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The EU has its very own TV service, and it's called Europe by Satellite. For more than

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ten years, broadcasters have used its free pictures of European Union events as part

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of their impartial reports and programs on life in the Union.

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Managed by the Commission in partnership with the other principal institutions, EBS broadcasts

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daily the very latest video of key European events to a vast satellite reception area,

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now including the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and all of Latin America. And through

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the Internet, the service can be accessed throughout the world.

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Statistics consistently show EBS to be a favorite source for Europe's media professionals. They

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take and record its fast, broadcast-quality pictures for use as a major ingredient in

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their news and current affairs reporting. Commission press conferences, European councils,

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plenary sessions of the European press. EBS takes these major and influential events and

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transmits them live. And, thanks to the interpreters in all 23 languages of the European Union.

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More than any other broadcaster in the world. In addition, Europe by Satellite offers TV

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program makers exclusive illustration for their European stories.

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Copyright-cleared historical background footage, attractive up-to-the-minute stock shop material,

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and lively biopics of leading EU personalities.

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EBS also travels with the major players from the Council, the Commission, and the Parliament.

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In the Middle East, in Africa, and has its cameras at wherever the EU is involved in

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major negotiations. In Russia, or in the United States.

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Its choice of stock shop themes echoed the big concerns that the EU shares with the world.

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The environment, and how to protect it. Climate change, and how to manage it. Supplies of

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energy, and how to safeguard it. The EBS partners plan their weekly coverage.

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The team arrange the logistics wherever and whenever the story requires. And then, bringing

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in its exclusive picture coverage from all over the world by satellite. EBS swiftly prepares

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and redistributes new images to waiting broadcasters and newsrooms.

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EBS, covering the whole range of European events for the world's broadcasters.