in English.

Format
Since 11 January 2011, the channel has been broadcast in the 16:9 format, which replaced the previous 4:3 format.

Supervisory Board
Comprises 16 members: 6 individuals and 10 corporate entities


 * Paolo GARIMBERTI: Chairman of the Supervisory Board
 * Andrey BYSTRITSKY: Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Other Board members
 * Stéphanie MARTIN (France): Director of diversification and thematic channels at France Télévisions, Delegate Director of corporate Patronage for France Télévisions Publicité
 * Ahmet KOYUNCU (Turkey): Deputy Managing Director of TRT
 * Philippe CAYLA: President of Euronews Development
 * Pier Luigi MALESANI

Corporate entities
 * France Télévisions (France)Jean REVEILLON
 * RTP (Portugal)José LOPEZ de ARAUJO
 * RAI (Italy)Stefano LUPPI
 * RTBF (Belgium)Jacques BRIQUEMONT
 * RTR (Russia)Petr FEDOROV
 * ERT (Greece)Fotini YIANNOULATOU
 * TRT (Turkey)Mehmet Yilmaz KUCUK
 * RTÉ (Ireland)Adrian MOYNES
 * SSR (Switzerland)Gilles MARCHAND
 * SNRT (Morocco)Mohammed AYAD

Executive Board

 * Michael PETERS: Chief Executive Officer
 * Lucian SÂRB: Director of News and Programmes
 * Olivier de MONTCHENU: Sales Director
 * Cécile LEVEAUX: Chief Technical Officer

Executive Committee

 * Michael PETERS: Chief Executive Officer
 * Lucian SÂRB: Director of News and Programmes
 * Olivier de MONTCHENU: Sales Director
 * Cécile LEVEAUX: Chief Technical Officer
 * David CIPEL Financial and Administration Director
 * Grégoire OLIVERO de RUBIANA: Director of External Relations

Presentation
The channel employs an unusual presentation style: initially, rather than using in-vision presenters, it only showed video footage with recorded voice-overs. This aims to prevent bias. In 2011, however, extended news items have featured in-vision reporters, including occasional pieces to camera.

Euronews has a distinct and unique presentation model in a highly competitive news universe:
 * No studio, no anchormen for a unique and immediately identifiable style;
 * A European, and therefore, a different outlook on the world;
 * A multilingualist approach enhanced by the introduction of new languages;
 * An editorial policy of broadcasting accurate and verified information.

The principal sources of footage come from APTN (Associated Press Television News) and Reuters TV, these being the partner agencies of the European Broadcasting Union. It also draws upon resources from Agence France-Presse, Italian ANSA, Portuguese LUSA, German DPA, Spanish EFE and Russian TASS.

Broadcast
The channel is available in 350 million households in 155 countries worldwide. It reaches more than 170 million European households by cable, satellite and terrestrial. It has also begun to secure availability on multimedia platforms such as IPTV and digital media.

Euronews has launched an application for mobile devices (Android, iPhone, and iPad) which is called "Euronews Live". The app is free of charge and is available on Android Market and App Store.

The following countries also broadcast Euronews through terrestrial channels: The channel's programmes are also available by podcast, and it has also maintained a YouTube channel since October 2007.

In 2012, Belarusian largest state network MTIS stopped broadcasting of Euronews for unknown reasons. Euronews was the last independent TV channel available in Belarus.

Programmes
Programmes on the channel include:

News
 * news: the latest international news updated round the clock.
 * no comment: the most striking images from around the world, unedited, with original sound.
 * interview: face-to-face interviews with leading figures in the news.
 * comment visions: interviews with thinkers, innovators and opinion leaders.
 * U talk: videos and messages posted on euronews.net answered by experts and euronews editorial teams.
 * I talk: face-to-face debate between a guest and our public interacting via videos posted on our webside.
 * the network: a crossfire between 3 personalities with diverging opinions around the main story of the week.

Sport & météo
 * sport: summaries, highlights and results of major sporting events.
 * eurofoot: the latest results of the European football leagues.
 * meteo world: an overall look at the forecasts across the continents.
 * meteo europe: concise and constantly updated European weather forecasts.
 * meteo airport: for viewers on the move, weather forecasts of the major airports.

Business
 * business: the latest business and financial news.
 * markets: stock exchanges, currency rates and commodity prices.
 * wall street live: live opening and closing of the stock exchange in New York.
 * business weekly: essential business guide highlighting the most important business events affecting the global economy.

Affaires européennes political, business or social theme of the week.
 * perspectives: what the European broadcasters say about the week's main event.
 * europe weekly: weekly review of the main events, enriched by online users reactions.
 * reporter: the pros and cons for people affected by EU policies.
 * close-up Europe: a simulcast between a euronews journalist and an opinion leader on the main European

Style de vie
 * le mag: a daily look at arts, entertainment and the world around us.
 * rendez-vous: the calendar of major cultural events across Europe.
 * cinema: the latest news about the international film industry.
 * musica: concerts, artists and festivals in Europe.
 * learning world: a large range of stories convering the many facets of education.

