Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
Formation1 July 1964; 59 years ago (1964-07-01)
TypeUnion of broadcasting organisations
Headquarters2nd Floor, IPPTAR Building, Angkasapuri, 50614 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Membership
  • 287 members
  • (from 57 countries and regions)
Official language
English
President
Mehmet Zahid Sobacı
Websitewww.abu.org.my

The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU or APBU), formed in 1964, is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has over 287 members in 57 countries and regions, reaching a potential audience of about 3 billion people. The ABU's role is to help the development of broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific region and to promote the collective interests of its members. The ABU covers an area stretching from Turkey in the west to Samoa in the east, and from Mongolia in the north to New Zealand in the south. Its secretariat is located in Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, its secretary-general, currently Dr Javad Mottaghi.

One of the ABU's activities is Asiavision, a daily exchange of news feeds by satellite among television stations in 20 countries in Asia. The ABU also negotiates coverage rights to major sports events for its members collectively, and carries out a wide range of activities in the programme and technical areas. The ABU provides a forum for promoting the collective interests of television and radio broadcasters, and encourages regional and international co-operation between broadcasters.

Full members must be national free-to-air broadcasters in the Asia-Pacific region, but there is an associate membership category that is open to provincial broadcasters, subscription broadcasters and national broadcasters in other parts of the world, and an affiliate category that is open to organisations connected to broadcasting.

Overview

ABU former President Cho Dae-hyun

The ABU's activities include:

  • a daily satellite TV news exchange (Asiavision)
  • co-production and exchange of programmes
  • negotiating rights for major sports events and organising coverage
  • technical, programming and management consultancy services
  • advising members on copyright and legal matters
  • rights-free content acquisition for developing countries
  • representing members in international forums
  • international frequency planning and coordination
  • organising seminars, workshops and training courses
  • annual competition for radio and television programmes (ABU Prizes)
  • a robot competition for engineering students (Robocon)
  • publication of ABU News and Technical Review
  • started 2012: ABU TV and Radio Song Festivals[better source needed]
Journalists from ABU member organisations

The ABU works closely with the regional broadcasting. in other parts of the world on matters of common concern, and with many other international organisations, to exchange information on the latest developments in broadcasting, undertake activities to improve the skills and technologies of its members, and encourage harmonisation of operating and technical broadcasting standards and systems in the region. The ABU is funded primarily by annual subscriptions from members. The Union has an elected President and three Vice-Presidents, who serve three-year terms. The current President is Yoshinori Imai of NHK-Japan.

The ABU Secretariat is located in Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It has over 30 staff, of whom 12 are broadcast professionals recruited from among the ABU members within the region. The head of the Secretariat is the Secretary-General, who is appointed by the General Assembly. The current Secretary-General is Dr. Javad Mottaghi. The Asia-Pacific region is defined in the ABU statutes as countries within areas of Asia and the Pacific that lie substantially between the longitudes of 30 degrees east and 170 degrees west. On the map, this region stretches from Turkey in the west, to Samoa in the east, and from Russia in the north, to New Zealand in the south. All of the ABU's full members operate in this region.

Most of the ABU's associate members are European and North American broadcasters, many of whom have operations in Asia, and pay-TV and cable operators in the Asia-Pacific. Its affiliate members include satellite providers, telcos, production companies, equipment vendors and regulators. The ABU is the third largest of the world's eight broadcasting unions, but covers the largest geographic area of the world.

Membership

A number of different membership types are available to national broadcasters and national broadcasting organisations. These include full, additional full, associate, affiliate and institutional memberships.

