Arab States Broadcasting Union
The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) () 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. Its headquarters are in the Tunisian city of Tunis. Members Active Members Abu Dhabi Media Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation Broadcasting Services of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Entreprise nationale de Radiodiffusion sonore (Algeria) Entreprise nationale de télévision (Algeria) ERTU (Egypt) Iraqi Media Network (Iraq) Jordan Radio and Television Corporation Kuwait Television Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation Qatar Media Corporation Radio Television of Djibouti Radio Tunisienne (Tunisia) Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (Morocco) Somali Radio and Television Radio Mogadishu Somali National Television Sudanese Radio and Television Corporation Sultanate of Oman Television Syrian Radio and TV Organization Télé Liban (Lebanon) Télévision Tunisienne (Tunisia) TV de Mauritanie (Mauritania) Yemen General Radio & TV Corporation Yemen Radio Yemen TV Participating Members Al-Manar - Al-Nour (Hezbollah via Lebanese Communication Group) Al-Watan (Kuwait) JeemTV (beIN Media Group) Middle East Broadcasting Center OSN Rotana Media Group beIN Sports (beIN Media Group) Associate Members 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) Former Members Établissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation (Closed in 2011) See also Arab League References External links Arab league 1969 establishments in Sudan Organizations established in 1969 Public broadcasting Broadcasting Union