Sci-tech
 * hi-tech: the latest innovations in technology, including an extensive coverage of international trade shows.
 * science: an in-depth look at scientific developments in biology, archaeology, health or environment.
 * space: all space related activities: science, manned flights, launches.
 * futuris: bringing European's leading research advancements to the public.
 * fly: the airline industry in Europe, European air traffic management and air traffic control.
 * trends: a compilation of the most popular terms searched by Europeans on Google during the last 7 days.
 * innovation: companies taking the results of European research projects to the market.
 * tomorrow's city debating tomorrow's challenges.

Locations
Initially seventeen cities, inluding Bologna, Munich and Valencia, applied to be the future location of the headquarters of Euronews. The winning offer, however, came from Lyon — it included 15 million francs for the equipment and furnishing of the offices, as well as a rent-free building for 99 years. France therefore became the seat of another international television channel, after the Strasbourg-based Arte and Paris-based Eurosport.

Since the launch in 1993, Euronews broadcasts from Écully, a suburb of Lyon. In 2014 it is supposed to move into a new building, designed by Jakob + MacFarlane, and situated on the bank of the river Saône in the Confluence district, in the 2nd arrondissement of the city. With six levels and 10,000 square meters of space, it will be double the size of the previous premises, and will be owned by a joint real estate venture between the channel, the Caisse des Dépôts development bank, as well as the French waterways administration agency Voies navigables de France.

International bureaus
According to reports, Euronews is also to open its international outlets in Astana, Beijing, Dubai, Istanbul and Tel Aviv.
 * 🇬🇷 Athens, Greece — opened in December 2012.
 * 🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium — opened in June 2011. Located on Wetstraat/Rue de la Loi in the European Quarter, it is the largest international news bureau in the city.
 * 🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary — to be opened in March 2013.
 * 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
 * 🇶🇦 Doha, Qatar — opened in December 2010, it is responsible for the learning world programme, made in cooperation with the WISE initiative of the Qatar Foundation.
 * 🇺🇦 Kiev, Ukraine — opened in October 2011.
 * 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
 * 🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia — opened in January 2012.
 * 🇫🇷 Paris, France — opened in January 2012.
 * 🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., United States — to be located within ABC News One headquarters, it is a part of an agreement on mutual content exchange.

Sales and advertising
As of August 2012, the offices responsible for sales and advertising are located in:
 * 🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Germany — Euronews Sales GmbH
 * 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom — Euronews Sales Ltd
 * 🇫🇷 Paris, France — Euronews Sales SARL

Presentation model
The distinctive presentation style of the content on Euronews has attracted occasional negative opinions from the international press. It had an image of an impersonal TV station, whereas the 30-minute cycle of shows has been deemed boring and repetitive. The channel's insistence on neutrality and impartiality has also been named excessive. The characteristic, minimalist style has however been described as a counterweight to the show-like atmosphere of CNN and Fox News Channel.

Ukraine
In 2010, the Ukrainian Stop Censorship Movement issued a statement warning the Euronews management against appointing the General Director deputy of the NTU, Valid Arfusz, as the head of the localised version of the channel. Arfusz, a former tabloid publisher, was reported to have a history of pro-government bias and the Movement insisted on a different, more professional choice, to avoid pro-Yanukovych propaganda and maintain the impartiality and neutrality of the station. As of October 2011, the Ukrainian editorial team in Lyon is led by Fidel Pavlenko, while Italian journalist Sergio Cantone runs the bureau in Kiev.

Allegations of pro-EU bias
Being partially funded by the European Commission, Euronews has been a subject of criticism from some Eurosceptic commentators. Jan Å. Johansson of the EUDemocrats alliance argues that it is impossible for Euronews to critically evaluate the actions of the EU institutions considering the structure of its budget, while UKIP MEP Paul Nuttall says that the EU involvement threatens the independence of the journalists. Glen Ruffle of the European Foundation suggests monitoring the reports of Euronews to avoid pro-EU bias.

Swedish think-tank Timbro sparked a debate after releasing a report in July 2009, which questioned the point and neutrality of many EU initiatives, including such projects as EuroparlTV, Euranet and the involvement in Euronews. Lorraine Mullally of Open Europe defended the publication, adding that the Union suppresses Eurosceptic views, while Euranet editor Richard Walker criticised it, showcasing his institution's negative coverage of the Common Agricultural Policy, MEP expenses or the ongoing rotation of the seats of the Parliament. An article published in New Europe argues that, while with many possibilities of improvement in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, projects like Euronews reflect the vision of the members of the European Commission, who are selected by the democratically-elected governments of the member states of the EU. Political commentator Jon Worth goes as far as to question whether these actions differ from those of many national governments.