First the greek bailouts, then Brexit and now THIS

[shouldbeinbed]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36111208


Its the final nail in Europe's coffin, the superstate notion is doomed I tell you DOOOOOOOOOMEDDDDD.


16 million swiss franks

Srsly how the wibbly flibble do they get to cream off that much money from 40 odd nations for a cruddy singing contest and for what???

We all know from the Father Ted documentary series that the host nations have to pay the running costs each year

 

[Milkfloat]

Just over a million quid a year for all those hours of tv, seems pretty cheap to me, especially if you compare it to sports broadcasting.

 

[steve50]

Wouldn't have thought so, unless he is doing it from the pearly gates, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35453541

 

[Levo-Lon]

Fifa, eurovision...Brussels EU lot...what great institutions

 

[Dayvo]

Can't they just be done with it and expel all the remaining countries. PLEEESE!

 

[subaqua]

when did Australia become Europe FFS .

Israel I can cope with, as some European countries are further east than Israel. but Australia is its own fecking continent

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Just over a million quid a year for all those hours of tv, seems pretty cheap to me, especially if you compare it to sports broadcasting.

What hours of TV outside of one Saturday night a year?

Also a huge amount of sports broadcasting, particularly the bogeyman football, is now is on Advertising funded or subscription only channels, it's effectively paying for itself by these means or Sky et al wouldn't be paying so heavily for it and losing money, they're not PSB's

 

[John the Monkey]

[QUOTE 4247545, member: 259"]It's the European Broadcasting Union, nowt to do with the European Union. Japan is an associate member as well![/QUOTE]
Well, you can prove anything with facts though, can't you?

 

[Milkfloat]

What hours of TV outside of one Saturday night a year?

If only it were one night a year, you are lucky that you can forget about the two semi-finals and the numerous spin off shows.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Spin off shows?

And even so, it's hardly clogging the airways week in week out.

 

[subaqua]

[QUOTE 4247545, member: 259"]It's the European Broadcasting Union, nowt to do with the European Union. Japan is an associate member as well![/QUOTE]

Norway are in Europe , and the EBU , but not the EU .

I wonder if we could join the OBU . Oriental Broadcast or Oceanic broadcast Union ......

 

[subaqua]

Well, you can prove anything with facts though, can't you?

forgetting conveniently about geography , hence me mentioning Continents for those who are hard of thinking

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Norway are in Europe , and the EBU , but not the EU .

I wonder if we could join the OBU . Oriental Broadcast or Oceanic broadcast Union ......

All about encoding standards for the wireless broadcast of televisual pictures innit.

My personal gripe is that Palestine are not allowed to take part.