Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
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| Abbreviation | CBA |
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| Formation | 15 February 1945 |
| Type | Non-governmental non-profit |
| Purpose | Representative body for broadcasters |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Members | 102 members and affiliates |
Secretary General | Sally-Ann Wilson |
Parent organisation | Commonwealth of Nations |
| Website | www |
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The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is a representative body for public service broadcasters throughout the Commonwealth, founded in 1945.[1] A not-for-profit non-government organisation, the CBA is funded by subscriptions from 102 members and affiliates from 54 countries. The stated goal of the CBA is to promote best practices in public service broadcasting and to foster freedom of expression. It also serves to provide support and assistance to its members through training, bursaries, consultancies, networking opportunities and materials for broadcast.
The CBA holds a biennial general conference, with the last one held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom in 2014. It also aims to provide consultancy to member organisations in areas of management and finance and help local organisers who need specialised help in running broadcast-related workshops. In addition it offers a number of bursaries to full-time employees of its member organisations to enhance their skills and knowledge.
In 2014, the organization unanimously voted to change its name to Public Media Alliance.[2][3]
History
The CBA traces its roots to a broadcasting conference on 15 February 1945 between Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. This brought together representatives of the broadcasting organisations that had co-operated closely in reporting the Second World War and was held in the council chamber of Broadcasting House in London.
The title "Commonwealth Broadcasting Association" was adopted in Malta in 1974 as well as the CBA charter. It stipulates that membership "shall be open to publicly owned national public service broadcasting organisations, or groups of such organisations, which are responsible for the planning, production and presentation of broadcast programmes in Commonwealth countries". This was modified in 1995 to allow for membership of commercial companies with a commitment to public service broadcasting and to allow for affiliate membership.
Membership
CBA Full Members
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
- Botswana Department of Broadcasting Services
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini
- Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service
- Eswatini Television Authority
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar
File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada
- Grenada Broadcasting Network
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
File:Flag of India.svg India
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
- CVM Communications Group
- RJR Communications Group
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
- Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
- Nation Broadcasting Division
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
- Lesotho National Broadcasting Service
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
- MNBC (MNBC One/Voice of Maldives)
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta
- RTM (RTM)
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
File:Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
- Independent Television of Mozambique
- Rádio Moçambique
- Soico Television
- Televisão de Moçambique
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
- Channels TV
- Daar Communications
- Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
- Gateway Radio, Ogun State Broadcasting
- Nigerian Television Authority
- Voice of Nigeria
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
- Eye Television Network Limited (renamed as Hum Network)
- Geo TV
- Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
- Pakistan Television Corporation
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
- Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting
File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis
File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- National Broadcasting Corporation
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
- Samoa Quality Broadcasting Corporation
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands
- One News Limited
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
- The Capital Maharaja Organisation Limited
(MBC Networks and MTV Channel)
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
- ITV Independent Television Tanzania
- Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg United Kingdom
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
See also
- European Broadcasting Union
- Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
- World Radio Network
- North American Broadcasters Association
- Caribbean Broadcasting Union
- Commonwealth Press Union
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Commonwealth Broadcaster Handbook & Directory. 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About Us". Public Media Alliance. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The CBA is becoming a truly global media network". Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
External links
- Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
- Public Media Alliance - successor organisation since 2014
- Public Broadcasters International
- Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
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