Technical info

What is European Broadcasting Service

EBS, the European Union's TV information service, provides EU-related audiovisual material via satellite to media professionals.
The programming consists of a mix of live events, news items, stockshots on EU policies and issues.

EBS offers

Institutional content from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers, the European Central Bank and other institutions
Live coverage of press conferences and briefings from the institutions, EP plenary sessions, European Councils
Stockshots, info clips and clips produced by the audiovisual services and other EU institutions
Online streaming of live and on demand EBS items up to 7 days following the original transmission
Online quality video and audio files (MPEG4 and MP3 respectively) and broadcast quality (MPEG4 HI-RES) available for download directly from the website

Available services

Major events in EU public life are covered live in all the languages available at the time of transmission.

These transmissions include:

Press conferences and briefings by Commissioners and visitors to the European Commission.
European Parliament plenary sessions and press conferences.
Open meetings and press conferences of the Council of Ministers.
Significant rulings from the Court of Justice.
The monthly press conference from the European Central Bank.
Events from other institutions.
News broadcasts at regular times.

Five times a day the EU's working agenda is illustrated by relevant raw material with natural sound. During European Parliament plenary sessions, the transmission times often vary. EBS Special transmissions are broadcast on an ad hoc basis as required by the urgency of the news covered.

The EBS news transmissions may be preceded or followed by thematic video stockshots or info clips which can be used to illustrate specific EU policies.

EBS on the satellite

EBS is broadcast clear (non-encrypted) and can be received in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Transponder parameters:

Satellite: Eutelsat-9B (9°E)
Transponder: E10
Frequency: 11900 MHz (Horizontal polarization)
Standard: DVB-S2 (modulation 8PSK)
Symbol Rate: 27.500
FEC: 2/3

EBS online

This website allows you to follow EBS programmes live or on demand for up to 7 days following the original transmission in all the languages available at the time of the broadcast.

The schedule provides continually updated information and covers a 3 week period (previous, current and following week).
The details provided include the time and title of the event as well as the availability of interpretation into other languages.
Where appropriate there will also be a shotlist, press releases, relevant internet links and photographic coverage.

To follow EBS online

click on the EBS or EBS+ schedule
for live transmission, click on the EBS or EBS+ live button
for material transmitted in the previous 7 days, select the day when the transmission took place or use the search option
all times are in Central European Time

Corporate video player

Please check our online tutorial to get the most of our video player:

Here is a short video presentation of the full functions of the player available to you.

Lower down the page, you can select the chapter explaining each of these functions.

Enjoy watching and using this player!

Languages covered

Live events are generally covered in the original language plus simultaneous translation into all EU languages when available. Occasionally other languages are provided through additional audio channels as and when required. The original (international) audio sound is transmitted when a particular language is not available.

Some more technical retransmissions, such as Commission Midday’s press briefing, are only in French and English. News footage and video stockshot material are broadcast with natural sound only.

Always refer to the EBS schedule for a list of the languages available for each transmission.

Very few satellite TV channels have multiple audio channels and it is possible that certain satellite receivers may behave in an unpredictable manner. If your receiver is not performing as expected, please email us.

Formats and software used

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The programming consists of a mix of live events, news items, stockshots on EU policies and issues.

Formats and codecs used on this site:

JPEG

300 dpi / 3000 x 2000 px min.

Audio

Old/legacy audio files : Stereo / 128 kbps / 48 kHz / 16-bit / Variable bitrate / MP3
Audio files: Stereo/ 128kbps/ 48 kHz/ bitrate constant/ codec mp4a-40-2 / AAC

Low resolution video – SD (Old/legacy files only)

Video: 1500 Kbps / 25 fps / 640x480 for SD 4/3 sources / 852x480 for 16/9 sources / Progressive / H.264
Audio : Stereo / 128 kbps / 48 kHz / 16-bit / AAC

High resolution video – HD old/legacy files

Video : 5500 Kbps / 1920x1080 / 25fps / Interlaced / TFF / H.264
Audio : Stereo / 192 kbps / 48 kHz / 16-bit / AAC

High resolution video – HD only

Video : 10000 Kbps / 1920x1080 / 25fps / Progressif / H.264
Audio : Stereo / 192 kbps / 48 kHz / 16-bit / AAC

Http live streaming (HLS):

480p: 1.7Mbp
720p: 4.2Mbps
1080p: 10Mbps