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{{Infobox Organization
|name = Caribbean Broadcasting Union<ref name="UIA">{{Cite web |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100066567 |url-access= |title=Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) |author1=Staff writer |year=2024 |department=UIA Global Civil Society Database |website=uia.org |publisher=[[Union of International Associations]] |agency=Yearbook of International Organizations Online |location=Brussels, Belgium |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=24 December 2024 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}</ref>
|image = CBU emblem.png
|map = 
|mcaption = 
|type = Union of broadcasting organisations
|membership = 33 active members in 20 countries and dependencies
|headquarters = [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
|predecessor = 
|formation = 1970
|language = 
|website = {{URL|https://www.caribroadcastunion.org/}}
}}

The '''Caribbean Broadcasting Union''' (CBU) founded in 1970 is a [[not-for-profit]] association of [[Public broadcasting|public service]] and [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial broadcasters]] in the [[Caribbean]]. Its secretariat is located in [[Barbados]].<ref name="UIA" /><ref name="ITU">{{cite web |url=https://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/CDS/SectorMembersPortal/index.asp?Name=44870 |title=Caribbean Broadcasting Union |access-date=December 24, 2018 |last= |first= |date= |publisher=International Telecommunication Union |location= |language= |quote= }}</ref>

Beginning in the mid-1980s, the CBU created several regionally syndicated programmes including ''[[CaribScope]]'', ''[[Caribbean Newsline]]'', ''[[Caribbean News Review]]'', ''[[Caribbean Business Weekly]]'', ''Talk Caribbean'', the ''Caribbean Song Festival'', ''Riddim Express'' and the ''[[CaribVision]]'' television news exchange, among other programmes. These were some of the first television programmes to contribute to a nascent regional integration movement{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} and enjoyed wide viewership,{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} 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]] were merged into the [[Caribbean Media Corporation]], 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]], with the exception of [[Haiti]]. Other member stations are drawn from several nations in the Caribbean area.<ref name="ITU" />

== Membership ==
=== Full members ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Broadcasting organisation
! [[Abbreviation|Abbr.]]
! Year
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Anguilla}}|| [[Anguilla Broadcasting Corporation]]||  ABC||2024
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Aruba}} || [[TeleAruba]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || [[Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service]] || ABS || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Bahamas}} || [[Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Barbados}} || [[Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation]] || CBC || 
|-
| rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flag|Belize}} || [[Broadcasting Corporation of Belize]] || BCB || 
|-
| [[Great Belize Productions]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Bermuda}} || [[Bermuda Broadcasting Company]] || BBC || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Colombia}} || [[Teleislas]] ||  || 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elisleño.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12782:teleislas-ingresa-al-caribbean-broadcasting-union&catid=39:cultura&Itemid=82 |title=Teleislas ingresa al 'Caribbean Broadcasting Union' |access-date=December 24, 2018 |last= |first= |date= |work=El Isleño |publisher= |location=San Andrés |language=Spanish |quote= }}</ref>
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Curacao}} || [[TeleCuracao]] ||  || 
|-
| rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flag|Dominica}} || [[Dominica Broadcasting]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Marpin Television]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Grenada}} || [[Grenada Broadcasting Corporation]] ||  || 
|-
| rowspan="4" align="left" | {{flag|Guyana}} || [[Guyana Television Broadcasting]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Guyana Broadcasting Corporation]] ||  || 
|-
| [[WRHM Television Service]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Viera Communications]] ||  || 
|-
| rowspan="3" align="left" | {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[CVM Television]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation]] || JBC || 
|-
| [[Television Jamaica]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Montserrat}} || [[Radio Montserrat]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || [[ZIZ Radio and Television]] ||  || 
|-
| rowspan="3" align="left" | {{flag|Saint Lucia}} || [[Cablevision]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Helen Television System]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Saint Lucia Broadcasting Corporation]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation]] ||  || 
|-
| rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flag|Suriname}} || [[Surinaamse Televisie Stichting]] ||  || 
|-
| [[ATV - Telesur]] ||  || 
|-
| rowspan="4" align="left" | {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || [[AVM Television]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Caribbean Communication Network - TV 6]] ||  || 
|-
| [[International Communication Network]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Trinidad Broadcasting]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} || [[Radio Turks and Caicos]] ||  || 
|}

=== Associate members ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Broadcasting organisation
! [[Abbreviation|Abbr.]]
! Year
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Canada}} || [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] || CBC || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Cuba}} || [[Cuban Institute of Radio and Television]] ||  ICRT||
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|France}} || [[Réseau Outre-Mer 1re|Société Nationale de Radio Télévision Française D'Outre-mer]] ||  || 
|-
| rowspan="4" align="left" | {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication]] || CARIMAC || 
|-
| [[The Creative Production & Training Centre Ltd.]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Independent Radio Co. Ltd.]] ||  || 
|-
| [[Radio Education Unit]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Netherlands}} || [[Radio Nederland Wereldomroep]] ||  RNW||
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Tortola}} || [[Department of Information and Public Relations]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || [[Banyan Ltd.]] ||  || 
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] || BBC || 
|-
| rowspan="3" align="left" | {{flag|United States}} || [[Cable News Network]] || CNN || 
|-
| [[National Association of Broadcasters]] ||  NAB||
|-
| [[Voice of America]] ||  VOA||
|-
| align="left" | {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} || [[St. Thomas-St. John Cable Television]] ||  || 
|-
|}

=== Non-member affiliates & associates ===
* [[North American National Broadcasters Association]] (NANBA)
* [[National Association of Broadcasters]] (NAB)
* [[World Broadcasting Unions]] (WBU)
* [[Commonwealth Broadcasting Association]] (CBA)
* [[Caribbean News Agency]] (CANA)
* [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)
* [[Arab States Broadcasting Union]] (ASBU)
* [[Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union]] (ABU)
* [[Union des Radiodiffusion et télévisions Nationales d'Afrique]] (URTNA)
* [[Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana]] (OTI)
* [[Asociación Internacional de Radiodifusión]] (AIR)
* [[Canadian Association of Broadcasters]] (CBA)

== Previous presidents of the CBU==
{{Div col}}
*1970–1973: Ray Smith
*1973–1975: Leo de Leon
*1975–1976: [[Ronald Sanders (diplomat)|Ron Sanders]]
*1976–1980: Frits Pengel
*1980–1984: Terrence Holder
*1984–1987: Frits Pengel
*1987–1991: J.A. Lester Spaulding
*1991–1999: Vic Fernandes
*1999–2002: Stewart Krohn
{{Div col end}}

== See also ==
* [[Caribbean Media Corporation]] (CMC)
* [[Latin American Union of News Agencies]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.caribroadcastunion.org/}} - The Caribbean Broadcasting Union online

{{International broadcasting organizations}}

[[Category:Caribbean Media Corporation]]
[[Category:Business-related television channels]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1970]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Barbados]]