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Broadcasters Team with ITU to Connect Africa:
International Telecommunication Union and World Broadcasting Unions declare support for African Union of Broadcasters exchange network

World Electronic Media Forum WEMF-V, Accra, Ghana, 16–18 November 2011. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) have declared their support for establishment of a satellite broadcast network for TV & Radio contribution and exchange services for members of the African Union of Broadcasters (AUB), which brings together national public service and commercial broadcasters throughout Africa.

AUB is the African member of the WBU, which also includes the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), the International Association of Broadcasting (IAB/AIR), the North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) and the Organizacion de Telecomunicaciones Iberoamericanas (OTI).

“We recognise the significant support from the International community for our efforts to provide Satellite TV & Radio content services to all African national broadcasters. This will provide significant advantages to the entire continent and will be one of the key enablers to the digital migration of African TV & Radio,” said AUB Secretary-General Lawrence Atiase. More...

Caption Radio Update:
Captioned Radio is nearing approval as an international recommendation by the ITU

Captioning for Radio is an exciting new development in service to the Deaf, Hearing Loss, and Deaf-Blind communities

Captioned Radio is nearing approval as an international recommendation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-UIT), the agency of the United Nations that adopts standards recommendations for telecommunications services worldwide.

At the meeting of Radiocommunication Study Group 6, held on 28 and 29 October 2010, the Study Group decided to seek adoption of a draft new Recommendation on Radio Captioning by correspondence .The consideration period ends on 6 February 2011. If no objections are received from Member States (National Countries) during this period, the ITU approval-by-consultation procedure will be initiated. Any Member State who objects to the continuation of the approval procedure for the draft Recommendation should advise the Director of the reason and to indicate possible changes to the text in order to resolve the problem.

We are urging you to contact your country's Radio Spectrum Regulatory Authority requesting support of the Captioned Radio Recommendation now out for adoption and its continuing support and vote of approval at the approval stage.

The formal adoption reference has been released in ITU Radio Sector Circular Letter 6/LCCE/72. More...