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Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The CBA traces its roots to a broadcasting conference on 15 February 1945 between <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>, <a href="/facts/British_Raj/hBe6wvPS">India</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/facts/Union_of_South_Africa/bwmp5mXt">South Africa</a> and the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>. This brought together representatives of the broadcasting organisations that had co-operated closely in reporting the <a href="/facts/Second_World_War/2efV5L1U">Second World War</a> and was held in the council chamber of <a href="/facts/Broadcasting_House/0xRzHM70">Broadcasting House</a> in London. </p><p>The title "Commonwealth Broadcasting Association" was adopted in <a href="/facts/Malta/FsqM3M37">Malta</a> 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. </p> <h2 id="membership">Membership</h2> <h3>CBA Full Members</h3> <p> Australia </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation/9AYG0XA4">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Special_Broadcasting_Service/vsIPgwcN">Special Broadcasting Service</a></li></ul> <p> Bahamas </p> <ul><li>Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (<a href="/facts/ZNS-TV/UPamgc4Y">ZNS-TV</a>/<a href="/facts/ZNS-1/INzsv3u6">ZNS-1</a>)</li></ul> <p> Bangladesh </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bangladesh_Betar/5GdHKqNh">Bangladesh Betar</a> (Radio)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bangladesh_Television/KbYAdUK5">Bangladesh Television</a></li></ul> <p> Barbados </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Caribbean_Broadcasting_Corporation/Q3yg4Heq">Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Starcom_Network/jEHL8dXE">Starcom Network</a></li></ul> <p> Botswana </p> <ul><li>Botswana Department of Broadcasting Services</li></ul> <p> Brunei </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Radio_Television_Brunei/v1GIfAHD">Radio Television Brunei</a></li></ul> <p> Cameroon </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cameroon_Radio_Television/t69PEtuB">Cameroon Radio Television</a></li></ul> <p> Canada </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation/xBHaMb9R">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/TV_Ontario/EYdPTu5M">TV Ontario</a></li></ul> <p> Cayman Islands </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Radio_Cayman_1/JGnWJGUH">Radio Cayman 1</a></li></ul> <p> Cyprus </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cyprus_Broadcasting_Corporation/XqXQupWp">Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Eswatini </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eswatini_Broadcasting_and_Information_Service/MYe06s1A">Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service</a></li> <li>Eswatini Television Authority</li></ul> <p> Ghana </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ghana_Broadcasting_Corporation/PIHcQX5u">Ghana Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Gibraltar </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Gibraltar_Broadcasting_Corporation/I5UrNV7t">Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Grenada </p> <ul><li>Grenada Broadcasting Network</li></ul> <p> Guyana </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/National_Communications_Network,_Guyana/KdKoyt2m">National Communications Network</a></li></ul> <p> India </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/All_India_Radio/1EH2IPLY">All India Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Doordarshan/RSplRqhp">Doordarshan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lok_Sabha_Television/BNhor1Bz">Lok Sabha Television</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/New_Delhi_Television/fNwbfDgU">New Delhi Television</a></li></ul> <p> Jamaica </p> <ul><li>CVM Communications Group</li> <li>RJR Communications Group</li></ul> <p> Kenya </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kenya_Broadcasting_Corporation/PDKd5md5">Kenya Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li>Nation Broadcasting Division</li></ul> <p> Lesotho </p> <ul><li>Lesotho National Broadcasting Service</li></ul> <p> Malawi </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Malawi_Broadcasting_Corporation/Azw0dfdH">Malawi Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Malaysia </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Radio_Television_Malaysia/xHBvwUHE">Radio Television Malaysia</a></li></ul> <p> Maldives </p> <ul><li>MNBC (<a href="/facts/MNBC_One_(TV_Channel)/ACQDdfEC">MNBC One</a>/<a href="/facts/Voice_of_Maldives/YhDITTFG">Voice of Maldives</a>)</li></ul> <p> Malta </p> <ul><li>RTM (<a href="/facts/Television_Malta/f92XP0zI">RTM</a>)</li></ul> <p> Mauritius </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mauritius_Broadcasting_Corporation/s5BuRokw">Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Montserrat </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Radio_Montserrat/drf8AQrx">Radio Montserrat</a></li></ul> <p> Mozambique </p> <ul><li>Independent Television of Mozambique</li> <li>Rádio Moçambique</li> <li>Soico Television</li> <li><a href="/facts/Televis%C3%A3o_de_Mo%C3%A7ambique/6UYavk2M">Televisão de Moçambique</a></li></ul> <p> Namibia </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Namibian_Broadcasting_Corporation/NkwVWekK">Namibian Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> New Zealand </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/M%C4%81ori_Television/69X4VkzC">Māori Television</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Radio_New_Zealand/RHHBJFYI">Radio