How Eurovision Built Europe's Broadcast Backbone

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · May 11, 2026 · 29m

Everyone knows the glitter and the voting blocs. But the real origin of Eurovision is a technical infrastructure story. In 1955, the idea of a live simultaneous broadcast across multiple European countries was audacious—television was still national, with incompatible standards and no cross-border relay. This episode traces how the European Broadcasting Union built the transmission backbone, reverse-engineered a song contest from the pipe they'd constructed, and created a cultural institution that has survived seven decades of political and technological upheaval. We explore the Sanremo Music…