The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is a
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). ...
-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
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) founded in 1970 is a non-profit association of public service and commercial broadcasters in the Caribbean. Its secretariat is based in Barbados.
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the CBU created several regional ...
(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 ...
(CANA). The Caribbean Media Corporation mainly serves as a regional clearinghouse of regional news and information in the countries of
CARIFORUM
The Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) is a subgroup of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States and serves as a base for economic dialogue with the European Union. It was established in 1992. Its membership comprises the 15 Caribbean ...
. In addition to the CMC's regional media stake-holders, the CMC also caters to several International associate media organisations.
Operationally the CMC organisation is predominantly funded through contributions of the regional media houses involved. However, in 2004, the Government of Barbados provided a home for the CMC with the creation of the Caribbean Media Centre in a government-owned office complex on an industrial estate. The centre's rent-free status was to end in 2007.
See also
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Caribbean Broadcasting Union
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) founded in 1970 is a non-profit association of public service and commercial broadcasters in the Caribbean. Its secretariat is based in Barbados.
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the CBU created several regional ...
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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 ...
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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)' ...
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Latin American Union of News Agencies
External links
Caribbean Media Corporation- Official website
The Caribbean News Agency's (CANA) newswire serviceCaribbean Broadcasting Corporation- The CBU website
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Communications in the Caribbean