Asiavision is a daily exchange of news by satellite among television stations in 18 countries and regions in Asia. Launched in January 1984, it brings together many of Asia's leading national broadcasters. Its members are: RTA-Afghanistan, BTV-Bangladesh, BBS-Bhutan, RTB-Brunei, CCTV-China, TVB-Hong Kong, DDI-India, IRIB-Iran, NHK-Japan, RTM-Malaysia, TV5-Mongolia, NTV-Nepal, PTV-Pakistan, Channel NewsAsia-Singapore, SLRC-Sri Lanka, MCOT-Thailand, TRT-Turkey and RTTL-Timor Leste.> For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV (Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the major broadcast television network in Mainland China. ... REDIRECT Television Broadcasts Limited ... NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo NHK (, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ... Channel NewsAsia (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; abbreviated CNA) is a pan-Asian news channel based in Singapore and owned by Mediacorp. ... MCOT Public Company Limited (Thai: บริษัท อสมท จำกัด (มหาชน)) is a Thai media conglomerate. ... TRT Headquarters in Ankara TRT, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu), was founded in 1964, it is the national public broadcaster of Turkey. ... The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor, is an island nation in Southeast Asia, consisting of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, a political exclave of East Timor situated on the western side of...

Asiavision is a non-profit activity of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). It has its operations center in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, and is coordinated by ABU Secretariat staff. Asiavision has two satellite transmissions a day. The first is from 0830 to 0900 GMT and the second from 1215 to 1235 GMT. Transmission is on AsiaSat 2. More than 9,000 items are exchanged each year. Formed in 1964, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. ...

Besides the daily transmissions, news flashes are arranged for important, breaking stories.

Training courses

Asiavision organises funded training courses for its members. Recent events have included a workshop on covering avian flu, a course on environmental journalism, a broadcast news workshop for young journalists and a seminar on issues facing news directors in Asia.

Asiavision awards

Each year, members hold a ballot to select the winners of the Asiavision Annual Awards, given for the quality of contributions to the news exchange. The 2007 winners are CCTV, IRIB, NHK and MCOT. CCTV can stand for: China Central Television Closed-circuit television This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, or IRIB, is the Iranian organization in control of radio and television. ... NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo NHK (, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ... MCOT Public Company Limited (Thai: บริษัท อสมท จำกัด (มหาชน)) is a Thai media conglomerate. ...

CNN presents an annual prize, the Dennis Anthony Memorial Award, for the best Asiavision news story of the year. The winner in 2006 was IRIB, for its coverage of a military plane crash in Tehran that killed at least 115 people. The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, or IRIB, is the Iranian organization in control of radio and television. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

At their annual meeting in Singapore in May 2007, members of the news exchange launched the Asiavision Advisory Service. Under this scheme, Asiavision provides funding for consultancies to its members who request assistance. The consultancies cover any area of their news activities, from newsroom training to help with uplinking to satellites.