Eurovision Song Contest Format Sales

With over 50 years of worldwide fame, the Eurovision Song Contest, the world's oldest primetime Entertainment format that is still running, is gaining awareness from production and broadcasting companies in numerous non-European territories.

Since 2006, the Formats Unit of Eurovision TV has been in negotiations and has concluded option sales with various interested parties.

A license agreement is being drawn up for the Middle East and North African (MENA) territory for an Arabic version of the ESC. An American version in the USA is also on the cards, following the signing of an option agreement with an established US company. A major German company has acquired several active options, one for the African territory, another option for China and a third one for the Asian region.

Together with further promising negotiations for option agreements in South America, the Eurovision Song Contest, now boasting entries from more than 40 nations, is expanding year by year and is truly becoming a worldwide phenomenon.