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From international ceremonies to press briefings, live coverage is a core activity of Eurovision.
Through its worldwide satellite network, Eurovision offers broadcasters access to live signals from breaking news locations and other major news events.

Following are the definitions used to describe long format news and sports items.

NE = News Event
NE can contain live or recorded news material
Free of charge and accessible only for Eurovision members
No need to state participation
Sublicense holders with the right to access NE need to state participation to evn@eurovision.net, besides clearing copyright when required. Charges for network costs are as per agreement

SNE = Sport News Event
SNE can contain live or recorded sports-news material
Free of charge for EBU/Eurovision members
Non-members may be allowed to access the material on a case-by-case basis, if authorised by the copyright holder. Non-members are charged for network costs
SNE inherits all the financial handling rules from CLA

NEC = News Event Chargeable
NEC can contain live or recorded news material
With charge for Eurovision members - conditions shown for each item
Non-members may be allowed to access the material on a case-by-case basis, if authorised by the copyright holder. Non-members are charged for network costs
All services wishing to receive NEC, need to state participation to evn@eurovision.net

SNEC = Sport News Event Chargeable
SNEC can contain live or recorded sports-news material
With a charge for EBU/Eurovision members - conditions shown for each item
Non-members may be allowed to access the material on a case-by-case basis, if authorised by the copyright holder. Non-members are charged for network costs
SNEC inherits all the financial handling rules from CLP

Additionally, the following item types are also used but are not part of the Eurovision News Exchange:

WF = Eurovision World Feed
WF may be a short or long-form item, recorded material (e.g. a VNR) or live coverage (e.g. Prince Rainier funeral) WF is sponsored by the source - free for all members and non-members WF may be distributed regionally or globally over the Eurovision Network

WFC = Eurovision World Feed Chargeable
WFC may be a short or long-form item, recorded material or live
WFC material may be free for members and chargeable for non-members or chargeable for all (conditions shown on each item)
WFC may be distributed regionally or globally over the Eurovision Network

The item types take into account the differentiation of items by content (news and sport-news), financial treatment (free for EBU/Eurovision members or with costs) and target audience (EBU/Eurovision members or all broadcasters, including non-members) in the case of the Eurovision World Feeds.

We welcome your requests for additional information about these services.