EBU wins TV rights for Euro 2012European football's governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. announced Wednesday it has reached an exclusive agreement for broadcasting rights of Euro 2012 matches with the European Broadcasting Union “EBU” redirects here. For other uses, see EBU (disambiguation). The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision ("UER") (EBU EBU European Broadcasting Union EBU English Bridge Union EBU Enterprise Backup Utility (Oracle 7) EBU European Boxing Union EBU European Board of Urology EBU Electronic Business Unit EBU Equivalent Billing Unit EBU Engine Build Unit ). This deal covers 29 of 36 UEFA member nations for the tournament being co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland. "UEFA is delighted to have reached such a significant agreement with the EBU," said UEFA General Secretary David Taylor David Taylor or Dave Taylor can be one of several persons: Sports people
"We are looking forward to working together to offer football fans across Europe an extensive coverage of the competition already during the qualifying phase of the tournament." The agreement will allow spectators in 29 countries to follow Euro 2012 matches on public channels - notably in Russia, Serbia and Turkey. In these countries a minimum of 27 of 31 matches will be broadcast live on non-paying television channels. A tender for broadcast rights is currently underway in seven other countries, including Portugal and Hungary. France, Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy are not part of this agreement. 
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