Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

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^{[2][better source needed][3]}

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.

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.^[4]

• 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.^[4]

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

• 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.^[4]

Country	Broadcasting organisation	National script	Abbr.
Afghanistan	Ariana Radio and Television Network	آريانا تلويزيون	ATN
	Educational Radio and Television	رادیو و تلویزیون آموزشی	ERTV
	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
	Radio Naf	—
Bhutan	Centennial Radio 101FM	—	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
Indonesia	PT. Media Televisi Indonesia	—	Metro TV
Kazakhstan	Republican Television and Radio Corporation	—	RTRC
Kiribati	Kiribati Hope Radio	—	Island Hope
	WAVE TV	—
Kyrgyzstan	New Broadcasting System	—	NTS
Lebanon	Radio Liban	اذاعة لبنان	RL[5]
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
	Sarawak Media Group Sdn Bhd	—	SMG
Maldives	VMedia Island Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd	—	VMedia
Marshall Islands	Radio Marshalls V7AB	—
Mongolia	Ekh Oron National TV	—
	HBS TV LLC Company	—	NWTV
	MONGOLRadio FM 88.3-102.1	—	MGLRADIO
	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
	TV9 Television	TV9 Телевиз	TV9
	SULD Television, Noyon Suld Co Ltd	—	SULD TV
	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	—
North Korea	The Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	조선민주주의인민공화국 라디오텔레비전방송위원회	KRT
Pakistan	Hum Network Limited	—	HUM TV
	Shalimar Television Network	—	A-TV/SRBC
	Virtual University TV	—	VTV
Palestine	Palestine Public Broadcasting Commission	هيئة الإذاعة العامة الفلسطينية	PBC
Philippines	Alto Broadcasting System-Chronicle Broadcasting Network	—	ABS-CBN
	Bureau of Broadcast Services – Philippine Broadcasting Service	Philippine Broadcasting Service Paglilingkod Panghimpapawid ng Pilipinas (Filipino)	PBS
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation	—	SIBC
	Telekom Television Limited	—	TTV
South Korea	Korean Educational Broadcasting System	한국교육방송공사	EBS
	Seoul Broadcasting System	주식회사에스비에스	SBS
Sri Lanka	EAP Holdings	ඊ.ඒ.පී බ්‍රොඩ්කාස්ටිං සමාගම	EAP
	Independent Television Network Limited	සී/ස ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනී සේවය	ITN
	MBC Networks (Pvt) Limited	සී/ස එම්.බී.සී. නෙට්වර්ක්ස් (පෞද්ගලික) සමාගම	MBC
	MTV Channel (Pvt) Limited	සී/ස එම්.ටී.වී. චැනල් (පෞද්ගලික) සමාගම	MTV
	Power House Ltd	සී/ස පවර් හවුස් සමාගම	TV Derana
	VIS Broadcasting (Pvt) Ltd	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	Parliament Thai
Tuvalu	Tuvalu Broadcasting Corporation		TVBC
Vietnam	Audio Visual Global Joint Stock Company	Công Ty Cổ Phần Nghe Nhìn Toàn Cầu	AVG
	Vietnam Parliament Television	Đài Truyền hình Quốc hội Việt Nam	THQHVN

• Below is a list of associate members of the ABU. These are international broadcasters beyond the ABU region, and national broadcasting associations.^[4]

Country	Broadcasting organisation	National script	Abbr.
Albania	Albanian Radio-Television	Radio Televizioni Shqiptar	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
Fiji	Walesi Limited	Walesi Limited	Walesi Ltd
France	France Media World	France Médias Monde	FMM
Germany	Working group of public broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland	ARD
	German Wave	Deutsche Welle	DW
	Second German Television	Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen	ZDF
Hong Kong	CNN International	—	CNN
	Phoenix Television	鳳凰衛視控股有限公司	Phoenix 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
Maldives	Island Communication & Entertainment Private Limited	—	ICE Network
	Sun Siyam Media	—	SS Media
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	ETV HD
	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
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	Первый канал Россия	1tv
	RT	—	RT
	Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company	Всероссийская государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания	RTR
South Korea	Busan English Broadcasting Foundation	부산영어방송재단
	Korea Business News CO. LTD	(주)한국비즈니스뉴스	KBN
	K-Force Radio Station	케이포스 라디오 방송국	KFRS
	K-Force Television Station	케이포스 텔레비전 방송국	KFTS
Saudi Arabia	General Commission for Audiovisual Media	الهيئة العامة لتنظيم الإعلام	GCAM
Sudan	Sudan National Public Radio Corporation	الهيئة الوطنية للإذاعة العامة السودانية	Sudan Radio
Thailand	Global One Belt One Road Television	โทรทัศน์ Global One Belt One Road	GOBA
United Kingdom	British Broadcasting Corporation	—	BBC
United States	Trans World Radio	—	TWR
	Voice of America	—	VOA