Full members

Countries with Full ABU Membership.
  • Below is a list of full members of the ABU. These are members who are independent nations within the ABU broadcasting region, and consist of two members per country. Broadcasters have the option to change between full and additional full membership.
Country Broadcasting organisation National script Abbr.
 Afghanistan Radio Television Afghanistan
  • رادیو تلویزیون ملی افغانستان (Dari)
  • د افغانستان ملي راډيو تلويزون (Pashto)
RTA
 Australia Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC
 Azerbaijan İctimai Television İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti İTV
 Bangladesh Bangladesh Betar বাংলাদেশ বেতার BB
Bangladesh Television বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন BTV
 Bhutan Bhutan Broadcasting Service འབྲུག་རྒྱང་བསྒྲགས་ལས་འཛིན BBS
 Brunei Radio Television Brunei Radio Television Brunei
Radio Televisyen Brunei (Malay)
RTB
 Cambodia National Television of Cambodia ទូរទស្សន៍ជាតិកម្ពុជា TVK
 China China Media Group 中央广播电视总台 CMG
National Radio and Television Administration 国家广播电视总局 NRTA
 Egypt Egyptian Radio and Television Union إتحاد الإذاعة و التليفزيون المصري ERTU
 Fiji Fiji Television Fiji Television FTV
 India All India Radio आकाशवाणी AIR
Doordarshan दूरदर्शन DD
 Indonesia Radio of the Republic of Indonesia Radio Republik Indonesia RRI
Television of the Republic of Indonesia Televisi Republik Indonesia TVRI
 Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران IRIB
 Japan NHK/Japan Broadcasting Corporation 日本放送協会 NHK
Tokyo Broadcasting System 東京放送 TBS
 Jordan Jordan Radio and Television Corporation مؤسسة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الأردني JRTV
 Kazakhstan Khabar Agency
  • Хабар Агенттігі (Kazakh)
  • Агентство Хабар (Russian)
KA
 Kiribati Broadcasting and Publications Authority Broadcasting and Publications Authority BPA
 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Public Radio and Television Corporation Кыргыз Республикасынын Коомдук телерадиоберүү корпорациясы (Kyrgyz)
Общественная телерадиовещательная корпорация Кыргызской Республики (Russian)
KTRK
 Laos Lao National Radio ວິທະຍຸກະຈາຍສຽງແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ LNR
Lao National Television ສະຖານີໂທລະພາບແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ LNTV
 Malaysia Radio & Television of Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia RTM
 Maldives Public Service Media ޕަބްލިކް ސަރވިސް މީޑިއާ PSM
 Mongolia Mongolian National Broadcaster Монголын Үндэсний Олон Нийтийн Телевиз MNB
TV5 TV5 Телевиз TV5
 Myanmar Myanmar Radio and Television မြန်မာ့အသံနှင့်ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား MRTV
   Nepal Nepal Television नेपाल टेलिभिजन NTV
Radio Nepal रेडियो नेपाल RNE
 North Korea The Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 조선중앙방송위원회 KRT
 New Zealand Television New Zealand Television New Zealand
Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa (Māori)
TVNZ
 Pakistan Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation ہیئت پاکستان برائے قومی نشریات PBC
Pakistan Television پاكِستان ٹیلی وژن نیٹ ورک PTV
 Papua New Guinea Media Niugini Limited MNL
National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea NBC/PNG
 Philippines People's Television Network People's Television Network
Telebisyon ng Bayan (Filipino)
PTNI/PTV
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation IBC
 Qatar Qatar Media Corporation المؤسسة القطرية للإعلام QMC
 Samoa Samoa Broadcasting Corporation Samoa Broadcasting Corporation SBC
 Saudi Arabia Saudi Broadcasting Authority هيئة الإذاعة والتلفزيون السعودية SBA
 Singapore Media Corporation of Singapore Media Corporation of Singapore Private Limited
新加坡传媒私人有限公司 (Chinese)
Perbadanan Media Singapura Sendirian Berhad (Malay)
சிங்கப்பூர் ஊடகம் கூட்டுத்தாபனம் (Tamil)
Mediacorp
 South Korea Korean Broadcasting System 한국방송공사 KBS
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation 문화방송주식회사 MBC
 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාච (Sinhala)
இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் கூட்டுத்தாபனம் (Tamil)
SLBC
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation ශ්‍රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව (Sinhala)
இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம் (Tamil)
SLRC
 Thailand National Broadcasting Services of Thailand สถานีวิทยุกระจายเสียงแห่งประเทศไทย กรมประชาสัมพันธ์
สถานีวิทยุโทรทัศน์แห่งประเทศไทย กรมประชาสัมพันธ์
NBT
Television Pool of Thailand โทรทัศน์รวมการเฉพาะกิจแห่งประเทศไทย TPT
 East Timor Radio-Television of East Timor Radio-Televisão Timor Leste (Portuguese)
Radio-Televizaun Timor Lorosae (Tetum)
RTTL
 Tonga Tonga Broadcasting Commission Tonga Broadcasting Commission
Komisoni Fakamafolalea Tonga (Tongan)
TBC
 Turkey Turkish Radio and Television Corporation Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu TRT
 Turkmenistan State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Programs and Cinematography Türkmenistanyň Telewideniýe, radiogepleşikler we kinematografiýa baradaky döwlet komiteti TTV
 Uzbekistan National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan O'zbekiston milliy teleradiokompaniyasi MTRK
 Vanuatu Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation
Société de Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Vanuatu (French)
VBTC
 Vietnam Voice of Vietnam Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam VOV
Vietnam Television Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam VTV

