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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. 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, a seminar on issues facing news directors in Asia and technical training on satellite uplinks. 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 . 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. 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. SECONDMENT SCHEME Asiavision runs a secondment scheme under which journalists from member organisations spend up to one month at the Asiavision centre in Kuala Lumpur. They help Asiavision staff coordinate the news exchange. Since 2004, journalists from BBS, BTV, CCTV, CNA, IRIB, MCOT, RTB and SLRC have taken part in the scheme. EXTERNAL LINK |
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