Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

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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
• ABU Popular Song Contest (1985-1987)
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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.{{cite web|title=ABU Members|url=https://www.abu.org.my/abu-members-2/|publisher=Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union|access-date=20 April 2020}}

• 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.

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• 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.

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

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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|date=March 2014}}

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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|date=March 2014}}

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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• ABU Song Festivals
• African Union of Broadcasting
• Arab States Broadcasting Union
• Asia-Pacific Robot Contest
• Association for International Broadcasting
• Caribbean Broadcasting Union
• Caribbean News Agency
• Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
• Commonwealth Press Union
• European Broadcasting Union
• International Telecommunication Union
• National Association of Broadcasters
• North American Broadcasters Association
• Organización de Telecomunicaciones de Iberoamérica
• Smart Alliance
• World Radio Network

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