Additional full members

Countries with Additional Full ABU Membership.
  • Below is a list of additional full members of the ABU. These are members who already have 2 full member organisations, and for countries in non-independent area.
Country Broadcasting organisation National script Abbr.
 Afghanistan Ariana Radio and Television Network آريانا تلويزيون ATN
Educational Radio & Television رادیو و تلویزیون آموزشی ERTV
Noorin Radio Television Network تلویزیون نورین NRTN
Saba Media Organisation تلویزیون سبا SMO
 Australia Special Broadcasting Service Special Broadcasting Service SBS
 Bangladesh Asian TV এশিয়ান টিভি
Radio Broadcasting FM (Bangladesh) Company Limited Radio Broadcasting FM (Bangladesh) Co. Ltd. Radio Today
South Asian Television SATV
 Bhutan Centennial Radio CR101
Kuzoo FM KFM
 China Shandong Radio and Television Station SDRT
Shanghai Media Group 上海文化广播影视集团有限公司 SMG
Sichuan Radio and Television 四川广播电视台 SRT
 Fiji Fijian Broadcasting Corporation FBC
 Hong Kong Radio Television Hong Kong 香港電台 RTHK
Television Broadcasts Limited 電視廣播有限公司 TVB
 India New Delhi Television NDTV
 Indonesia Metro TV
 Jordan Sawt Al Madina Radio SMR
 Kazakhstan Republican Television and Radio Corporation RTRC
 Kiribati Adventist Hope Radio
WAVE TV
 Kyrgyzstan New Broadcasting System NBS
 Laos Television Lao Limited TVLAO
 Lebanon Radio Liban اذاعة لبنان RL
 Macau Macau Television Broadcasting 澳門廣播電視股份有限公司
Teledifusão de Macau (Portuguese)
TDM
 Malaysia Media Prima Berhad MPB
 Maldives VMedia Island Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd VMedia
 Marshall Islands Radio Marshalls V7AB
 Mongolia Ekoron TV
HBS TV LLC Company
MONGOLRadio FM 88.3-102.1
MN25 Television 25-р Суваг Телевиз MN25
Mongolian National Educational Channel Боловсрол Суваг EduTV
Mongolian Radio and Television Broadcasting Network Монголын Үндэсний Олон Нийтийн Телевиз MRTBN
Must Technology
TV9 Television TV9 Телевиз TV9
SULD Television, Noyon Suld Co Ltd
United Broadcasting Corporation LLC Юнайтед Бродкастинг Корпорэйшн ХХК Star TV
 Myanmar DVB Multimedia Group ဒီမိုကရေတစ်မြန်မာ့အသံ DVB
 Nauru Nauru Media NM
   Nepal Kantipur Television Network KTV
Radio Sagarmatha
 New Zealand Radio Tarana
Television New Zealand Limited TVNZ
 Norfolk Island Norfolk Island Broadcasting Service Norfolk Island Broadcasting Service VL2NI
 Pakistan Hum Network Limited HUM TV
Shalimar Recording & Broadcasting Company ATV/SRBC
Virtual University TV VTV
 Palestine Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation PBC
 Philippines Alto Broadcasting System-Chronicle Broadcasting Network ABS-CBN
Philippine Broadcasting Service Philippine Broadcasting Service

