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Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

Organization

Summary

Organization

Field	Value
name	Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
image	CBA_Logo.jpg
image_size	200px
caption	Logo of the CBA
abbreviation	CBA
formation
type	Non-governmental non-profit
purpose	Representative body for broadcasters
headquarters	London, United Kingdom
coords
membership	102 members and affiliates
sec_gen	Sally-Ann Wilson
parent_organisation	Commonwealth of Nations
website

The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is a representative body for public service broadcasters throughout the Commonwealth, founded in 1945. 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.

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

Australia

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Special Broadcasting Service Bahamas
Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (ZNS-TV/ZNS-1) Bangladesh
Bangladesh Betar (Radio)
Bangladesh Television Barbados
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
Starcom Network Botswana
Botswana Department of Broadcasting Services Brunei
Radio Television Brunei Cameroon
Cameroon Radio Television Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
TV Ontario Cayman Islands
Radio Cayman 1 Cyprus
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Eswatini
Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service
Eswatini Television Authority Ghana
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Gibraltar
Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation Grenada
Grenada Broadcasting Network Guyana
National Communications Network India
All India Radio
Doordarshan
Lok Sabha Television
New Delhi Television Jamaica
CVM Communications Group
RJR Communications Group Kenya
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Nation Broadcasting Division Lesotho
Lesotho National Broadcasting Service Malawi
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Malaysia
Radio Television Malaysia Maldives
MNBC (MNBC One/Voice of Maldives) Malta
RTM (RTM) Mauritius
Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Montserrat
Radio Montserrat Mozambique
Independent Television of Mozambique
Rádio Moçambique
Soico Television
Televisão de Moçambique Namibia
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation New Zealand
Māori Television
Radio New Zealand
Television New Zealand Nigeria
Channels TV
Daar Communications
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
Gateway Radio, Ogun State Broadcasting
Nigerian Television Authority
Voice of Nigeria Pakistan
Eye Television Network Limited (renamed as Hum Network)
Geo TV
Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
Pakistan Television Corporation Papua New Guinea
EM TV Rwanda
Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ziz Broadcasting Corporation Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
National Broadcasting Corporation Samoa
Samoa Quality Broadcasting Corporation Seychelles
Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation Singapore
Mediacorp Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Broadcasting Services Solomon Islands
One News Limited South Africa
e.tv
South African Broadcasting Corporation Sri Lanka
The Capital Maharaja Organisation Limited (MBC Networks and MTV Channel) Tanzania
ITV Independent Television Tanzania
Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation Tonga
Tonga Broadcasting Commission Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean New Media Group
CCN TV6 Uganda
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation United Kingdom
British Broadcasting Corporation
Islam Channel
Manx Radio Zambia
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

References

(2007). "Commonwealth Broadcaster Handbook & Directory".
"About Us".
(2014-07-23). "The CBA is becoming a truly global media network".

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