The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) is a non-profit association of broadcasting organizations in the United States, Mexico and Canada committed to advancing the interests of broadcasters at home and internationally. As a member of the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU), NABA creates the opportunity for North American broadcasters to share information, identify common interests and reach consensus on issues of an international nature. NABA provides representation for North American broadcasters in global forums on topics including protection of content, spectrum related concerns, the territorial integrity of broadcasters’ signals and digital transition issues.
NABA’s full members, who represent network broadcasters both public and private, work together with their colleagues including national broadcasting associations, speciality services, service providers and vendors to provide a common voice for the North American broadcast community.
"The Broadcasting industry is turning an important corner as it embraces new service opportunities that several years or months ago were not considered as part of a broadcaster activity, but today must be seen as a challenge and opportunity for all of us. Through NABA, broadcasters in North America provide leadership in this new convergence ensuring that we are able to offer our content and services to everyone, everywhere and in the format that our audiences or users want. Ensuring that television and radio broadcast spectrum and services are protected and well positioned as new products and business models emerge, continues to be of highest priority for NABA."
Leonardo Ramos
President, NABA
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Key Objectives
The association pursues the following key areas of activity:
- Spectrum related issues
Ensuring the preservation of broadcasters' spectrum, both terrestrial and satellite.
- Signal protection
Preventing interference, signal theft and considering retransmission issues.
- Content protection
Fortifying the protection of copyright and intellectual property issues and investigating technical solutions.
- Digital transition issues
Contributing to new digital standards, platforms and interface capabilities and advancing operational standards and practices.
- Safety and Security
Sharing and developing best practices for emergency preparedness and business continuity, and health and safety issues.
With this focus, NABA provides a forum where broadcasters can interact to share best practices, discuss common challenges and opportunities and advance the interests of broadcasting. Founded in 1972, NABA is a member of the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU), the coordinating body for broadcasting unions who represent broadcaster networks across the globe. NABA plays a key role representing North American broadcasters with status as a non-governmental organization at the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The NABA Secretariat office is based in Toronto, Canada.
NABA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference
Each year, NABA holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference. The AGM provides our members with the opportunity to gather in one place to discuss important issues in official meetings and through conference panels. NABA members host each AGM at their facilities, with past AGMs taking place at CNN (Atlanta), Fox (Los Angeles), CBC/Radio-Canada (Toronto), NBC-Universal (New York) and Televisa/TV Azteca (Mexico City).
NABA does not engage in activities which would violate anti-trust or competition laws in Canada, the United States or Mexico and from time to time consults with outside counsel to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. |
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