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ABU Members

ABU is a member of the World Broadcasters’ Union and works closely with the other regional broadcasting unions on matters of common concern such as reserving frequencies for broadcasters, harmonisation of operating and technical broadcasting standards and systems and finalising the Broadcasting Treaty.

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Full Members

Members in independent countries in the ABU region. There may be only two Full members in any one country. (Organisations in the region may also opt for other types of membership).

Afghanistan
  • National Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA)
Australia
  • Australian Broadcating Corporation (ABC)
Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Betar (BB)
  • Bangladesh Television (BTV)
Bhutan
  • Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
Brunei Darussalam
  • Radio Television Brunei (RTB)
Cambodia
  • National Television of Cambodia (TVK)
China, People’s Republic Of
  • China Media Group (CMG)
  • Radio and Television of the People’s Republic Of China (RTPRC)
Egypt, Arab Republic Of
  • National Media Authority (NMA/ERTU)
Fiji
  • Fiji Television Limited (FIJI TV)
India
  • All India Radio / Prasar Bharati (AIR)
  • Doordarshan / Prasar Bharati (DD)
Indonesia
  • Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI)
  • LPP Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI)
Iran, Islamic Republic Of
  • Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)
Japan
  • Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
  • Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc (TBS)
Jordan
  • Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV)
Kazakhstan
  • JSC “Khabar Agency”
Kiribati
  • Broadcasting & Publications Authority (BPA)
Korea, Republic Of (South)
  • Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
  • Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
Kyrgyzstan
  • National Boardcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic (KTRK)
Laos
  • Lao National Radio (LNR)
  • Lao National Television (LNTV)
Malaysia
  • Radio Television Malaysia (RTM)
Maldives
  • Public Service Media (PSM) (formerly Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC))
Mongolia
  • Mongolian National Public Radio and Television (MNB)
  • TV5 Mongolia (TV5)
Myanmar
  • Myanma Radio and Television (MRTV)
Nepal
  • Nepal Television Corporation (NTV)
  • Radio Nepal (RNE)
Pakistan
  • Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)
  • Pakistan Television Corporation Limited (PTV)
Papua New Guinea
  • Media Niugini Limited (MNL)
  • National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea (NBC/PNG)
Philippines
  • People’s Television Network, Inc. (PTNI)
Qatar
  • Qatar Media Corporation (QMC)
Samoa
  • Samoa Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)
Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Broadcasting Authority (SBA)
Singapore, Republic Of
  • Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. (Mediacorp)
Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka Rupavahini (TV) Corporation (SLRC)
Thailand
  • National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT)
  • Television Pool of Thailand (TPT)
Tonga
  • Tonga Broadcasting Commission (TBC)
Türkiye
  • Turkish Radio Television Corporation (TRT)
Turkmenistan
  • State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Broadcasting and Cinematography (TVTM)
Uzbekistan
  • National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan (MTRK)
Vanuatu
  • Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC)
Vietnam
  • The Voice of Vietnam (VOV)
  • Vietnam Television (VTV)

Additional Full Members

Members in countries where there are already two Full members and members in non-independent areas.