Country	Broadcasting organisation	National script	Abbr.
Germany	PRIX JEUNESSE International	—	Prix Jeunesse
Hong Kong	Asia Video Industry Association	—	ASIA
Switzerland	Digital Radio Mondiale	—	DRM
United Kingdom	Association for International Broadcasting	—	AIB
	International News Safety Institute	—	INSI
	WorldDAB Forum	—	WorldDAB
USA	International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences	—	IATAS
	United Nations Department of Public Information	—	UN-DPI

Country	Broadcasting organisation	National script	Abbr.
Australia	Australian Film, Television and Radio School	—	AFTRS
Bangladesh	Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication	—	BNNRC
	Bangladesh Community Radio Association	—	BCRA
	National Institute of Mass Communication	—	NIMC
	Pathshala South Asian Media Institute	—	PSAMI
Cambodia	Agence Kampuchea Press	—	AKP
Canada	Videoship Enterprises Limited	—
China	ADINNO, Inc	—	ADINNO
	Communication University of China	中国传媒大学	CUC
	Research and Training Institute of NRTA China	—	RTI
Fiji	Pacific Islands News Association	—	PINA
France	Enensys Technologies	—	ENENSYS
Germany	Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits	—	Fraunhofer IIS
	LS telcom AG	—	LS telcom
	ORBAN Europe GmbH	—	ORBAN
Hong Kong	APT Satellite Holdings Limited	—	APT
	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
India	Apalya Technologies	—	Apalya
	Broadcast Engineering Consultants India	—	BECIL
	Canara Lighting Industries PVT. LTD.	—	Canara
Indonesia	Infotech Solutions	—	Infotech
	REKAM Indonesia	—	REKAM
Iran	IRIB University	دانشگاه صدا و سیما	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 Enterprises, Inc.	—
	NHK Foundation	—
	NHK Global Media Services, Inc.	—
	NHK Technologies, Inc.	—
	TI ComNet International Visual Works	—	TI ComNet Japan
Jordan	SpaceTech TV Engineering	—
Malaysia	Aljazeera International (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd	—
	Celcom (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd	Celcom Axiata Berhad	CELCOM
	Happy Campers Productions SDN BHD	—
	MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd	—	MEASAT
	MYTV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd	—	MYTV
	Shekhinah PR Sdn. Bhd	—	SPR
	Spacelabs Technology Sdn Bhd	—	Spacelabs
	WSL MSC Sdn Bhd	—
Maldives	Maldives Broadcasting Commission	—	MBC
Mauritius	Multi Carrier (Mauritius) Limited	—	MCML
Nepal	Karnali Integrated Rural Development And Research Centre	कर्णाली एकीकृत ग्रामीण विकास तथा अनुसन्धान केन्द्र	KIRDARC
Norway	Nevion AS	—	Nevion
Pakistan	Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority	مقتدرہِ ضابطہِ برقی ذرائع ابلاغ پاکستان	PEMRA
Palestine	Media Development Center / Birzeit University	مركز تطوير الإعلام / جامعة بيرزيت	MDC / BU
Papua New Guinea	National Information & Communications Technology Authority	—	NICTA
Singapore	Bangladesh Broadcast Systems	—	BBS
	Benchmark Broadcast Systems (S) Pte Ltd	—
	Dolby Laboratories Inc.	—
	Elevate Broadcast Systems	—	EB
	Encompass Digital Media (Asia) Pte Ltd	—
	Eutelsat S.A.	—
	EEVA Productions	—
	Globecast Asia	Globecast Asia Pte Ltd	GCA
	Infocomm Media Development Authority	资讯通信媒体发展局	IMDA
	MediaGenix	—
	ST Engineering iDirect	—
	Sport Singapore	—	SPORTSG
	Telstra Singapore Pte Ltd	—	Telstra Global
	Thinking Tub Media Pte Ltd	—	TTM
	Whiteways Systems Pte Ltd	—	WW
Switzerland	Digital Video Broadcasting	—	DVB
	Swiss Italian University	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
	Pebble Beach Systems Limited	—
	The Insigths People	—	TIP
United States	iBiquity Digital Corporation	—	XPERI
Uzbekistan	National Association of Electronical Mass Media	Elektron ommaviy axborot vositalari milliy assotsiatsiyasi	NAEMM

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 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]}

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.

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.

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