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Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

| image = CBA_Logo.jpg

| image_size = 200px

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| caption = Logo of the CBA

| abbreviation = CBA

| formation = {{Start date and age|1945|02|15|df=y}}

| type = Non-governmental non-profit

| purpose = Representative body for broadcasters

| headquarters = London, United Kingdom

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| membership = 102 members and affiliates

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| sec_gen = Sally-Ann Wilson

| parent_organisation = Commonwealth of Nations

| website = {{URL|http://www.cba.org.uk}}

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The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is a representative body for public service broadcasters throughout the Commonwealth, founded in 1945.{{cite book |title=Commonwealth Broadcaster Handbook & Directory |year=2007}} 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.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/about-us/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Public Media Alliance |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2014-07-23 |title=The CBA is becoming a truly global media network |url=https://oldsite.cba.org.uk/fp-feat-cat/the-cba-is-becoming-a-truly-global-media-network/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Commonwealth Broadcasting Association |language=en}}

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 =

{{flagu|Australia}}

{{flagu|Bahamas}}

  • Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (ZNS-TV/ZNS-1)

{{flagu|Bangladesh}}

{{flagu|Barbados}}

{{flagu|Botswana}}

  • Botswana Department of Broadcasting Services

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{{flagu|Cameroon}}

{{flagu|Canada}}

{{flagu|Cayman Islands}}

{{flagu|Cyprus}}

{{flagu|Eswatini}}

{{flagu|Ghana}}

{{flagu|Gibraltar}}

{{flagu|Grenada}}

  • Grenada Broadcasting Network

{{flagu|Guyana}}

{{flagu|India}}

{{flagu|Jamaica}}

  • CVM Communications Group
  • RJR Communications Group

{{flagu|Kenya}}

{{flagu|Lesotho}}

  • Lesotho National Broadcasting Service

{{flagu|Malawi}}

{{flagu|Malaysia}}

{{flagu|Maldives}}

{{flagu|Malta}}

{{flagu|Mauritius}}

{{flagu|Montserrat}}

{{flagu|Mozambique}}

{{flagu|Namibia}}

{{flagu|New Zealand}}

{{flagu|Nigeria}}

{{flagu|Pakistan}}

{{flagu|Papua New Guinea}}

{{flagu|Rwanda}}

  • Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting

{{flagu|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

{{flagu|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}

  • National Broadcasting Corporation

{{flagu|Samoa}}

  • Samoa Quality Broadcasting Corporation

{{flagu|Seychelles}}

{{flagu|Singapore}}

{{flagu|Sierra Leone}}

{{flagu|Solomon Islands}}

  • One News Limited

{{flagu|South Africa}}

{{flagu|Sri Lanka}}

{{flagu|Tanzania}}

  • ITV Independent Television Tanzania
  • Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation

{{flagu|Tonga}}

{{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}}

{{flagu|Uganda}}

{{flagu|United Kingdom}}

{{flagu|Zambia}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.cba.org.uk: Commonwealth Broadcasting Association]
  • [http://www.publicmediaalliance.org: Public Media Alliance] - successor organisation since 2014
  • [http://www.publicbroadcastersinternational.org: Public Broadcasters International]
  • [http://www.aibd.org.my: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development]

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{{World Radio Network}}

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Category:Publicly funded broadcasters

Category:Commonwealth Family

Category:Broadcasting associations

Category:Organizations established in 1945

Category:Non-profit organisations based in London