Paglilingkod Panghimpapawid ng Pilipinas (Filipino)

PBS
 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation SIBC
Telekom Television TTV
 South Korea Educational Broadcasting System 한국교육방송공사 EBS
Seoul Broadcasting System 주식회사에스비에스 SBS
 Sri Lanka Asset Radio Broadcasting සී/ස ඇසෙට් රේඩියෝ බ්‍රොඩ්කාස්ටිං (පෞද්ගලික) සමාගම Neth FM
EAP Holdings ඊ.ඒ.පී බ්‍රොඩ්කාස්ටිං සමාගම EAP
Independent Television Network Limited සී/ස ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනී සේවය ITN
MBC Networks සී/ස එම්.බී.සී. නෙට්වර්ක්ස් (පෞද්ගලික) සමාගම MBC
MTV Channel සී/ස එම්.ටී.වී. චැනල් (පෞද්ගලික) සමාගම MTV
Power House සී/ස පවර් හවුස් සමාගම TV Derana
VIS Broadcasting සී/ස වී.අයි.එස්. බ්‍රොඩ්කාස්ටිං (පෞද්ගලික) සමාගම. VIS
 Thailand Thai Public Broadcasting Service องค์การกระจายเสียงและแพร่ภาพสาธารณะแห่งประเทศไทย Thai PBS
The National Assembly Radio and Television Broadcasting Station สถานีวิทยุกระจายเสียงและวิทยุโทรทัศน์รัฐสภา สำนักงานเลขาธิการสภาผู้แทนราษฎร TPChannel
 Tuvalu Tuvalu Broadcasting Corporation
 Vietnam Audio Visual Global Joint Stock Company Công Ty Cổ Phần Nghe Nhìn Toàn Cầu AVG

Associate members

Countries with Associate ABU Membership.
  • Below is a list of associate members of the ABU. These are international broadcasters beyond the ABU region, and national broadcasting associations.
Country Broadcasting organisation National script Abbr.
 Albania Albanian Radio-Television Albanian Radio Television RTSH
 Australia Commercial Radio Australia Limited Commercial Radio Australia Limited CRA
 Belarus National State TV and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus Нацыянальная дзяржаўная тэлерадыёкампанія Рэспублікі Беларусь BTRC
 Brunei KRISTAL Astro KRISTAL Astro Sdn Bhd KASB
 Fiji Walesi Limited Walesi Limited Walesi Ltd
 France France Médias Monde France Médias Monde FMM
 Germany German National Broadcasting Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen
Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
ARD
Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle DW
Second German Television Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen ZDF
 Hong Kong CNN International CNN International CNNI
Phoenix Television 鳳凰衛視控股有限公司 Phoenix TV
Dim Sum Television 點心衛視 Dim Sum TV
 Hungary Media Support and Asset Management Fund Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap MTVA
 Italy RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana Radiotelevisione Italiana Spa Rai
 Japan National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan 日本民間放送連盟 JBA
 Malaysia ASTRO All Asia Networks plc ASTRO Malaysia Holdings Berhad AMHB
 Mauritius Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation MBC
Radio Plus Limited Radio Plus Ltd
 Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia Broadcasting Association FSMBA
 Mongolia Eagle Broadcasting Company Ийгл Телевиз EBC
Supervision Broadcasting Network Television SBN Телевиз SBN
   Nepal Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal सामुदायिक रेडियो प्रसारक संघ नेपाल ACORAB
Broadcast Association of Nepal नेपाल प्रसारण संघ BAN
Radio Tulsipur रेडियो तुलसीपुर
 Nigeria Voice of Nigeria Voice of Nigeria VON
 Papua New Guinea Click Pacific Limited Click Pacific Limited Click TV
 Philippines Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas KBP
 Romania Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune ROR
 Russia Alternative Irkutsk Studio of TV AIST
Channel One Russia 1tv
Federal State Budget Institution Russian State Radio Broadcasting Company The Voice of Russia
RT RT Channel RT
Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company RTR
 Singapore MediaCorp TV MediaCorp Pte Ltd MediaCorp TV
 South Korea Busan English Broadcasting Foundation 부산영어방송재단 BEBF
Korea Business News CO. LTD (주)한국비즈니스뉴스 KBN
K-Force Radio Station 케이포스 라디오 방송국 KFRS
K-Force Television Station 케이포스 텔레비전 방송국 KFTS
 Sudan Sudan National Public Radio Corporation Sudan National Public Radio Corporation Sudan Radio
 Thailand Global One Belt One Road Television โทรทัศน์ Global One Belt One Road GOBA TV
 United Kingdom British Broadcasting Corporation British Broadcasting Corporation BBC
 USA Trans World Radio Trans World Radio TWR
Voice of America Voice of America VOA

