Objectives

Basic Activities

  Objectives

  Investigate the means of developing and coordinating cooperation among member-organizations in the field of engineering, step up expertise and information exchange and unify engineering systems, standards and equipment in order to enhance the performance-levels of ASBU members. 

Work towards ensuring national control of adequate audio visual technology and follow up technology-related developments throughout the Arab world. 

Suggest ways and means of improving member-organizations’ management of their engineering departments. 

Address issues relative to engineering training in accordance with the mechanisms at work at ASBU 

Try to find adequate solutions, within ASBU, to any dispute likely to occur due to engineering-related problems in both radio and television areas. 

Set up adequate engineering strategies to ensure broadcasting coverage of important sports, news and programmes events in coordination with concerned departments. 

Propose engineering-related plans, studies and research work and supervise their implementation on the largest possible scale so as to extend their benefits to all ASBU members. 

Propose topics for engineering seminars and ensure their adequate planning, preparation and follow up. 

Develop cooperation relations with regional and international broadcasting unions in the engineering sector.

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  Basic Activities

In the Area of the Radio and Television Transmission 

Provide suitable coordinating mechanisms and supervise their follow up by member-organizations in all radio and TV frequency bands. 

Study the modes of planning broadcasting and terrestrial services for the benefit of ASBU members mainly with regard to digital audio and video broadcasting. 

Ensure adequate preparation for international conferences organized by the International Union of Telecommunication and seize such opportunities to coordinate Arab efforts and positions. 

In the Area of Radio and TV Production and Operation

Address production and operation-related issues and suggest appropriate plans to promote members’ activities in this field. 

Study network systems development 

Study radio and TV archiving systems and provide member organizations with adequate suggestions and formulas 

In the Area of Engineering Training 

Identify ASBU members’ needs in this sector 

Propose and evaluate annual training courses offered by the Arab radio and TV training centre. 

Discuss the requirements of Distant Training 

In the Area of Satellites and Exchanges

Follow up technical activities relative to news and programme exchanges via the ASBU leased capacities on ARABSAT. 

Study possible alternatives to exchange via satellites and information-networks. 

Follow up the implementation of ASBU TV exchange digitization via ARABSAT. 

Investigate ways and means of developing and coordinating cooperation among ASBU-members in the area of satellite uses. 

Follow up technical activites relative to ASBU Audio Exchange System.

Study the modes of planning satellite radio and TV services for the benefit of ASBU members. 

Engineering Seminars, Symposia and Workshops 

 Organize at least once a year an engineering seminar, symposium or workshop. 

List of Engineering Seminars, Symposia and Workshops Organized through the period 1994-2001: 

 Mobile TV in the Arab Region (29-30/4/2009)

 ASBU/ITU Seminar on Multimedia Production and Delivery Services     (31/10- 1/11/2008)

 ASBU Seminar on the future of High Definition in the Arab Region and the Word (21-22 /11/2007)

 ASBU/Seminar on the future of High Definition in the Arab Region and the World (18-19/11/2006)

 Radio & TV : Influent Actor in Archieving Information Society Summit (15-16/11/2005)

 EBU/ASBU Workshop on Preparation for RRC 04/05 and Views Exchange on Issues Related to Terrestrial Digital Television (DVB-T) 22-23/11/2004)

 EBU/ASBU Workshop on Preparation for RRC 04/05 and Views Exchange on Issues Related to Terrestrial Digital Television  (7-8/11/2003)

 ASBU Symposium on the Use of New Technologies in TV News Field (21-22 /9/2002)

 ASBU Symposium on Radio and Television Archiving (24-25/10/ 2001)

ASBU Workshop on Digital Television Exchanges and Measurements of the Digital Signal: Algier, 26-28 May 2001.

ASBU/EBU Workshop on the Planning of Digital Television Terrestrial Broadcasting : Tunis, 24-26 April 2001

ASBU/ITU Symposium on satellite broadcasting and convergence of new multimedia services - Sousse, 1-3 November 2000. 

Symposium on radio and TV terrestrial digital broadcasting: Tunis, 25-27 October 1999. 

ASBU/HFCC - High frequency coordination: Tunis, August 1998 

Seminar on digital TV production : Tunis, 6-8 October 1998 

Engineering workshop to prepare for the World Radio Conference WRC-97, Tunis 1-2 October 1997. 

Joint Engineering-Programming Seminar on Impact of Modern Technology on Television. Hammamet/Tunisia 25-27/10/1996 

Engineering Seminar on Digital TV Tunis 6-8/10/1995 

Engineering Programming Seminar on Digital Audio Broadcasting 8-10/11/1994

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