Changes: Grand Broadcasting Union

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The Grand Broadcasting Union (GBU)is an alliance of public service media entities, established on the 19th December 2014. It is best known for producing the Grandvision Song Contest.

Members of the GBU are radio and television companies, most of which are government-owned public service broadcasters or privately owned stations with public service missions. Active Members come from as far north as Iceland and as far south as Egypt, from Ireland in the west and Azerbaijan in the east, and almost every nation from geographical Europe in between. Associate Members are from countries and territories beyond Europe. Active Members are those paying GBU members meeting all technical criteria for full membership, whose states are either within the Grand Broadcating Area (GBA) Syria is an example of a country within the GBA not complying with all technical criteria for full membership, and thus it is currently only granted Associated Membership. The GBU's highest profile production is the Grandvision Song Contest, organised by its Grandvision Network .The theme music played before GBU broadcasts is John Newman's Love me Again.The GBU Council consists of some HoD´s that are:

Kevin Fechner (December 2014 - present)
William Cahill (October 2015 - present)
Luiri Sébastien (December 2015 - present)
Aless de Macedo (March 2016 - present)
Rytis (March 2016 - present)
Selvin Reyes (March 2016 - present)

Former GBU Members

Andreas Tricomitis (December 2014-February 2015)
Matt Harrod (February 2015-April 2015)
Manolis Marakis (December 2014 - March 2016)
Torbjørn Helgesen (February 2015 - March 2016)

Active Broadcaster

Country	Broadcasting organization	Abbr.	HoD
Estonia	Eesti Rahvusringhääling	EER	Josh
Germany	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland	ARD	Rytis
Germany	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	NDR	Rytis
Ireland	Raidió Teilifís Éireann	RTÉ	Llemian
Lithuania	Lithuanian National Radio and Television	LRT	Julian
Malta	Public Broadcasting Services	PBS	Aless
Malta	Televixin Malta	TVM	Aless
Monaco	Télé Monte Carlo	TMC	Antony
Poland	Television Nowa	TVN	Max
Ukraine	National Television Company of Ukraine	NTU	Jens

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