CBAA Conference 2025

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AUSTRALIAN FILM TELEVISION AND RADIO SCHOOL

Established in 1973 under an act of Federal Parliament, the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) is the nation’s premier screen and broadcast school. AFTRS’ purpose is to find and empower Australian talent to shape and share their stories with the world by delivering industry-relevant and future-focused education, research and training. We seek to be the reference point for innovation in screen, sound, and story-making, globally.

AFTRS Graduate Diploma in Radio and Podcasting is delivered online or on-campus and produces creative radio and podcast professionals who will shape the future of the Australian broadcast and audio industries

Website: https://www.aftrs.edu.au/

AMAZON ALEXA

Meet Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service, who’s here to help make your everyday life easy as. Bringing hands-free living to your home, Alexa can help entertain, organise, and keep you connected.

ALL IN MEDIA

All In Media are the world leader in smartphone apps and visual radio broadcast systems for radio stations. We have offices across in two continents and a worldwide customer base that includes renowned public broadcasters as well as industry-leading commercial stations. We have released over 350 apps for radio stations, including the UK radio industry's aggregator app, Radioplayer. With over 4.5 million app starts a week, we are one of the leading developers of smartphone apps for the radio industry. Our radio app customers include: ABC Radio, Absolute Radio, DMG Radio, Jazz FM, Orion Media, Primedia, RTE, Southern Cross Austereo and UTV. Our broadcast software is used by broadcasters around the world to manage their visual radio services across a range of platforms, and to deliver new forms of interactivity to their listeners. With the growing importance of digital, connected and hybrid radio, we provide the expertise to maximize the opportunities of these new platforms for radio stations.

Website: www.thisisaim.com/

XPERI

Xperi serves businesses worldwide with some of the most trusted names in media and entertainment. Our brands, TiVo®, DTS®, and HD Radio™, invent, develop and deliver technologies that power extraordinary video, audio and listening experiences, including IMAX® Enhanced, a certification and licensing program operated by IMAX Corporation and DTS, Inc. From the living room to the car, our brands deliver innovative, high-quality technology that can be found in consumer devices and platforms around the world.

Website: xperi.com/

APRA AMCOS

APRA AMCOS is the key business partner to Australasian music creators. We have more than 115,000 members who are songwriters, composers and music publishers. We license businesses to play, perform, copy or record our members’ music, and we distribute the royalties to our members. As a world-leading organisation invested in the future of music, APRA AMCOS enables music creators and customers to maximise the value music brings to business and life. We achieve this through a simple and effective licensing framework, and providing holistic industry support – from education, to live music, export, creators’ rights advocacy and recognition through our high profile awards and events program.

Website: https://www.apraamcos.com.au/

AVC GROUP

AVC Group is a team of highly skilled broadcast Engineers and software specialists who design, configure, and install state of the art broadcasting solutions. We offer support and technical consulting services for projects of all sizes and in are adept in project management for large and small broadcasters.

AVC Group has a strong presence in Australia and represents a wide range of products from best in breed internationally based manufacturers. We offer solutions for all aspects of studios, podcasting, call handling , intercom , processing , streaming solutions and much more.

Building robust solutions is only the beginning. Once your project has been implemented and your staff have been trained, we have a help desk available 24/7 to monitor and support your technology requirements.

Website: https://www.avc-group.net/

BROADCAST COMPONENTS

We are proud champions of community broadcasting – Australia’s largest Broadcast Components designs, installs and supports solutions from the Microphone to the Transmitter and Outside Broadcast. We proudly offer market leading technologies from supply only to turnkey implementations. If you are buying equipment for your station, buy from a locally owned and operated family business who invest time, money and energy in community radio and the CBAA.

Website: https://broadcastcomponents.com.au/

COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION

Every Australian has a unique story to tell – the Community Broadcasting Foundation helps share these stories. Each year we grant more than $19.9 million so community broadcasting organisations can share information and stories with people around the country through independent radio, television and digital media. From major cities to remote communities, our grants inspire people to create and support local, independent media. Our funding helps connect people across the country, including nearly 6 million people who tune in to their local radio station weekly. Through broadcasters and with the help of generous donations, the Community Broadcasting Foundation is a champion of independent media, diversity, multiculturalism and social justice. We work tirelessly every day to achieve our vision, ‘A voice for every community – sharing our stories’. We support all areas of community media including Indigenous, ethnic, regional and radio reading (RPH).

Website: cbf.org.au/

COMMUNITY MEDIA TRAINING ORGANISATION

The Community Media Training Organisation (CMTO) is a registered training organisation which delivers management and media training. We specialise in developing and delivering courses in broadcast and production, as well as training for managers and board members of community radio stations. The CMTO works with media and training organisations around Australia and the world consulting on high quality effective training techniques and best practice in e-learning.

Website: cmto.org.au/

CTV+ AUSTRALIA

CTV+ is the home of Community TV across Australia, watch over 150 locally produced programs from diverse community groups. Made by the community for the community. Stream on demand programs from C31 Melbourne and Geelong and C44 Adelaide’s free-to-air broadcast. Watch our live broadcast anywhere, anytime and on any device.

