Euronews facts for kids

Euronews is a TV news channel from Europe. Its main office is in Lyon, France. It broadcasts news in 13 different languages. Most of Euronews (88%) is owned by Media Globe Networks. This company belongs to an Egyptian businessman named Naguib Sawiris. The other 12% is owned by a group of European TV and radio companies. This group is called the EBU (European Broadcasting Union).

How Euronews Started

After the Gulf War, 24-hour news channels like CNN became very popular. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) wanted to create their own news channel for Europe. So, Euronews started broadcasting on January 1, 1993. It began in Lyon, France.

At first, Euronews broadcast in five languages: English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. This channel was special because it did not have any presenters or studios. Instead, it showed videos of the news with no one talking over them. One of its most famous parts is "No Comment." This segment shows videos of events without any voice or music.

Over the years, Euronews added more languages. It started broadcasting in Portuguese in 1999. Then came Russian in 2001, and Arabic in 2008. In 2010, it added Turkish and Persian. Ukrainian started in 2011, Greek in 2012, and Hungarian in 2013.

Who Owns Euronews?

A company called Euronews SA controls the channel. When Euronews first started, 10 members of the EBU owned it. Today, 20 EBU members own parts of the channel. The organizations that owned Euronews when it first started are marked with a star (*).

EBU Members Who Own Euronews SA

Some EBU members used to own a part of Euronews but do not anymore. These include:

• TVE*
• RMC (Radio Monte-Carlo)*
• TRT

Logo used from June 4, 2008, to May 17, 2016

On June 4, 2008, Euronews got a new circle logo and a new slogan: "pure". This was to show that they offered "pure news." They wanted to be different from other news channels like BBC and CNN.

In February 2015, Media Globe Networks bought a large part (53%) of Euronews SA. In January 2016, Euronews started a new channel called Africanews. This channel focuses on news for Africa. Euronews also got a new logo on May 17, 2016.

NBC Joins and Leaves

In November 2016, NBCUniversal said they wanted to buy a part of Euronews. They also planned to share news stories with the channel. This deal was finalized in February 2017. NBC bought a 25% share of Euronews.

In May 2017, Euronews changed how it broadcast. Instead of one TV channel with 13 different language sounds, it created 10 separate TV channels. It also launched 12 different websites. This was part of a "glocal" idea. This means that each language version could offer its own mix of local and global news. Because of this, the Arabic and Persian TV services stopped. They are now only available on social media and the Euronews website. The Ukrainian service was closed because the Ukrainian government stopped funding it.

In 2018, the English Euronews channel started having live news shows with presenters. Later, other Euronews language channels also began to have their own presented evening news shows.

In April 2020, NBC decided to leave Euronews. They sold their share to Media Globe Networks. Now, Media Globe Networks owns 88% of Euronews.

Images for kids

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  Good Morning Europe anchor Belle Donati

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  Euronews headquarters in Lyon

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  Identifying graphic used with logo below

See also

In Spanish: Euronews para niños