The European Broadcasting Union signed a four-year distribution agreement with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under which it acquired TV and radio broadcast rights for a package of three classical concerts per year.

The first concert to be broadcast is the internationally popular New Year’s Day Concert from the Musikverein concert hall, Vienna. It is TV’s most watched annual classical music concert.

The second concert in the VPO package is the annual Summer Night Concert in the gardens of Schönbrunn Castle: a fantastic live performance in front of hundreds of thousands of people sitting in one of Vienna's most beautiful parks. The New Year’s Concert and the Summer Night Concert are produced by Austrian public broadcaster ORF.

The third element in the package is a special concert relayed from different international locations each year (2009: Shanghai; 2010: Ljubljana; 2011: Madrid) hosted by various national public service TV broadcasters. 

44 EBU Members have the opportunity to broadcast the concert including: Albania (RTSH), Andorra (RTVA), Azerbaijan (ITV), Belarus (BTRC), Belgium (RTBF & VRT), Bosnia Herzegovina (BHRT), Bulgaria (BNT), Croatia (HRT), Cyprus (CYBC), Czech Republic (CT), Denmark (DR), Egypt (ERTU), Estonia (ERR), Finland (YLE), France (FR2), Georgia (GTVR), Germany (ZDF), Greece (ERT), Hungary (MTV), Iceland (RUV), Italy (RAI), Kosovo (RTK), Latvia (LTV), Lebanon (TL), Lithuania (LRT), Macedonia (MKRTV), Moldova (TRM), Montenegro (RTCG), Netherlands (NOS), Norway (NRK), Poland (TVP2), Portugal (RTP), Romania (TVR), Russia (RTR), Serbia (RTS), Slovenia (RTVSLO), Spain (RTVE), Sweden (SVT), Switzerland (SF, TSI & TSR), Turkey (TRT) and UK (BBC).