Institutional members

Countries with ABU Institutional Membership.
Country Broadcasting organisation National script Abbr.
 Germany PRIX JEUNESSE International
 Hong Kong Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia Asia Video Industry Association CASBAA
  Switzerland Digital Radio Mondiale Digital Radio Mondiale DRM
 United Kingdom Association for International Broadcasting The Association for International Broadcasting AIB
International News Safety Institute International News Safety Institute INSI
 USA International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences IATAS
United Nations Department of Public Information United Nations Department of Public Information UN-DPI

Affiliated members

Countries with Affiliated ABU Membership.
Country Broadcasting organisation National script Abbr.
 Australia Australian Film Television and Radio School Australian Film Television and Radio School AFTRS
Radio Frequency Systems Radio Frequency Systems RFS
Xtra Insights Xtra Insights
 Bangladesh Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication BNNRC
National Institute of Mass Communication NIMC
Pathshala South Asian Media Institute Pathshala South Asian Media Institute PSAMI
 Cambodia Agence Kampuchea Press AKP
 Canada Videoship Enterprises Limited Videoship Enterprises Limited VEL
 China ADINNO, Inc ADINNO
Communication University of China 中国传媒大学 CUC
Research and Training Institute of NRTA China RTI of NRTA China
 Fiji Pacific Islands News Association PINA
 France Enensys Technologies Enensys Technologies ET
 Germany Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits Fraunhofer IIS
Guntermann & Drunck GmbH G&D
LS telcom AG Lstelcom
ORBAN Europe GmbH ORBAN
 Hong Kong APT Satellite Holdings APT Satellite Company Limited APT
AsiaSat Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited AsiaSat
Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd. Sony Corporation of Hong Kong (Previously called Professional Solutions Asia Pacific Company) Sony
Younger Culture Younger Culture C. Ltd YCHK
 India Apalya Technologies Apalya Technologies Apalya
Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited BECIL
Canara Lighting Industries Canara Lighting Industries PVT. LTD. Canara
 Indonesia Infotech Solutions Infotech Solutions Infotech
Malang Engineering College Sekolah Tinggi Teknik Malang STTM
REKAM Indonesia REKAM Indonesia REKAM
 Iran Iran Broadcasting University IRIB University IRIB
Soroush Multimedia Corporation SMC
 Japan Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation 放送衛星システム株式会社 B-SAT
Ikegami Tsushinki 池上通信機株式会社 Ikegami
Japan International Broadcasting Inc. 日本国際放送株式会社 JIB
Japan Media Communication Center 日本メディアコミュニケーションセンター JAMCO
NHK Engineering Systems NHK NES
NHK Enterprise NEP
NHK Global Media Services NHK G-Media
NHK Integrated Technology NHK ITEC
NHK International NHK International, Inc NHK Int.
TI ComNet International Visual Works TI ComNet
 Jordan SpaceTech TV Engineering SpaceTech TV Engineering SpaceTech TV
 Kazakhstan Kazmedia Ortalygy Management Company “Kazmedia Ortalygy” LLP KMO
 Malaysia Al Jazeera International Aljazeera International (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd CELCOM
Celcom Celcom Axiata Berhad' CELCOM
Happy Campers Productions Happy Campers Productions SDN BHD
MEASAT Satellite Systems MEASAT Satellite Systems MEASAT
MYTV Broadcasting MYTV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd MYTV
Shekhinah PR Shekhinah PR Sdn. Bhd SPR
Spacelabs Technology Spacelabs Technology Sdn Bhd Spacelabs
WSL MSC WSL MSC Sdn Bhd
 Maldives Maldives Broadcasting Commission MBC
 Mauritius Multi Carrier Multi Carrier (Mauritius) Limited MCML
   Nepal Karnali Integrated Rural Development And Research Centre कर्णाली एकीकृत ग्रामीण विकास तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्र KIRDARC
