On-screen logo used by the Intervision Network.

The International Radio and Television Organisation (official name in French: Organisation Internationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision or OIRT (before 1960 Organisation International de Radiodiffusion (OIR)), more often called Intervision (Russian Интервидение, Polish Interwizja, Hungarian Intervízió), was an East European network of radio and television broadcasters established in 1946 with the primary purpose of exchanging productions amongst its members. Image File history File links Intervision_identification_caption. ... Image File history File links Intervision_identification_caption. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

The members of the OIRT were Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the USSR. From 1950 onwards, its headquarters were located in Prague. Finland as a neutral country was also the member of EBU, which was the corresponding West-European organisation and used Western FM bands instead of Eastern OIRT FM bands in broadcasting. GDR redirects here. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), known in French as LUnion Européenne de Radio-Télévision (UER), and unrelated to the European Union, was formed February 12, 1950 by 23 broadcasting organizations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon...

Between 1977 and 1980 the OIRT organised four contests of the Intervision Song Contest in Sopot, Poland, in an attempt to emulate the highly successful Eurovision Song Contest. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Intervision Song Contest (ISC) was the Eastern Bloc equivalent to the Eurovision Song Contest. ... Sopot (pronounce: [sɔpɔt]; German: ; Kashubian: Sopòt) is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. ... The modern logo was introduced for the 2004 Contest to create a consistent visual identity. ...

On January 1, 1993, it merged with the European Broadcasting Union (which runs the Eurovision Network). 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Logo of the EBU/UER. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), known in French as LUnion Européenne de Radio-Télévision (UER), and unrelated to the European Union, was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organizations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the... The Eurovision Network is part of the European Broadcasting Union. ...

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