Geneva, 11 March 2010 –The Vancouver 2010 Paralympics (March 12 to March 21) will receive record broadcast coverage.

The EBU* Members of 17 European countries** will ensure that the performances of the athletes will be widely broadcast with over 150 hours of coverage. Forty two hours of competition will be available live to European viewers.

In addition the extremely successful Vancouver Live broadband platform  www.eurovisionsports.tv will also deliver all broadcast Paralympic competitions live to all EBU territories***.

The EBU and its public service free to air Members have always been a proud broadcast partner of the Paralympics Federation and the athletes. We are pleased to offer European viewers comprehensive coverage of these inspiring human performances.

*The EBU serves 125 national media organizations from 56 countries in and around Europe. It represents its Members and promotes the values and distinctiveness of public service media in Europe and around the world. The Eurovision and Euroradio networks deliver news, sports, events and music to EBU Members and other media organizations. Services to Members range from legal advice, technical standardization and development to co-production and exchange of quality European content.

** Austria; Belarus; Czech Republic; Finland; France; Germany; Italy; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom.

***Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark , Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vatican.

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