Arab States Broadcasting Union

Arab broadcasting organization

Arab States Broadcasting Union

Formation| February 1969; 56 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
Arab States Broadcasting Union building in Tunis

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.

## Members

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ASBU Members

### Active Members

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Country  | Broadcasting organisation  | Abbr.

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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)  | QMC
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

### Former Members

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Country  | Broadcasting organisation  | Abbr.

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Libya | Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation | LJBC
Tunisia | Établissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne | ERTT

### Participating Members

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

### Associate Members

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* 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)

## See also

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* Arab League
* African Union of Broadcasting
* European Broadcasting Union
* Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

## References

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1. ^ "Arab States Broadcasting Union". ITU. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
2. ^ "What's ASBU?". Tunis: ASBU. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

## External links

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* Official website (in English)
* Arab league

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Former|

* CANA
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* IBU
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* ITU
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