Euronews

Content

As a rolling-news channel, headlines from both Europe as well as the world are broadcast in thirty-minute intervals. Each interval starts with a 10-minute news bulletin, followed by a promo of the coming show and a market update. If the space time is long enough, a weather report will be broadcast, followed by the news headlines. Next is shows about society, cinema, music,... End is "No Comment" and a weather report.

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.

General

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 Euronews to present information from a European perspective. The channel's first broadcast was on 1 January 1993 from Lyon. An additional broadcast studio was set up in London in 1996. It was founded by a group of ten European public broadcasters:

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. Euronews SA is the operating company that produces the channel and holds the broadcasting licence. It is co-owned by the 10 founders and:

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 VGTRK (16.94%).

Acquisition by Naguib Sawiris

In February 2015, the channel's executive board has approved the bid by an Egyptian telecom businessman, Naguib Sawiris, to acquire a 53% controlling stake in the media outlet. The deal raised a number of questions over Euronews' future editorial posture and its independence.

Euronews NBC

In November 2016, the channel's executive board was in talks with NBC Universal, parent company of NBC News, for a "strategic partnership." NBCU would acquire 15 to 30% ownership of the Euronews network, would contribute to Euronews' content, and facilitate NBC News' expanded operations in Europe. NBCUniversal News Group purchased a 25% stake in Euronews in February 2017 for $30 million. NBC News president Deborah Turness was appointed to head up international operations. Euronews, when integrated with NBC News, would be renamed Euronews NBC and headed up by Turness.

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 also began to secure availability on multimedia platforms such as IPTV and digital media.

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

The following countries also broadcast Euronews through terrestrial channels for a limited amount of time:

The channel's programmes are also available by podcast, and it has also maintained a YouTube channel since October 2007.

In 2012, the largest Belarusian state network MTIS stopped broadcasting Euronews for unknown reasons.

In 2013, the new commercial channel Planet TV started broadcasting Euronews dubbed in Slovenian after Antenna TV SL purchased a major stake in the company. Euronews airs after closedown (or sign-off) of Planet TV, but both call sign logos are displayed.

In September 2016, Euronews disappeared from the Freesat channel list in the UK, in a move made by Sawiris.

Logos

The current Euronews logo is the fifth. From 1 January 1993 to 26 October 1998 the logo was in the lower right corner of the screen, between 26 October 1998 and 4 June 2008 it was in the upper left corner of the screen, and since between 4 June 2008 and 17 May 2016 it has been in the upper right corner of the screen, and from 17 May 2016 it is in the lower left corner of the screen.

Bureau locations

Euronews primarily broadcasts out of its headquarters in Lyon, but also maintains a number of international bureaux for editorial or marketing purposes in Athens, Brussels, Budapest, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul, London, Paris and Washington D.C.