EPP-ED TV

The European Parliament has been struggling to launch its Web TV service, which has been delayed by legal challenges over the tendering process and awarding of contracts. But the centre-right European People's Party-European Democrats (EPP-ED) group has beaten the Parliament to it. EPP-ED TV has been showing video news releases on the internet and YouTube since September. Mind you, the EPP-ED version cuts a few corners. The Parliament's Web TV will be available in 23 official languages, whereas EPP-ED TV is made available only in English. This has not gone down well with the German MEPs and must be slightly baffling for Joseph Daul, the Frenchman who leads the EPP-ED group.