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	As President Obama embarks on his re-election campaign, Eurovision will provide facilities for international TV networks to report on the primaries, Conventions and election night itself.

A busy year ahead

From New Hampshire through South Carolina, Florida and Nevada... and perhaps all the way to California in June, the field of Republican hopefuls is battling it out to convince the party faithful that their brand of conservatism is what America needs.  Meanwhile President Obama has ended the Iraq war and taken decisive action against Osama bin Laden... but he's dogged by a slugglish economy and a congress which has blocked his jobs and tax initiatives.

As the long election campaign unfolds, Eurovision will be on the spot throughout the United States, providing camera and satellite facilities to ensure that international TV and radio networks can report live from the key locations to a worldwide audience.  Eurovision will feed campaign speeches, rallies and press conferences to the newsrooms of more than 50 major countries for use live on news channels or to be edited into the networks' evening news programs.

	Eurovision provides camera positions and international circuits to cover all the key moments of the election cycle - up to and including the inauguration.

Eurovision in the United States

Eurovision Americas, Inc., headquartered in Washington DC, is the US arm of the European Broadcasting Union (the EBU). Working from a 24-hour newsroom and technical operations center in the heart of Washington, with a second bureau in New York, Eurovision Americas provides a constant stream of news video to the networks of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

On location, transmission facilities are available to all broadcasters worldwide. Bookings, ranging from 10 minutes to several hours, are taken to coincide with the broadcasters’ news shows or special programs, allowing correspondents from many countries to be rotated through the same live camera positions. This means that extensive international coverage of events in the US is provided using relatively few live positions.

	The historic inauguration of President Obama was seen in HD on key European networks.  Eurovision ensures the US TV signal is converted to make it usable by networks in other countries.

All the key moments of the Obama presidency - at home and abroad

Election night 2008 set all kinds of records - including for Eurovision.  A total of 68 transatlantic fiber circuits were in use carrying through-the-night coverage of President Obama's victory to dozens of European countries.  That's four times as many circuits as the next biggest international provider.

Since transmitting President Obama's 2009 inauguration in HD to leading networks abroad, Eurovision has been there with coverage of all the major events of the President's time in office.  Primetime addresses have been carried live and major announcements on the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden's death reached an extensive audience via Eurovision circuits.

When the President was abroad - whether in Ankara, Paris, Moscow, meeting the Queen in London or accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo - it was Eurovision member networks' TV cameras which provided the coverage.  Eurovision operates a comprehensive news exchange system in which the national networks of Europe offer up their best video of the day on a reciprocal basis.  And just as in the United States, Eurovision sets up bookable satellite trucks and transmission facilities at events in Europe and Asia.  On several occasions, the US networks booked Eurovision circuits to get their coverage of the President's foreign trips back to the United States.

	For the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Eurovision set up open air workspace and multiple live camera positions on a rooftop overlooking Ground Zero.

And not just the election campaign

Eurovision isn't just about politics and diplomacy.  Every major news event in the Americas is covered by teams based in Washington, New York, Mexico City and São Paulo.  The biggest operation in 2011 was for the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an event which attracted intense interest around the globe.  Eurovision had a large operation on the roof overlooking the World Trade Center site, providing workspace for correspondents together with multiple camera positions to enable live reporting as the commemoration ceremony proceeded.

In 2012, as well as election events, Eurovision will provide extensive facilities at the G8 and NATO summits in Chicago and the international AIDS conference in Washington.  And whenever a major news story breaks, Eurovision will be on its way with satellite dishes and camera crews to provide the facilities which international correspondents need to get their reports around the world.

	Global connectivity:  Eurovision Washington's technical operations center handles news and sports transmissions to and from every part of the planet.

Sport too

Eurovision is the leading distributor of US sports in HD to networks around the world, including NBA basketball, the PGA golf tour and the US Open tennis tournament.  Eurovision also brings into the United States multiple HD feeds of English and Italian soccer, Formula 1 racing and many other sports which are directly transmitted by the US rightsholders of these events including the Fox sports networks, Speed Channel and NBC Universal Sports.  Eurovision is ready for the 3-D revolution, already transmitting breathtaking pictures of tennis and golf in 3-D through its Washington technical operations center to sports channels abroad.

Eurovision has had a presence in the United States since the 1970s.  Its parent organization, the European Broadcasting Union, has existed since the 1950s.  Eurovision's Washington headquarters is a highly advanced international network hub, dedicated to providing first class customer service to ensure that Eurovision retains its position as the premier provider of broadcast services to and from the United States for many years into the future.

	Eurovision camera position on the north lawn of the White House.

Eurovision: providing comprehensive broadcast services from the United States to a worldwide audience.