Community Television is a not-for-profit media resource providing local and diverse communities access to television broadcasting, and presenting news and issues not covered by commercial or government funded stations. The Community Television Sector in Australia is vibrant and diverse, with television stations in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Every week around 1000 volunteers participate in creating content for Community TV.

Community TV provides access and representation to the many diverse communities across the country. You can find faces, voices and issues which are not present in mainstream television.

Website: ctvplus.org.au/

DEUTSCHE WELLE

Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany’s international broadcaster. DW provides radio, TV and Online Services in 32 languages. Our aim is to foster a peaceful, stable global community. Therefore, we focus on topics such as freedom and human rights, democracy and good governance, free trade and social justice, health education and environmental protection, technology and innovation. DW offers free multi-media content to our non-commercial partners in Australia and New Zealand. DW has been a sponsor of CBAA conferences and journalism prizes for over 20 years. DW offers paid internships at our headquarters in Germany for young qualified CBAA journalists.

Website: https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097

KBI INSURANCE

KBI Specialist Insurance Brokers, in partnership with the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), provides a tailored insurance program designed specifically for community broadcasting organisations. This program addresses the unique risks faced by radio broadcasters, offering protection for the organisation, staff including volunteers, property, equipment, defamation risks, and more. With flexible coverage options, comprehensive protection, and competitive premiums, KBI ensures your station remains secure. Whether you’re looking for an insurance review or ready to start a quote, KBI is here to help. Contact us at info@kbigroup.com.au to safeguard your broadcasting future today,

Website: https://kbigroup.com.au/what-we-do-service/association-insurance/

MEDIA REALM

Media Realm specialises in technology for media organisations and non-profits. Our products are used every day by hundreds of broadcasters around the world and reach millions of users monthly. Our Radio Website platform provides stations with best-practice, turn-key websites, and MetaRadio allows broadcasters to connect now-playing metadata between 100+ different broadcast systems.

Website: https://www.mediarealm.com.au/

PPCA

PPCA is non-profit copyright collecting society that provides blanket licences for the use of recorded music in Australia. Revenue generated from licensing is distributed to registered record labels and artists so they can continue to make music for us all to enjoy.

Website: www.ppca.com.au/

RCS

RCS is the World’s Largest Broadcast Software Company with products in thousands of radio and TV stations, music channels, cable companies, ad agencies, satellite networks and streaming stations worldwide. With guaranteed reliability and 24/7 support the most respected names in the industry choose RCS as their software provider.

Website: https://www.rcsworks.com/

SCOPE

Website: https://www.scopeaust.org.au/

SPOTS & SPACE

At Spots & Space we have one job. Everyday we speak to national advertisers and their agencies. Our message is simple "we make it easy to sponsor community radio".

We are in your corner, promoting the value of community radio every day.

Website: www.spotsandspace.com.au

STUDIIO

Studiio is the listener communication platform designed for radio stations and broadcasters. It is an entirely cloud-based solution, easy to use, reliable and handles all your communication needs.

Through a combination of its industry-leading software and dedicated people, Studiio helps radio stations and broadcasters drive their listener communications across multiple different communication channels such as phone calls, SMS/MMS messaging, social media, email and more.

Website: https://studiio.io/

TECHNORAMA

Technorama's aim is to become the focal point which brings technologists together, and supports their efforts.

Website: technorama.org.au/

THE CENTRE FOR VOLUNTEERING

The Centre for Volunteering (The Centre) is a not-for-profit organisation with more than 50 years’ experience providing leadership on volunteering in NSW. This involves playing a key role in advocacy, support services and sector development.

The Centre offers a range of resources, training, workshops and events which benefit both individual volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations. This includes best practice support services such as the Volunteer Manager Help Desk and Knowledge Base, and National School of Volunteer Management [RTO code 90031], a registered training organisation providing professional development and nationally accredited volunteering qualifications.

Website: https://www.volunteering.com.au/

TRITON DIGITAL

Triton Digital is the global technology and services leader to the digital audio, podcast, and broadcast radio industries. We provide innovative technology that enables broadcasters, podcasters, and online music services to build their audience, maximize revenue, and streamline operations.

Website: https://tritondigital.com/

OMNY STUDIO

Omny Studio is Triton Digital’s enterprise podcast management platform, delivering the industry’s leading content creation, hosting, editing, distribution, promotion, monetization, and analytics tools to publishers. With more than 28,000 podcasts hosted on the platform, publishers across the globe rely on Omny Studio to host and share their podcast content across a wide range of devices and platforms, including mobile phones, smart speakers, and social networks. Omny Studio is trusted by world-class podcasters and radio networks around the world, including Monocle, Southern California Public Radio, Stitcher/Midroll, RADIO.COM, CBC, Corus Entertainment, and News Corp in the US, UK and Australia

Website: omnystudio.com/learn

RØDE

We are a global leader in audio technology with a mission to amplify the voice and vision of the world’s creators. With a storied history dating back over 50 years, RØDE is a uniquely Australian-owned and operated company with a passion for innovation, obsession with quality, and enduring commitment to making incredible audio accessible to everyone. Since the beginning, we have been at the forefront of creator technology, revolutionising everything from home studio recording to audio for filmmaking to podcasting with iconic products that continue to inspire.

Website: rode.com/en-au

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