The EBU and RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster will be holding the The Voice of Public Service Media meeting in Lisbon next week.

The meeting is scheduled to be held at  Hotel VIP Grand Lisboa in Lisbon on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 November. The meeting will kick off on Thursday at 13:00 local time on Thursday and conclude on Friday at lunchtime.

The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest preparations will be discussed during the meeting. RTP will shed more light on its Eurovision 2018 preparations.

The meeting’s agenda will include:

  • An insight into RTP’s preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
  • An update on the PSM marketing campaign which launches in early November this year
  • A showcase session with many interesting case studies from Members
  • An introduction to the upcoming European Sports Championships, a new exciting multi-sport event championed by public service media

RTP is the 2018 Eurovision host broadcaster and will be organizing the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the EBU.

The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 8, 10 and 12 May at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.