Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
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David

And where do the EBUget the dosh?

Brian

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On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
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How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?

EBU and Azerbaijan.
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Martin

On Sat, 26 May 2012 00:13:20 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
wrote:

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?

EBU and Azerbaijan.

The EBU member broadcasters contribute to EBU funds. I understand this
is roughly in accordance with each country's population size.


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In message , Brian Gaff
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And where do the EBUget the dosh?

Brian

The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most
towards it, go straight into the final.

GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise.
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Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 00:13:20 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
wrote:

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
EBU and Azerbaijan.

The EBU member broadcasters contribute to EBU funds. I understand this
is roughly in accordance with each country's population size.

It's heavily sponsored too, though all of that is hacked and blanked out of
the programme for UK consumption by the Beeb.

Despite the proportionately larger contribution the BBC pay (mentioned by
another poster) it still remains an incredibly cough cost effective way for
the Beeb to fill three hours of peak time BBC 1.

Per min, it's probably cheaper than Frozen Planet, Hustle, Strictly Come
Dancing, etc.

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Martin wrote:

Despite the proportionately larger contribution the BBC pay (mentioned by
another poster) it still remains an incredibly cough cost effective way for
the Beeb to fill three hours of peak time BBC 1.

Isn't it 9 hours or didn't the BBC show the semi finals?

Oh yes, I forgot about about those, (so easy to) they were tucked away on BBC
3, therefore probably making them BBC 3's most expensive programming; ever.

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On Sat, 26 May 2012 00:39:02 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2012 00:13:20 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
wrote:

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?

EBU and Azerbaijan.

The EBU member broadcasters contribute to EBU funds. I understand this
is roughly in accordance with each country's population size.

UK should have gone for basing contributions on GDP and not
population, as is used in other international organisations and
agencies of which UK is a member.

Yes, it would then be cheaper every year.
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Ian

On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:09:39 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2012 02:14:08 +0100, Ian
wrote:

In message , Brian Gaff
writes
And where do the EBUget the dosh?

Brian

The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most
towards it, go straight into the final.

All the members. Some pay a lot more than others.


GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise.

There's scope for a Western European Song Contest.

Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is
Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan?
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Peter.
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whilst religions hold sway

On Sat, 26 May 2012 12:18:27 +0100, PeterC
wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:09:39 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2012 02:14:08 +0100, Ian
wrote:

In message , Brian Gaff
writes
And where do the EBUget the dosh?

Brian

The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most
towards it, go straight into the final.

All the members. Some pay a lot more than others.


GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise.

There's scope for a Western European Song Contest.

Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is
Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan?

Just give it time.

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

PeterC wrote:

Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is
Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan?
We are actually at war with Pakistan.

Bill