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

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Special Broadcasting Service

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

Bangladesh Betar (Radio) Bangladesh Television

Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Starcom Network

Botswana Department of Broadcasting Services

Radio Television Brunei

Cameroon Radio Television

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV Ontario

Radio Cayman 1

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service Eswatini Television Authority

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation

Grenada Broadcasting Network

National Communications Network

All India Radio Doordarshan Lok Sabha Television New Delhi Television

CVM Communications Group RJR Communications Group

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Nation Broadcasting Division

Lesotho National Broadcasting Service

Malawi Broadcasting Corporation

Radio Television Malaysia

MNBC (MNBC One/Voice of Maldives)

RTM (RTM)

Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation

Radio Montserrat

Independent Television of Mozambique Rádio Moçambique Soico Television Televisão de Moçambique

Namibian Broadcasting Corporation

Māori Television Radio New Zealand Television New Zealand

Channels TV Daar Communications Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Gateway Radio, Ogun State Broadcasting Nigerian Television Authority Voice of Nigeria

Eye Television Network Limited (renamed as Hum Network) Geo TV Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Pakistan Television Corporation

EM TV

Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting

Ziz Broadcasting Corporation

National Broadcasting Corporation

Samoa Quality Broadcasting Corporation

Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation

Mediacorp

Sierra Leone Broadcasting Services

One News Limited

e.tv South African Broadcasting Corporation

The Capital Maharaja Organisation Limited(MBC Networks and MTV Channel)

ITV Independent Television Tanzania Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation

Tonga Broadcasting Commission

Caribbean New Media Group CCN TV6

Uganda Broadcasting Corporation

British Broadcasting Corporation Islam Channel Manx Radio

Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

See also European Broadcasting Union Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union World Radio Network North American Broadcasters Association Caribbean Broadcasting Union Commonwealth Press Union

References

External links Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Public Media Alliance - successor organisation since 2014 Public Broadcasters International Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development