Arab States Broadcasting Union

Arab States Broadcasting Union

Formation	February 1969; 55 years ago (1969-02)
Type	Union of broadcasting organisations
Headquarters	Tunis, Tunisia
Membership	22 active members
Official language	Arabic
Director-General	Abdelrahim Suleiman (2015–)
Website	www.asbu.net

The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU; Arabic: إتحاد إذاعات الدول العربية) is an Arab joint-action institution related to the League of Arab States and the Pan-Arab Association of Public Service and Commercial Broadcasters. Founded in February 1969 in Khartoum, ASBU is a professional organization with the objective of strengthening ties and promoting cooperation among broadcasters in the Arab States for better production and content development. ASBU provides important services such as engineering and consulting services, radio and television exchange of news, programming and sports, as well as radio and TV training. It also strives to acquire broadcasting rights at preferential rates for a number of competitions and sports events to the benefit of its members, as well as to ensure the appropriate broadcasting coverage of such events.^[1][2]

Its headquarters are in the Tunisian city of Tunis.

Country	Broadcasting organisation	Abbr.
Algeria	Public Establishment of Television (المؤسّسة العمومية للتلفزيون, Établissement public de télévision)	EPTV
	National Sound Broadcasting Company (المؤسسة العمومية للبث الإذاعي, Entreprise nationale de radiodiffusion sonore)	ENRS
	Algerian Broadcasting Company (البث الإذاعي والتلفزي الجزائري, Télédiffusion d'Algérie)	TDA
Bahrain	Information Affairs Authority (هيئة شؤون الإعلام)	IAA
Comoros	Office de radio et télévision des Comores [fr]	ORTC
Djibouti	Radio Television of Djibouti (إذاعة وتلفزيون جيبوتي, Radiodiffusion télévision de Djibouti)	RTD
Egypt	National Media Authority (الهيئة الوطنية للإعلام)	NTU
Iraq	Iraqi Media Network (شبكة العلم)	IMN
Jordan	Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (مؤسسة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الأردني)	JRTV
Kuwait	Kuwait Television (تلفزيون الكويت)	KTV
	Kuwait Radio (راديو الكويت)	KR
Lebanon	Télé Liban (تلفزيون لبنان)	TL
	Radio Lebanon (راديو لبنان)	RL
Libya	Libya National Channel (قناة ليبيا الوطنية)	LNC
Mauritania	Television of Mauritania (التلفزة الموريتانية, Télévision de Mauritanie)	TVM
	Télédiffusion de Mauritanie	TM
	Radio Mauritania (راديو موريتانيا, Radio Mauritanie)	RM
Morocco	Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (الشَرِكَة الوَطَنِيَّة لِلْإِذَاعَة وَالتَلْفَزَة, ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵙⵓⵔⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵏⵣⵡⴰⵢ ⴷ ⵜⵉⵍⵉⴼⵉⵣⵢⵓⵏ)	SNRT
Palestine	Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (هيئة الإذاعة والتلفزيون الفلسطينية)	PBC
Qatar	Qatar Media Corporation (المؤسسة القطرية للإعلام)	PBC
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Broadcasting Authority (هيئة الإذاعة والتلفزيون)	SBA
Sudan	General Authority for Radio and Television (الهيئة العامة للإذاعة والتلفزيون)
Syria	General Organization of Radio and TV (الهيئة العامة للإذاعة والتلفزيون, Organisation de la Radio et la Télévision Arabe Syrienne)	ORTAS
Somalia	Somali Radio and Television: Radio Mogadishu Somali National Television	SRT
Tunisia	Office National de la Télédiffusion
	Établissement de la Radio Tunisienne (مؤسسة الإذاعة التونسية)	RTT
	Établissement de la Télévision Tunisienne (مؤسسة التلفزة التونسية)
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi Media Network (شبكة أبو ظبي للإعلام)	ADMN
	Dubai Media Incorporated (مؤسسة دبي للإعلام)	DMI
Yemen	Yemen General Corporation for Radio and Television: Yemen Radio Yemen TV

Country	Broadcasting organisation	Abbr.
Libya	Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation	LJBC
Tunisia	Établissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne	ERTT

• Al-Manar - Al-Nour (Hezbollah via Lebanese Communication Group)
• Al-Watan (Kuwait)
• beIN Media Group
• Middle East Broadcasting Center
• OSN
• Rotana Media Group

• Addounia TV (Syria)
• Alhurra (Middle East Broadcasting Networks)
• Canal France International
• France 24 (France Médias Monde)
• Hannibal-TV (Tunisia)
• Nessma TV (Tunisia)
• Pakistan Television Corporation
• Radio Netherlands Worldwide
• RAI (Italy)
• RT (Russia)
• RTVE (Spain)
• Sky News Arabia
• Zayed Radio for Holy Quran (United Arab Emirates)

• Arab League

• Official website (in English)
• Arab league