Afghanistan
  • Ariana Radio & Television Network (ATN)
  • Educational Radio and Television (ERTV)
  • Saba Media Organisation (SMO)
Australia
  • Speacial Boardcasting Service (SBS)
Bangladesh
  • Asian TV
  • Radio Broadcasting FM (Bangladesh) Co., Ltd (Radio Today)
  • Radio Naf
Bhutan
  • Centennial Radio 101FM (CR101)
  • Kuzoo FM
Cambodia
  • National Radio Cambodia (RNK)
China
  • Shandong Radio and Television Station (SDRT)
  • Shanghai Media Group (SMG)
  • Sichuan Radio and Television (SRT)
Fiji
  • Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC)
Hong Kong
  • Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)
  • Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB)
Indonesia
  • PT. Media Television Indonesia (Metro TV)
Kazakhstan
  • Republican Television and Radio Corporation (RTRC)
Kiribati
  • Kiribati Hope Radio (ISLAND HOPE)
  • WAVE TV
Korea, Democratic People’s
Republic of (North)
  • The Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (KRT)
Korea, Republic of (South)
  • Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS)
  • Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)
Kyrgyz Republic
  • New Broadcasting System (NTS)
Lebanon
  • Radio Liban (RL)
Macau
  • Teledifusao de Macau, SA (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)
  • MGLRADIO NEWS FM-88.3 RADIO (MGLRADIO)
  • MN 25 Television (MN 25)
  • Mongolian National Education Channel (EduTV)
  • Mongolian Radio and Television Boardcasting Network (MRTBN)
  • TV9 Television (TV9)
  • Suld TV, Noyon Suld Co Ltd (SULD TV)
  • United Broadcasting LLC (STAR TV)
Myanmar
  • DVB Multimedia Group (DVB)
Nauru Islands
  • Nauru Media (NM)
Nepal
  • Kantipur Television Network Pvt. Ltd. (KTV)
  • Radio Sagarmatha
Pakistan
  • HUM Network Limited (HUM TV)
  • Shalimar Television Network (A-TV/SRBC)
  • Virtual University Television Network (VTV)
Palestine
  • Palestine Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)
Philippine
  • Amcara Broadcasting Network, Inc (ABS-CBN)
  • Bureau of Broadcast Services – Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Solomon Islands
  • Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC)
  • Telekom Television Limited (TTV)
Sri Lanka
  • EAP Broadcasting Company Limited (EAP)
  • Independent Television Network Limited (ITN)
  • MBC Networks (Pvt) Limited (MBC)
  • MTV Channel (Pvt) Limited (MTV)
  • Power House Ltd (TV Derana)
  • VIS Broadcasting (Pvt) Ltd (VIS)
Thailand
  • Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS)
  • The National Assembly Radio and Television Broadcasting Station (Parlrment Thai)
Tuvalu
  • Tuvalu Broadcasting Corporation (TVBC)
Vietnam
  • Audio Visual Global Joint Stock Company (AVG)
  • Vietnam Parliament Television (THQHVN)

Associate Members

Members outside the region or international broadcasters, broadcasters outside the ABU region, and national associations of broadcasting.

Albania
  • Albanian Radio Television (RTSH)
Australia
  • Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA)
  • Free TV Australia Limited
Belarus
  • National State TV & Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC)
France
  • France Medias Monde
Fiji
  • Walesi Limited
Germany
  • ARD / Deutsche Welle (ARD)
  • Deutsche Welle (DW)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Hong Kong
  • CNN International (CNN)
  • Phoenix Satellite Television Co. Ltd. (Phoenix TV)
Hungary
  • Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (Hungarian Public Service Media) (MTVA)
Italy
  • Radiotelevisione Italiana Spa (Rai)
Japan
  • The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (JBA)
Korea, Republic of (South)
  • Busan English Broadcasting Foundation
  • Korea Business News CO. LTD (KBN)
  • K-Force Network Television Station (KFTS)
  • K-Force Radio Station (KFRS)
Maldives
  • Island Communication & Entertainment Private Limited (ICE Network)
  • Sun Siyam Media (SS Media)
Mauritius, Republic Of
  • Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
  • Radio Plus Ltd
Micronesia
  • Federated States of Micronesia Broadcasting Association (FSMBA)
Mongolia
  • ETV HD Television Emerge Media LLC (ETV HD)
  • Supervision Broadcasting Network Television (SBN)
Nepal
  • Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB)
  • Broadcasting Association of Nepal (BAN)
  • Radio Tulsipur
Philippines
  • Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP)
Romania
  • Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation (ROR)
Russian
  • Alternative Irkutsk Studio of TV (AIST)
  • Channel One Russia (1tv)
  • RT Channel (RT)
  • Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR)
Saudi Arabia
  • General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM)
Sudan
  • Sudanese Radio and TV Corporation
Thailand
  • GOBA TV (GOBA)
United Kingdom
  • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
United State of America
  • Trans World Radio Pacific (TWR)
  • Voice of America (VOA)

