It looks like yet another European broadcaster is in financial trouble. We previously reported about Israel’s IBA planning to shut down and re-open in March 2015. Similar developments might now occur in TVR, the national broadcaster of Romania. Stelian Tanase, the Director General of TVR, told the Romanian news agency Mediafax that the broadcaster might have to close down in …

It appears that the poor result for the French in Eurovision 2014 may be kick-starting a revolution in the country! France appears to be a confirmed participating in 2015 and judging from a press release uploaded by the French national broadcaster, France Télévisions, next year’s contest looks set to be moved to France 2. The document suggests that the channel …

Two of South-eastern Europe’s absentees from the previous contest are both showing encouraging signs that they will return in 2015, despite neither broadcaster officially confirming their participation. The Bulgarian broadcaster is no major surprise as the case was always participation in the event of a lenient budget, but BNT has recently begun updating it’s own Eurovision page, eurovision.bnt.bg, suggesting that …

The Georgian public broadcaster has announced that the Caucasian artist or band will be internally chosen. Despite the candidate to wave the Georgian flag is unknown, GPB confirmed that it will be chosen on September. Could any Eurovision voice go back to the contest ? could even a former Junior Eurovision performer have the honor to sing for Georgia in the senior category ? …

Latvian broadcaster LTV has allegedly confirmed to esctoday.com that it is likely to be taking part next year in Vienna, in spite of the fact Latvia has not made an appearance in the Eurovision final since Pirates of the Sea in 2008. Of course, official confirmation from the broadcaster still awaits and it is not yet certain how a Latvian …

The Dutch rumour mill claims their 2015 entrant has already been chosen. According to several newspapers that refer to insider sources, the singer Alain Clark will represent the Netherlands in Vienna next year. Apparently the Dutch singer wants to focus on an international career (he just signed a contract with an American record label) which means entering Eurovision would be …

The Slovak public broadcaster has unsurprisingly confirmed to the country’s OGAE fan club today that Slovakia will not be present at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, despite the fact the Austrian capital will bring the contest merely 100km away. When prompted for a statement the RTVS’s management didn’t hold back; Our attitude towards Eurovision Song Contest remains unchanged. We …

It seems that the Irish broadcaster RTÉ has had enough of the Late Late Show’s Eurosong selection and has scrapped it altogether for 2015, according to Irish website Goss.ie (or perhaps it was Linda Martin’s 2014 tirade?) The site reports that former Westlife star Nicky Byrne is being lined up to host a newly returned version of popular show The …

You may remember back in May that rumours of Georgia being disqualified from the contest in 2015 were abundant. As a result of their dodgy jury votes in the final of the contest in which all five jurors had the same favourite acts, considered a statistical impossibility by the EBU, the country instead used 100% televoting in the final in …

The views expressed in this editorial are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board, its readers, or any other person, entity, or organization. The preparations for 2015 are in full swing and no broadcaster seems more prepared for the challenge of 2015 than ORF of Austria. Surprising? …