Sports Department
The Team
Cai Yanjiang – Director
Kesang – Senior Project Manager
Nur Jalilah Jali- Project Coordinator
ABU SPORTS GROUP
The ABU Sports Group is open to ABU members interested in sports broadcasting. The group meets twice a year. Its discussions cover sports rights and facilities to trends in sports broadcasting, information on upcoming events of interest and relations with sporting bodies.
Often, guest speakers are invited from federations, organising committees and sports agencies to attend the ABU Sports Conference, which is held back to back to the ABU Sports Group. The Secretariat maintains contact on sports matters with other broadcasting unions and major sports federations. The Head of Sport attends important international meetings on sports broadcasting and passes on information to the members.
Sports Group Chairperson
Ms Lorraine Yuen
Broadcast Rights Committee
Chairperson : General Boonyarit Wismol, Executive Secretary of TV Pool of Thailand
Committee Members :-
TPT Thailand
AIR India
RTM Malaysia
Qazsports Kazakhstan
The Broadcast Rights Committee or BRC meets twice a year – during the ABU General Assembly in October and in Spring. The committee basically reviews the activities of the ABU Sports and discuss issues related to rights acquisition of sporting events.
Finance Committee
Acting Chairperson : Mr Zulkifli Muchtar, Executive Producer, Sports TVRI Indonesia
Committee Members :
KBS Korea
DD India
ATN Afghanistan
TVRI Indonesia
TVB Hong Kong
The committee is mandated to maintain that the expenditure from the Sports Fund is spent judiciously for the benefit of the members. The fund is basically meant to develop and enhance sports broadcasting and support a limited number of members who are unable to pay for the rights and technical costs.