Exchange of the ABU (MEA), this new activity of the Union is now poised to take off.


ABU’s Music Exchange Takes Off W


ith agreements on the scope and the methodology of operation of the Music


The agreements were reached at a get- together of the key radio members of the ABU in Yangon on 27 May. Meeting on the sidelines of the 2015 RadioAsia Conference, ABU Radio members Radio Thailand, Turkish Radio and Television, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Myanmar Radio and Television, Radio Romania, All India Radio, Radio Republik Indonesia and the sister broadcasting union, the Arab States Broadcasting Union reached an agreement to initiate the radio music exchange and decided upon some operational norms. The members witnessed the functioning of an Internet-based platform for music exchange, developed by the ABU Secretariat. This system makes use of meta-data for easy access to the content.


Under this dispensation, the ABU will identify the members’ major needs in the genre of music and what music they could offer on a rights free basis. A flexible framework for this activity will be set up for providing contributions and making use of the music. Radio Romania was nominated by members to play an important role in the music exchange project.


Expressing positive sentiments on the success of the Music Exchange,


Mr Ovidiu Miculescu, President Director General, Radio Romania said, “Music exchange is like an exchange of national culture. Music is part of common language of radio as we are separated by barriers of language”.


Additionally, the participants decided to initiate a new project to set up a CD dedicated to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, by collecting from each interested member one music item per country part of this world heritage.


EBU Pre-School Item Exchange: Need to Offer High Quality Programmes


M


s Sakura Ono, Senior Producer at NHK Educational Corporation, Japan and Vice Chairperson of the ABU Children TV Item Exchange was among the 21


delegates from eleven countries who participated in the EBU Pre-school Item Exchange held from April 20 to 22 in Erfurt, Germany.


Producers and editors were invited from different countries such as Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia and UK and Kenya. KBS- Korea, independently sent a delegate. The number of items ABU submitted was twenty-nine, which accounts for almost a quarter of all items in five categories; HOW THINGS ARE MADE, NATURE AND ANIMALS, DOCUMENTARY STYLE STORIES including animation, DRAMA-FICTION ANIMATION and OPEN CATEGORY.


Ms Sakura Ono said, “All the items presented at Erfurt Exchange were of a very high standard. We need to offer high quality ABU items more than ever to play an important role at this exchange meeting.”


For the past 30 years, producers of magazines for pre-school audiences have met in Saarbrücken to exchange their work.


Since 2005, the exchange has been hosted by KiKA, in Erfurt, Germany. It is an occasion to enrich children’s programmes with input, ideas and savoir-faire from other countries and other cultures. Programmes/items are presented and offered for free to participants on an ‘offer one-take all’ principle.


The exchange is enriched by the participation and programmes of Asian, Latin American and African broadcasters.


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