The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) founded in 1970 is a

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association of

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and commercial broadcasters in the

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. Its secretariat is based in

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the CBU created several regionally syndicated programmes including '' CaribScope'', ''

Caribbean Newsline The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

'', '' Caribbean News Review'', '' Caribbean Business Weekly'', ''Talk Caribbean'', the ''

Caribbean Song Festival The Caribbean Song Festival was an annual song competition held among countries that are members of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU). It was the largest and highest rated song competition of the Caribbean. It is often referred to as the Eur ...

'', ''Riddim Express'' and the ''

CaribVision CaribVision is an international broadcast television channel that plays in the United States, the Caribbean and Canada. CaribVision is an internationally broadcast English-language television channel run by the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC)' ...

'' television news exchange, among other programmes. These were some of the first television programmes to contribute to a nascent regional integration movement and enjoyed wide viewership, particularly ''CaribScope'', a magazine containing arts, cultural and general-interest features submitted by member stations. Leadership of the association is mainly rotated between representatives of the affiliated media houses. On 9 June 2000 the commercial operations of the CBU and the

Caribbean News Agency The Caribbean News Agency (CANA) was founded in 1975 as successor to the former Reuters Caribbean service, created by the Caribbean region's print and broadcast media outlets. Stake-holding media companies share their own local content with CANA w ...

were merged into the

Caribbean Media Corporation The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is a Barbados-based centralised content-provider for the various Caribbean media houses in the region. Formed in June 2000, through the merger of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Caribbean News ...

, also based in Barbados, which has carried on the business of television production begun by the CBU. The CBU's current mandate includes the facilitation of some broadcast services, representation, and training of the staff of member stations in support of a unified Caribbean community. It holds an Annual General Assembly (AGA) in one of the member nations every August. Member stations are drawn from the 15 member nations of the

Caribbean Community The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econo ...

, with the exception of

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

. Other member stations are drawn from several nations in the Caribbean area.

Members

Full members

Associate members

Non-member affiliates & associates

North American National Broadcasters Association The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) is a non-profit group of broadcasting organizations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It is "committed to advancing the interests of broadcasters at home and internationally." As a member ...

(NANBA) * National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) * World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) *

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association 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 me ...

(CBA) *

(CANA) *

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...

(EBU) *

Arab States Broadcasting Union The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) ( ar, إتحاد إذاعات الدول العربية) is an Arab joint-action institution related to the League of Arab States and the Pan-Arab Association of Public Service and Commercial Broadcasters. ...

(ASBU) *

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU or APBU), formed in 1964, is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has over 287 members in 57 countries and regions, reaching a potential audience of about 3 bil ...

(ABU) * Union des Radiodiffusion et télévisions Nationales d'Afrique (URTNA) * Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) * Asociación Internacional de Radiodifusión (AIR) *

Canadian Association of Broadcasters The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) is a trade association representing the interests of commercial radio and television broadcasters in Canada. It is co-located with the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council in Ottawa. It was first e ...

(CBA)

Previous presidents of the CBU

*1999–2002: Stewart Krohn *1991–1999: Vic Fernandes *1987–1991: J.A. Lester Spaulding *1984–1987: Frits Pengel *1980–1984: Terrence Holder *1976–1980: Frits Pengel *1975–1976: Ron Sanders *1973–1975: Leo de Leon *1970–1973: Ray Smith

References

External links

The CBU
- The Caribbean Broadcasting Union online {{International broadcasting organizations Caribbean Media Corporation Business-related television channels Organizations established in 1970 1970 establishments in Barbados