Radio TLD Endorsement from EBU Sister Unions (Members of the World
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.Radio TLD Endorsement from EBU sister unions (members of the World Broadcasting Unions WBU): • ABU - Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union • ASBU - Arab States Broadcasting Union • AUB - African Broadcasting Union • CBU - Caribbean Broadcasting Union • AIR/IAB - International Association of Broadcasting • NABA - North American Broadcasting Association • OTI - Organización de Telecomunicaciones Iberoamericanas Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) 14 March 2012 Mr. Steve Crocker Chairman of the Board Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Dear Mr. Crocker, The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) welcomes dot-radio, the Internet Top Level domain that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) proposes to create for the worldwide radio community. As a broadcasting Union representing broadcasters in the Asia-Pacific region, the ABU believes that the dot-radio proposal to be submitted by the EBU will provide added value for all radio broadcasters worldwide. As a Union, we are involved in radio and television broadcasting that is moving to the Internet as an important means of distribution, so this will add-value to the radio’s global community. The use of a specific global online name such as dot-radio will help create a unique space worldwide where all the radio community of the world can gather. In my capacity as Secretary-General of the ABU, I recommend that the dot-radio Top Level Domain proposal of the EBU be approved by ICANN. We are looking forward to you favourable action on this request. Sincerely, Dr. Javad Mottaghi Secretary-General ANNEXES Containing the following information: [NAME OF THE UNION – ASIA-PACIFIC BROADCASTING UNION] [WORLD REGION/S COVERED – ASIA-PACIFIC REGION] [WITH LEGAL OFFICES IN – KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA] [NAME OF THE LEGAL RESPONSIBLE – AXEL AGUIRRE, Legal Counsel] [BOARD MEMBERS LIST, with mention of the organizations represented - Attached] [LIST OF THE MEMBERS ORGANIZATIONS - Attached] [GOVERNING BODIES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS - General Assembly and Administrative Council – Members Attached] P.O. Box 12287, Lorong Maarof, 50772 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: Secretary-General’s Office (60-3) 2282 3802; ABU Programming Department (60-3) 2282 2480 ABU Technology Department (60-3) 2282 3108 Fax: (60-3) 2282 5292, 2282 4606 ABU News (60-3) 2282 7033 Fax: (60-3) 2282 7562 ABU Sports Department (60-3) 2282 1946 Website: http://www.abu.org.my LIST OF THE CURRENT ABU ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS Name of Organisation Country Term of Office 1 Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) Bhutan Until 31 December 2013 2 Radio Television Brunei (RTB) Brunei Until 31 December 2013 Radio and Television of the People’s 3 Republic of China (RTPRC) China Until 31 December 2014 Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Iran Until 31 December 2014 4 (IRIB) 5 Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) Japan Permanent Member 6 Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) South Korea Until 31 December 2013 7 Teledifusao de Macau (TDM) Macau Until 31 December 2012 8 Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) Malaysia Permanent Member Mongolian National Public Radio and 9 Television (MNB) Mongolia Until 31 December 2014 Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation 10 (PBC) Pakistan Until 31 December 2012 11 Eye Television Network Ltd (Hum TV) Pakistan Until 31 December 2014 12 TV Pool of Thailand (TPT) Thailand Until 31 December 2012 Turkish Radio and Television 13 Corporation (TRT) Turkey Until 31 December 2012 Radio and Television of Hong Kong 14 (RTHK) Hong Kong Until 31 December 2014 LIST OF ABU FULL MEMBERS AS OF MARCH 2012 Country Name of Organisation 1 Afghanistan Moby Capital Partners Limited 2 Afghanistan Radio-Television of Afghanistan 3 Australia Australian Broadcasting Corporation 4 Australia Special Broadcasting Service Corporation The Public TV and Radio Broadcasting Company of 5 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Republic 6 Bangladesh Bangladesh Betar 7 Bangladesh Bangladesh Television 8 Bhutan Bhutan Broadcasting Service 9 Brunei Radio Television Brunei 10 Cambodia National Television of Cambodia 11 China Radio and Television of the People's Republic of China 12 Egypt Egyptian Radio and Television Union 13 Fiji Fiji Television Limited 14 India Prasar Bharati/All India Radio 15 India Prasar Bharati/Doordarshan 16 Indonesia Radio Republik Indonesia 17 Indonesia LPP Televisi Republik Indonesia 18 Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting 19 Japan Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Japan 20 Japan TBS Holdings 21 Jordan Jordan Radio and Television Corporation Joint-Stock Company "Khabar” Agency, Republic of 22 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 23 Kiribati Radio Kiribati 24 Rep. of Korea Korean Broadcasting System 25 Rep. of Korea Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation 26 Kyrgyzstan National Broadcasting Corporation of Kyrgyz Republic 