 Norway Nevion Nevion (formerly known as T-VIPS)
 Pakistan Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority PEMRA
 Palestine Media Development Center / Birzeit University مركز تطوير الإعلام / جامعة بيرزيت MDC / BU
 Papua New Guinea National Information & Communications Technology Authority NICTA
 Philippines Courseline Media International Training Services CMITS
 Singapore Bang Singapore Pte Ltd BSPL
Bangladesh Broadcast Systems Bangladesh Broadcast Systems BBS
KIT Digital Benchmark Broadcast Systems (S) Pte. Ltd. BSS
Dolby Laboratories Inc. Dolby Laboratories Inc. Dolby
Elevate Broadcast Systems EB
Encompass Digital Media Encompass Digital Media (Asia) Pte Ltd EDM
Eutelsat Asia EA
EEVA Productions EEVA
Globecast Asia Globecast Asia Pte Ltd GCA
Infocomm Media Development Authority 资讯通信媒体发展局 IMDA
MediaGenix
NewTec Asia Pacific Pte Ltd NewTec
Panasonic Systems Asia Pacific Panasonic
Sport Singapore SPORTSG
Telesto Broadcast Solutions Telesto Broadcast Solutions Pte Ltd TBSPL
Telstra Singapore Pte Ltd Telstra Global
Thinking Tub Media Pte Ltd TTM
Whiteways Systems Pte Ltd WW
  Switzerland Digital Video Broadcasting DVB
Università Svizzera Italiana Università Svizzera Italiana USI
 Thailand Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission สำนักงานคณะกรรมการกิจการกระจายเสียง กิจการโทรทัศน์ และกิจการโทรคมนาคมแห่งชาติ NBTC
 Turkey Radio and Television Broadcasting Professional Association Radyo Televizyon Yayınları Meslek Birliği RATEM
 United Kingdom Encompass Digital Media Services Limited Encompass
International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers IABM
New Media Networks NMN
The Insigths People TIP
 USA iBiquity Digital Corporation iBDC
 Uzbekistan National Association of Electronical Mass Media Elektron ommaviy axborot vositalari milliy assotsiatsiyasi NAEMM

Other activities

Emergency Warning Broadcasting System (EWBS) for the Asia-Pacific region

EWBS development work has focused on identifying a suitable country code methodology. This system of codes has now been standardised by ITU-R. The General Assembly in Beijing endorsed the work carried out by the TC and issued an ABU Declaration calling all members to encourage their respective governments to implement an EWBS system.[citation needed]

ABU Engineering Excellence Awards

Veronica Pedrosa of Al Jazeera addressing an ABU conference

ABU Engineering Industry Excellence Award and ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award are presented annually to broadcast personalities who have made significant contributions respectively to their organisations and to the industry as a whole. They are selected from nominations made by ABU members and followed by an evaluation process by a panel of judges. The Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award is being sponsored by Broadcast and Professional Pacific Asia Company (BPPA). The award includes a study tour of Sony research facilities.[citation needed]

Publications

The ABU publishes the ABU News magazine while the Technical Department publishes the Technical Review. Both publications are published quarterly. They are sent free to members and non-affiliates and published in print version, downloadable in PDF format through the ABU's Publications area of the ABU's website and on ABU's app on Android. The ABU also publishes books related to broadcasting which is available in print.

Inter-union activities

The World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) brings together eight unions including the ABU. The WBU has a number of specialised forums, including the International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG) and the Technical Committee (WBU-TC). The ABU is an active member of both.

See also


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