Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
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| Formation | 15 February 1945 |
| Type | Representative body for broadcasters |
| Headquarters |  17 Fleet Street, London, United Kingdom |
| Location | Commonwealth of Nations |
| Membership | 107 members and affiliates |
| Secretary-General | Elizabeth Smith |
| Website | http://www.cba.org.uk |
Founded in 1945[1]:, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is a representative body for public service broadcasters throughout the Commonwealth. A not-for-profit non-government organisation, the CBA is funded by subscriptions from 108 members and affiliates from 53 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 bi-annual General Conference and puts on regional conferences in the interim years. It administers the Commonwealth Short Story Competition and runs Awards to encourage quality broadcasting. The CBA Secretariat is located in Fleet Street, London, U.K. and the current Secretary-General is Elizabeth Smith OBE.
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[edit] History
The CBA traces its roots to a Broadcasting Conference on February 15, 1945 for Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, the U.K. and New Zealand. This brought together representatives of the broadcasting organizations 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, which set out the principles and aims of the association. 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.
Following the first conference in Britain in 1945, a subsequent meeting was again held in Britain in 1952 and then in Australia (1956), India (1960), Canada (1963), Nigeria (1965), New Zealand (1968), and then on a regular basis every two years continuing with Jamaica (1970), Kenya (1972), Malta (1974), Singapore (1976), Mauritius (1978), Australia (1980), Canada (1982), Hong Kong (1984), Britain (1986), The Bahamas (1988) Cyprus (1990), Botswana (1992), Canada (1994), Malaysia (1996), Gibraltar (1998), South Africa (2000), Britain (2002) and Fiji (2004), Delhi (2006), Bahamas (2008). A conference is planned for 2010 in Johannasberg, South Africa.
[edit] Short Story Competition
The Commonwealth Short Story Competition began in 1996. It is funded by the Commonwealth Foundation and administered by the CBA. The competition is open to all Commonwealth citizens, who can send up to three short stories. These have to be original and unpublished and the author has to give a declaration to this effect with each entry. CBA member stations have the right to broadcast the stories, free of charge.
[edit] Commonwealth Broadcaster
The CBA publishes a quarterly magazine titled Commonwealth Broadcaster. In 2007 an electronic edition of this magazine was launched.
[edit] Pick of the Commonwealth
Beginning in December 2005, Pick of the Commonwealth is a monthly podcast featuring news, views and comments from around the Commonwealth. It is often presented by former BBC World Service journalist, Robin White, and is available for download from the CBA website.
[edit] Membership
CBA Members:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Special Broadcasting Service, Australia
Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas
Bangladesh Betar (Radio)
Bangladesh Television
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Barbados
Botswana Department of Broadcasting Services
Radio Television Brunei
Cameroon Radio Television
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
TV Ontario, Canada
Radio Cayman
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
Communications Fiji Ltd
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd
Fiji Television Ltd
Gambia Radio & Television Services
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation
Grenada Broadcasting Network
National Communications Network Inc, Guyana
All India Radio
CNN-IBN, India
Doordashan, India
Lok Sabha Television, India
New Delhi Television Ltd, India
CVM Communications Group, Jamaica
RJR Communications Group, Jamaica
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Nation Broadcasting Division, Kenya
Radio Kiribati
Lesotho National Broadcasting Service
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Radio Television Malaysia
Television Maldives and Voice of Maldives
Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
Radio Moçambique
Soico Television, Mocambique
Televisão de Moçambique
Radio Montserrat
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
Maori Television
Radio New Zealand
Television New Zealand Ltd
Borno Radio Television Corporation, Nigeria
Channels Television, Nigeria
Daar Communications Ltd, Nigeria
DBN Television, Nigeria
Delta Broadcasting Service, Warri, Nigeria
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
Gateway Radio, Ogun State Broadcasting, Nigeria
Nigerian Television Authority
Voice of Nigeria
Eye Television Network Ltd, Pakistan
Geo TV, Pakistan
Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
Pakistan Television Corporation
EM TV, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea FM
Samoa Broadcasting Corporation
Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation
Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service
MediaCorp Singapore
MediaCorp Radio, Singapore
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
The Capital Maharaja Organisation Ltd, Sri Lanka
Ziz Broadcasting Corporation, St Kitts
Radio St Lucia Company Ltd
National Broadcasting Corporation, St Vincent & the Grenadines
Swaziland Broadcasting and Information Services
Swaziland Television Authority
Independent Television Ltd, Tanzania
Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation
Tonga Broadcasting Commission
Caribbean New Media Group, Trinidad and Tobago
CCN TV6, Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
British Broadcasting Corporation, UK
Islam Channel, UK
Manx Radio, UK
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation
CBA Affiliate Members:
Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Barbados
National Broadcasting Board, Botswana
Radio Television Hong Kong, China
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Fiji
Gibraltar Regulatory Authority
The Creative Production and Training Centre Ltd, Jamaica
Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, Malaysia
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
Media Development Authority of Singapore
National Association of Broadcasters, South Africa
Sentech Ltd, South Africa
Public Television Service, Taiwan
Radio Taiwan International
Tanzania Regulatory Authority
Government Information Services, Trinidad & Tobago
OFCOM, UK
Sony Professional Solutions Europe, UK
The Thomson Foundation, UK
VT Communications, UK
WRN, UK
International Academy of Television Arts and Science, USA
Population Media Center, USA
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ (2007) Commonwealth Broadcaster Handbook & Direcotry.
