Caribbean Media Corporation
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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 Agency
(CANA). The Caribbean Media Corporation mainly serves as a regional clearinghouse of regional news and information in the countries of CARIFORUM
. 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.
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
-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
Caribbean Broadcasting Union
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union founded in 1970 is a not-for-profit association of public service and commercial broadcasters in the Caribbean...
(CBU) and the Caribbean News Agency
Caribbean News Agency
Prior to the merger, the Caribbean News Agency founded in January 1976 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 which in turn would have access...
(CANA). The Caribbean Media Corporation mainly serves as a regional clearinghouse of regional news and information in the countries of CARIFORUM
CARIFORUM
The Caribbean Forum is a subgroup of ACP States and serves as a base for economic dialogue with the European Union. It was established in 1992. Its membership comprises the 15 Caribbean Community states, along with the Dominican Republic...
. 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.
External links
- Caribbean Media Corporation - Official website
- The Caribbean News Agency's (CANA) newswire service
- Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation - The CBU website