Membership is open to national broadcasting organisations, provided they meet certain requirements.
For instance, they must be authorised by their governments to operate services, they must provide programming that is freely available to the general public and they must produce a substantial part of their programme output or least commission it under under their own control. We have associate members outside the region. These include the major broadcasters in Europe and the United States. At present we have a total of 102 members in about 50 countries and areas. ABU Affiliates ABU Affiliates are organisations that have a connection with broadcasting but don't qualify for membership.