The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), formed in 1964, is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has over 280 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

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) ABU Golden Kite World Song Festival (1989–1991) ABU TV and Radio Song Festivals (2012)

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 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. Radio Television Afghanistan RTA Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Ictimai İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti İCTI/İTV Bangladesh Betar বাংলাদেশ বেতার BB Bangladesh Television বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন BTV Bhutan Broadcasting Service འབྲུག་རྒྱང་བསྒྲགས་ལས་འཛིན BBS Radio Television Brunei Radio Television BruneiRadio Televisyen Brunei (Malay) RTB National Television of Cambodia TVK 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 National Media Authority الهيئة الوطنية للإعلام NMA Fiji Television Fiji Television FTV All India Radio आकाशवाणी AIR Doordarshan दूरदर्शन DD Radio of the Republic of Indonesia Radio Republik Indonesia RRI Television of the Republic of Indonesia Televisi Republik Indonesia TVRI Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting IRIB Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai 日本放送協会 NHK TBS Holdings TBSホールディングス TBS Jordan Radio and Television Corporation مؤسسة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الأردني JRTV Khabar Agency KA Broadcasting and Publications Authority Broadcasting and Publications Authority BPA Kyrgyz Public Radio and Television Corporation Кыргыз Республикасынын Коомдук телерадиоберүү корпорациясы (Kyrgyz)Общественная телерадиовещательная корпорация Кыргызской Республики (Russian) KTRK Lao National Radio ວິທະຍຸກະຈາຍສຽງແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ LNR Lao National Television ສະຖານີໂທລະພາບແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ LNTV Radio Television of Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia RTM Public Service Media ޕަބްލިކް ސަރވިސް މީޑިއާ PSM Mongolian National Broadcaster Монголын Үндэсний Олон Нийтийн Телевиз MNB TV5 TV5 Телевиз TV5 Myanmar Radio and Television MRTV Nepal Television नेपाल टेलिभिजन NTV Radio Nepal रेडियो नेपाल RNE The Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea KRT Television New Zealand Television New ZealandTe Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa (Māori) TVNZ Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation PBC Pakistan Television PTV Media Niugini Limited — MNL National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea NBC/PNG People's Television Network People's Television NetworkTelebisyon ng Bayan (Filipino) PTNI/PTVIntercontinental Broadcasting Corporation — IBC Qatar Media Corporation المؤسسة القطرية للإعلام QMC Samoa Broadcasting Corporation Samoa Broadcasting CorporationFaalapotopotoga Faasalalauga a Samoa (Samoan) SBC Saudi Broadcasting Authority هيئة الإذاعة والتلفزيون السعودية SBA 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 Korean Broadcasting System KBS Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation MBC 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 National Broadcasting Services of Thailand สถานีวิทยุกระจายเสียงแห่งประเทศไทย กรมประชาสัมพันธ์สถานีวิทยุโทรทัศน์แห่งประเทศไทย กรมประชาสัมพันธ์ NBT Television Pool of Thailand โทรทัศน์รวมการเฉพาะกิจแห่งประเทศไทย TPT Radio-Television of East Timor Radio-Televisão Timor Leste (Portuguese)Radio-Televizaun Timor Lorosae (Tetum) RTTL Tonga Broadcasting Commission Tonga Broadcasting CommissionKomisoni Fakamafolalea Tonga (Tongan) TBC Turkish Radio and Television Corporation Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu TRT State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Programs and Cinematography Türkmenistanyň Telewideniýe, radiogepleşikler we kinematografiýa baradaky döwlet komiteti TTV National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan O'zbekiston milliy teleradiokompaniyasi MTRK Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television CorporationSociété de Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Vanuatu (French) VBTC Voice of Vietnam Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam VOV Vietnam Television Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam VTV

Additional full members

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. Ariana Radio and Television Network آريانا تلويزيون ATN Educational Radio and Television رادیو و تلویزیون آموزشی ERTV Saba Media Organisation تلویزیون سبا SMO Special Broadcasting Service Special Broadcasting Service SBS Asian TV এশিয়ান টিভি Radio Broadcasting FM (Bangladesh) Company Limited Radio Broadcasting FM (Bangladesh) Co. Ltd. Radio Today Radio Naf — Centennial Radio 101FM — CR101 Kuzoo FM — KFM 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 Fijian Broadcasting Corporation — FBC Radio Television Hong Kong 香港電台 RTHK Television Broadcasts Limited 電視廣播有限公司 TVB PT. Media Televisi Indonesia — Metro TVPT. Digdaya Media NusantaraGaruda TV Republican Television and Radio Corporation — RTRC Kiribati Hope Radio — Island Hope WAVE TV — New Broadcasting System — NTS Radio Liban اذاعة لبنان RL Macau Television Broadcasting 澳門廣播電視股份有限公司Teledifusão de Macau (Portuguese) TDM Media Prima Berhad — MPB Sarawak Media Group Sdn Bhd — SMG VMedia Island Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd — VMedia Radio Marshalls V7AB — 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 DVB Multimedia Group ဒီမိုကရေတစ်မြန်မာ့အသံ DVB Nauru Media — NM Kantipur Television Network — KTV Radio Sagarmatha — The Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 조선민주주의인민공화국 라디오텔레비전방송위원회 KRT Hum Network Limited — HUM TV Shalimar Television Network — A-TV/SRBC Virtual University TV — VTV Palestine Public Broadcasting Commission هيئة الإذاعة العامة الفلسطينية PBC Alto Broadcasting System-Chronicle Broadcasting Network — ABS-CBN Bureau of Broadcast Services – Presidential Broadcasting Service Presidential Broadcasting ServicePampanguluhang Serbisyong Pambrodkast (Filipino) PBS Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation — SIBC Telekom Television Limited — TTV Korean Educational Broadcasting System EBS Seoul Broadcasting System SBS 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 Thai Public Broadcasting Service องค์การกระจายเสียงและแพร่ภาพสาธารณะแห่งประเทศไทย Thai PBS The National Assembly Radio and Television Broadcasting Station สถานีวิทยุกระจายเสียงและวิทยุโทรทัศน์รัฐสภา สำนักงานเลขาธิการสภาผู้แทนราษฎร Parliament Thai Tuvalu Broadcasting Corporation TVBC Audio Visual Global Joint Stock Company Công Ty Cổ Phần Nghe Nhìn Toàn Cầu AVG

Associate members