27 Laos Lao National Radio 28 Laos Lao National Television 29 Malaysia Radio Television Malaysia 30 Maldives Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation 31 Mongolia Mongolian National Public Radio and Television 32 Mongolia TV5 Mongolia 33 Myanmar Myanma Radio & Television 34 Nepal Nepal Television Corporation 35 Nepal Radio Nepal 36 Pakistan Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation 37 Pakistan Pakistan Television Corporation Limited 38 Papua New Guinea Media Niugini Limited National Broadcasting Commission of Papua New 39 Papua New Guinea Guinea 40 Philippines People’s Television Network, Inc., Philippines 41 Qatar Al Jazeera Children's Channel 42 Qatar Qatar Media Corporation 43 Samoa Samoa Broadcasting Corporation 44 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Radio and Television 45 Singapore MediaCorp Pte., Ltd. 46 Solomon Islands One News Limited 47 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation 48 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation 49 Thailand National Broadcasting Services of Thailand 50 Thailand TV Pool of Thailand 51 Timor Leste Radio and Television Timor Leste 52 Tonga Tonga Broadcasting Commission 53 Turkey Turkish Radio Television Corporation 54 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Television and Radio Company 55 Vanuatu Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation 56 Vietnam Radio, the Voice of Vietnam 57 Vietnam Vietnam Television LIST OF ABU INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS AS OF MARCH 2012 Country Name of Organisation 1 United Kingdom International News Safety Institute 2 Germany PRIX JEUNESSE 3 Hong Kong Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia 4 Switzerland Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium 5 Switzerland World DMB Forum 6 United Kingdom Association for International Broadcasting 7 USA International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 8 USA United Nations Department of Public Information LIST OF ABU ASSOCIATE MEMBERS AS OF MARCH 2012 Country Name of Organisation 1 Australia Commercial Radio Australia Limited 2 Belgium TDP 3 France Organismes Français de Radiodiffusion et Télévision 4 Germany A.R.D./Deutsche Welle 5 Germany Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen 6 Hong Kong Dim Sum Television Company Ltd. 7 Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite Television Company Ltd. 8 Indonesia PT Karyamegah Adijaya 9 Indonesia PT Media Televisi Indonesia 10 Indonesia PT Indonusa Telemedia 11 Italy Rai (Radiotelevisione Italiana SPA) 12 Japan The National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan 13 Korea JoongAng Broadcasting Corporation 14 Malaysia Astro All Asia Network, Plc. 15 Malaysia TM Net Sdn Bhd 16 Mauritius Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation 17 Mauritius Radio Plus Ltd 18 Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia Broadcasting Service 19 Mongolia BTV Television 20 Mongolia DDishTV LLC 21 Mongolia Supervision Broadcasting Network Television 22 Nepal Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal 23 Netherlands Radio Netherland 24 New Zealand Radio New Zealand 25 Norway Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation 26 Pakistan Geo Independent Media Corporation (Pvt) Ltd. 27 Philippines Kapisanan ng Mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas 28 Russia Alternative Irkutsk Studio of TV 29 Russia Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company 30 Singapore MediaCorp TV Singapore Pte., Ltd. 31 Sudan Sudan National Public Radio 32 Switzerland swissinfo, Switzerland 33 United Kingdom British Broadcasting Corporation 34 USA American Broadcasting Company 35 USA Trans World Radio 36 USA National Association of Broadcasters 37 USA Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific 38 USA Voice of America LIST OF ABU AFFILIATE MEMBERS AS OF MARCH 2012 Country Name of Organisation 1 Australia Broadcast Australia Pty., Ltd. 2 Australia Radio Frequency Systems 3 Australia Venture Consulting Pvt Ltd 4 Australia S-Comm Technologies Pty Ltd 5 Bangladesh Multimedai Development & Communication Centre, Ltd 6 Canada Friends of Canadian Broadcasting 7 France Eutelsat S.A. 8 France ENENSYS Technologies SA 9 France Ateme 10 Germany Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits 11 Germany LS telcom AG 12 Hong Kong Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Ltd. 13 Hong Kong Asia Broadcast Satellite 14 Hong Kong Broadcast UK Ltd, trading as Radioscape 15 Hong Kong Business & Professional Products Asia Pacific Company 16 Hong Kong Snell Asia Pacific Ltd Hong Kong 17 India Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited 18 India IndusInd Media and Communications Ltd. 19 India Network 1 Pvt., Ltd., India 20 India Technomedia Solutions Pvt., Ltd., India 21 Indonesia PT. Adhi Karya (Pesero) Tbk 22 Italy Deltatre, S.P.A. 23 Japan Japan Electronics Show Association 24 Japan Japan Media Communication Center 25 Japan Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation 26 Japan Softbank Telecom Corporation 27 Japan NHK Enterprises 21 Inc. 28 Japan NHK Integrated Technology Inc. 29 Japan NHK Global Media Services, Inc. 30 Japan NHK International Inc. 31 Jordan ART/Arab Radio and Television 32