Institutional Members

Germany
  • PRIX JEUNESSE International (Prix Jeunesse)
Hong Kong
  • The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)
Switzerland
  • Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM)
United Kingdom
  • Association for International Broadcasting (AIB)
  • International News Safety Institute (INSI)
  • WorldDAB Forum (WorldDAB)
United State of America
  • The International Academy of Television Arts & Science (IATAS)
  • United Nations Department of Public Information (UN-DPI)

Affiliate Members

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
Cambodia
  • Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP)
Canada
  • Videoship Enterprises Limited
China
  • ADINNO, Inc
  • Communication University of China (CUC)
  • Research and Training Institute of NRTA (RTI)
France
  • ENENSYS Technologies (ENENSYS)
Fiji
  • Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)
Germany
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (Fraunhofer IIS)
  • LS telcom AG (LS telcom)
  • ORBAN Europe GmbH (ORBAN)
Hong Kong
  • APT Satellite Company Limited (APT)
  • Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat)
  • Sony Corporation of Hong Kong (Previously called Professional Solutions Asia Pacific Company)
India
  • Apalya Technologies
  • Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd India (BECIL)
  • Canara Lighting Industries PVT. LTD.
Indonesia
  • Infotech Solutions
  • REKAM Indonesia
Iran
  • IRIB University
  • Soroush Multimedia Corporation (SMC)
Japan
  • Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT)
  • Ikegami Tsushinki Co Ltd (Ikegami)
  • Japan International Broadcasting (JIB)
  • Japan Media Communication Center (JAMCO)
  • NHK 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)
  • 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
  • WSL MSC Sdn Bhd
Maldives
  • Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC)
Mauritius
  • MultiCarrier (Mauritius) Limited (MCML)
Nepal
  •  Karnali Integrated Rural Development And Research Centre (KIRDARC) Nepal
New Zealand
  • Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited (PCBL)
Norway
  • Nevion AS (Nevion)
Pakistan
  • Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)
Palestine
  • Media Development Center / Birzeit university
Papua New Guinea
  • National Information & Communications Technology Authority (NICTA)
Singapore, Republic Of
  • Bangladesh Broadcast Systems (BBS)
  • Benchmark Broadcast Systems (S) Pte Ltd
  • Dolby Laboratories Inc.
  • Encompass Digital Media (Asia) Pte Ltd
  • Elevate Broadcast Systems (EB)
  • Eutelsat S.A.
  • EEVA Productions
  • GlobeCast Asia Pte Ltd (GCA)
  • Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
  • MediaGenix
  • ST Engineering iDirect (Previous name was Newtec)
  • Sport Singapore (SPORTSG)
  • Telstra Singapore Pte Ltd (Telstra Global)
  • Thinking Tub Media Pte Ltd (TTM)
  • Whiteways Systems Pte Ltd (WW)
Switzerland
  • Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB)
  • Università Svizzera Italiana (USI)
Thailand
  • Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)
Türkiye
  • Radyo Televizyon Yayincilari Meslek Birligi (RATEM)
United Kingdom
  • Encompass Digital Media Services Limited (Previously called Babcock International)
  • International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM)
  • New Media Networks (NMN)
  • Pebble Beach Systems Limited
  • The Insigths People (TIP)
United State of America
  • iBiquity Digital Corporation (XPERI)
Uzbekistan
  • National Association of Electronical Mass Media (NAEMM)
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WHAT WE DO

Currently, the ABU has 272 member in 76 countries on four continents. The ABU runs a wide range of services, including the daily Asiavision TV news exchange, several co-productions, program exchanges and technical, programming, legal and management consultancies, as well as industry and international conferences and an international frequency planning and coordination. The Union negotiates rights for major sports events and organises their coverage for the region. It also runs the prestigious annual ABU Prizes, TV Song and Radio Song Festivals. Keeping everyone abreast of what we do is the ABU website and the quarterly publications- ABU News and ABU Technical Review.

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The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is the biggest broadcasting union in the world. Through its members’ network, the ABU can reach 3 billion people across the Asia – Pacific region.

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