Tunis, October 19, 2009 -- The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) is busy with a series of meetings, seminars and workshops, held by its standing, specialized committees and other working groups. It is expected that such activity will lead up to the eighty-second session of the Executive Board (December 15-16) and to ASBU’s twenty-ninth General Assembly (December 17-18).

ASBU’s member corporations, including all public TV and radio stations in the Arab countries and some private channels, play a key role in the meetings to outline the Union's future policy and major choices. The meeting series kicked off October 18 and includes the following:

- Working Group in charge of re-designing  the Arab Song Festival, (18-19 October), 
 
- Programs Standing Committee (second meeting, 20-21 October),
 
- Sports Standing Committee (tenth meeting, 22-23 October),
 
- Technical – program working group on MENOS finances, (25-26 October),
 
- 45th meeting of the Technical Committee, (27-28 October),
 
- Technical symposium on HDTV, (29-30 October),
 
- Arab Group on HDTV, (31 October - 1 November)
 
- Second meeting of News Standing Committee, (2-3 November),
 
- Evaluation Follow-up Committee Meeting + Radio Standing Committee (14th meeting, 10-13 November)