Canadian Association of Broadcasters

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) was the national voice of Canada's private broadcasters, representing the vast majority of Canadian programming services, including private radio and television stations, specialty, pay and pay-per-view services.

2006 marked the 80th Anniversary of the CAB. Established by the pioneers of Canadian broadcasting on January 28, 1926, the CAB was formed to defend the interests of Canada’s private broadcasters and to ensure the ongoing vitality and strength of the Canadian broadcasting system.

On February 18, 2010, it was announced that CAB was shutting down due to irreconcilable differences between the association's TV station operators (such as CanWest and CTV) and other TV station operators owned by cable companies (such as Rogers and Shaw). The non-cable operators have been advocating a tax on the cable operators for carrying over-the-air television signals.[1] CAB chairman Elmer Hildebrand stated an intention to form a new organization representing radio broadcasters alone and there was speculation that specialty broadcasters could form their own lobby group.

See also

• Censorship in Canada
• Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
• Canadian Communications Foundation
• Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame

External links

• Canadian Association of Broadcasters' website (site indicates "The CAB has curtailed its operations as of May 31, 2010; the information on this site is for reference purposes only and has not been updated since May 2010.")