EuroparlTV

Screenshot Main page in English as of 17 September 2008
Type of site	Online broadcasting of the European Parliament's activities
URL	www.europarltv.europa.eu
Commercial	No

EuroparlTV is the official online platform for webcasting from the European Parliament. The service includes streaming of live and archived programming from parliamentary sessions and committee meetings. Subtitles and voice-overs in the 23 official languages of the European Union (EU) are available for most of the content. It was launched 17 September 2008. A broadcasting and communications company based in the United Kingdom, Twofour, developed the channel, which is funded via the Parliament's budget.

Format

The content of EuroparlTV is divided into four 'channels';

• Your Parliament
• Your Voice
• Young Europe
• Parliament Live

History

The European Parliament decided to use external resources to create the service. It organised an external tender to identify two companies, one to set up the web platform and organise the hosting of the service, the other to create material.

The parliament signed contracts in December 2006 and July 2007 with, respectively, Twofour, a UK-based company for the platform, and Mostra, a Brussels-based company for the content.

A prototype of EuroparlTV was unveiled in November 2007.^[1]