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NEWS FROM THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AND THE ABU MEETING IN JAPANPHILIP ROGERS of TVNZ gives news from the Asia-Pacific region in this report from November 1994 dealing with the just concluded ABU General Conference in Japan where archives featured on the main Agenda for the first time:ABU CONFERENCE AND ARCHIVESThe .31st Central Assembly of the Asia- Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) was held at Kyoto, Japan, early November. One of the main professional discussion topics was "Exploiting the Archives".The keynote speaker was Philip Rogers from the TVNZ Archive, New Zealand, who introduced the discussion to an audience of over 300 broadcasters with an overview of the archiving processes and the possible means to exploit the archives. His view was that copyright presented the biggest problem in the development of archival use and that it was important for archives to acquire all the contractual information when the programmer were first acquired. In an ideal world archives would own the programmes outright for any re-use purpose whatever. Unfortunately the reality is that most archives have problems with finding copyright documentation on material produced in the early years hut Archives now have processes in place to ensure that this is not a problem with material made today.Philip spoke of the latest developments in archive usage in New Zealand where a major publishing house has gone into partnership with TVNZ to produce a CD-ROM of the New Zealand encyclopedia. Using stills and footage from archives and text from the original book the CD reached 4.000 sales in the first month it was launched on the New Zealand market. Following the introduction speakers from NHK,Japan, NNA, Sydney, PTV, Pakistan, ZDF, Germany and SCTV, Indonesia outlined their operations and problems they were facing and Philip fielded many questions from other delegates as to the future of archival formats and procedures and the problems with increasing material in decreasing space..There were suggestions that the ABU should establish an archival library to which members could contribute. One delegate gave the example of records destroyed in the course of government changes and said a central archive in the region would be a way to safeguard history. This was the first time that archiving has featured in such a major General Assembly of Broadcasters in the Asias-Pacific region and reflects the growing interest in our professional work. TELEVISION ARCHIVE HANDBOOKIn response to requests from many of its members the ABU is publishing a booklet on television archiving to assist the smaller broadcasters and new stations with the archiving of their programmes The booklet has been written by Philip Rogers (TVNZ) and Ross Sellars (NNA) and includes information from Anne Hanford and the Royal Television Society History and Archives Specialist Group and includes photographs of television archivists at work.The main emphasis is on videotape archiving and the various processes to successfully acquire, preserve and make available archival material. Publishing date is planned for December and the booklet will be distributed free to all ABU members. TELEVISION ARCHIVE TRAINING IN THE ASIA-PACIFICThe ABU has applied to the Hoso-Bunka Foundation in Japan for financial assistance to help with training in archive techniques for television archives staff in the Asia-Pacific region. An archive roadshow is proposed where experienced archivists will visit each country and discuss archiving activities. Experts from NHK, Japan, NNA,Australia and TVNZ will share the workload. Utilising the ABU Archive handbook and a video specially prepared for the roadshow each country will have the opportunity to examine their existing procedures and seek guidance as to priorities for improvement and in-depth training help.Subject to funding approval it is hoped that a pilot roadshow will be tested at the new Fiji television station in the second quarter of 1995 followed by visits over the following 18 months to Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Thailand, Maldives, Mongolia, Laos, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Iran. Non-FIAT members will be encouraged to join FIAT and receive the benefits of the Federation as well as access to further training and development if required. ABU ARCHIVING COMMITTEEAt the 31st General Assembly of the ABU in Kyoto the following were elected to the Archive Sub-Group of the ABU: Philip Rogers (TVNZ) Chairman, Ross Sellars (NNA, Sydney), Neville Lane (TVNZ) Mr D K Bandhopadhyay (AIR, India) plus another delegate to be advised from the ABC radio division.ABU is an Associate member of FIAT/IFTA.
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