EBU Selects LiveU’s EcoSystem To Deliver IP-Based 24/7 Live News Network
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the world’s leading alliance of public service media, has awarded LiveU a five-year contract to deliver 24/7 live news content through its Eurovision News Exchange.
The ambitious project represents a further move towards IP-based contribution and hybrid distribution from a previously satellite-only system. The mission-critical News Exchange, renowned for its reliability and trustworthy news content will rely on LiveU Matrix for delivery of its Members’ live signals throughout Europe and beyond.
The project connects all of the Eurovision News Exchange’s members with LiveU technology, extending to more than 60 public service newsrooms in Europe and globally. The deployment reinforces the confidence of the public broadcasters in LRT™ (LiveU Reliable Transport) based delivery with SRT capabilities. After a rigorous evaluation process, LiveU was chosen as the platform for reliability and scalability. The project also includes a phased rollout of LiveU Ingest for cloud recording and shared content workflows across both primary and backup channels – currently in the pilot phase with 15 members.
LiveU's Matrix IP distribution platform sits at the heart of this transformation, enabling seamless contribution and distribution of live news content among members and ad hoc sharing with other sources. The solution integrates 125 LiveU Transceivers deployed at member premises, with Dual Active (active/active) redundancy ensuring that two parallel streams – via cloud and transceiver – guarantee uninterrupted service in each location. This premium layer of Dual Active reliability enhances Matrix's capability to serve as a primary distribution system complement to backup satellite distribution.
The multi-region, multi-vendor contingency plan relies on global cloud providers in the various regions, further supporting a highly resilient, multi-layered architecture. Proactive monitoring is also included in the solution as well as the option to scale up the distribution channels for high-demand events.
Deployment began earlier this year and LiveU Matrix has already been used for major news events, such as the Papal Conclave. It will be completed in January 2026, when the EBU plans to gradually phase out its satellite contribution workflow and transition to a hybrid distribution and IP-based contribution. The official go-live date for the new IP-based network is set for January 1, 2026.
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