The ABU has more than 220 member broadcasters from 58 countries and runs a daily Asiavision satellite TV news exchange, the Prasar Bharati said in a statement released here.
Describing it as another feather in the cap of Prasar Bharati, its CEO Bharati Jawhar Sircar said the membership gives India a direct say in matters as crucial as policy issues affecting broadcasters, negotiation of telecasting rights for major sporting events and ability to put across its point of view on the global flow of information.
"Considering the competition from a number of countries, the unanimous support for Prasar Bharati was a major achievement," Sircar, who himself led a team of officers to ABU General Assembly, said.
He said that the members of his team personally met with members of dozens of national public service broadcasters to present India
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