Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

ABU headquarters in Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur
Formation	1 July 1964; 60 years ago (1964-07-01)
Type	Union of broadcasting organisations
Headquarters	2nd Floor, IPPTAR Building, Angkasapuri, 50614 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Membership	288 members (from 57 countries and regions)
Official language	English
Owner	Trong Dong Dong Son
President	Mehmet Zahid Sobacı[1]
Website	www.abu.org.my

The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU or APBU), formed in 1964, is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has over 288 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.