New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Television_New_Zealand/mgvf4yf0">Television New Zealand</a></li></ul> <p> Nigeria </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Channels_TV/Vvxch6Vo">Channels TV</a></li> <li>Daar Communications</li> <li><a href="/facts/Federal_Radio_Corporation_of_Nigeria/zqMTP0k0">Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria</a></li> <li>Gateway Radio, Ogun State Broadcasting</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nigerian_Television_Authority/KPJpzohH">Nigerian Television Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Voice_of_Nigeria/tQvpwhqI">Voice of Nigeria</a></li></ul> <p> Pakistan </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eye_Television_Network_Limited/7wGN3jvI">Eye Television Network Limited</a> (renamed as <a href="/facts/Hum_Network/7wGN3jvI">Hum Network</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Geo_TV/Jmw4bDL5">Geo TV</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pakistan_Broadcasting_Corporation/jlYeDLcr">Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pakistan_Television_Corporation/6QX0YcTG">Pakistan Television Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Papua New Guinea </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/EM_TV/Q7xEgCmm">EM TV</a></li></ul> <p> Rwanda </p> <ul><li>Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting</li></ul> <p> Saint Kitts and Nevis </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/ZIZ-TV/86K2km6b">Ziz Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines </p> <ul><li>National Broadcasting Corporation</li></ul> <p> Samoa </p> <ul><li>Samoa Quality Broadcasting Corporation</li></ul> <p> Seychelles </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Seychelles_Broadcasting_Corporation/hzzXAQA7">Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Singapore </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mediacorp/36KzStUA">Mediacorp</a></li></ul> <p> Sierra Leone </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone_Broadcasting_Services/JKMy7f9F">Sierra Leone Broadcasting Services</a></li></ul> <p> Solomon Islands </p> <ul><li>One News Limited</li></ul> <p> South Africa </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/E.tv/Hd2UdblP">e.tv</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/South_African_Broadcasting_Corporation/wf1MUglu">South African Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> Sri Lanka </p> <ul><li>The Capital Maharaja Organisation Limited(<a href="/facts/MBC_Networks/WQV1mqBk">MBC Networks</a> and <a href="/facts/MTV_Channel/LmFhb8Bb">MTV Channel</a>)</li></ul> <p> Tanzania </p> <ul><li>ITV Independent Television Tanzania</li> <li>Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation</li></ul> <p> Tonga </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tonga_Broadcasting_Commission/RAl68e0Q">Tonga Broadcasting Commission</a></li></ul> <p> Trinidad and Tobago </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Caribbean_New_Media_Group/ysVQ3t7F">Caribbean New Media Group</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CCN_TV6/sc1VPCTA">CCN TV6</a></li></ul> <p> Uganda </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Uganda_Broadcasting_Corporation/q0hffd6D">Uganda Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <p> United Kingdom </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">British Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Islam_Channel/8lobKDGj">Islam Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Manx_Radio/XudpUtAC">Manx Radio</a></li></ul> <p> Zambia </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Zambia_National_Broadcasting_Corporation/sbsb5P6x">Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/European_Broadcasting_Union/J4o57Hqa">European Broadcasting Union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Asia-Pacific_Broadcasting_Union/Um41llNk">Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/WRN_Broadcast/T6TcpjWG">World Radio Network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/North_American_Broadcasters_Association/5oq5zVdY">North American Broadcasters Association</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Caribbean_Broadcasting_Union/suQNAUW6">Caribbean Broadcasting Union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Commonwealth_Press_Union/1B3elR08">Commonwealth Press Union</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.cba.org.uk:">Commonwealth Broadcasting Association</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.publicmediaalliance.org:">Public Media Alliance</a> - successor organisation since 2014</li> <li><a href="http://www.publicbroadcastersinternational.org:">Public Broadcasters International</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.aibd.org.my:">Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Commonwealth Broadcaster Handbook & Directory. 2007. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"About Us". Public Media Alliance. Retrieved 31 October 2022. <a href="https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/about-us/" target="_blank">https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/about-us/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The CBA is becoming a truly global media network". Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2022. <a href="https://oldsite.cba.org.uk/fp-feat-cat/the-cba-is-becoming-a-truly-global-media-network/" target="_blank">https://oldsite.cba.org.uk/fp-feat-cat/the-cba-is-becoming-a-truly-global-media-network/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>