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 Contact Adam Weatherhead to discuss suitability of your programme. We would like to attract a wide range of programmes, reflecting the diversity of the CBA membership. Programmes are particularly welcomed with international appeal and scope, exploring themes like

• health
• science,
• education, and
• the environment.

Programmes should be free of major technical faults that would render the programme unfit for international broadcast. We also need donors to warrant that they own the rights to distribute that programme. That the rights for those programmes are cleared for the territories that they are offered to, and that all underlying rights and clearances have been effected. The CBA will assist you in making this process as simple as possible whilst adhering to the technical and legal requisites.

 Subject to confirmation of all the above, submit an Initial Programme Submission form (Word format, 40KB), along with a VHS viewing copy of the programme and initial publicity deliverables as detailed on the form. For qualitative and technical reasons a CBA panel will review this viewing cassette. It will also be checked for copyright material and commercial music that would create problems for international distribution. The CBA will contact you with the outcome of this review.

 Once the programme has been accepted for submission to the Bank, the Confirmation of Materials Availability form (Word format, 95KB) should be completed and the paperwork deliverables forwarded as detailed on the form. This enables the CBA to pass on this essential information to prospective licensees. At this stage, a synopsis and generic programme details of your programme will be published in the International Programme Bank catalogue. Members can then request viewing cassettes of your programme from the CBA.

 Once there is interest from a member broadcaster in licensing the programme, the CBA will send you a Programme Submission Deal Memo (Word format, 71KB) and will negotiate with you on the licence period, number of transmissions, territories available, media available etc.

 On signature of the Programme Submission Deal Memo, the CBA will send you the Request for Programme Master Delivery form (Word format, 73KB) which details how to ship your master to the CBA. We will hold the master for the duration of the licence period. The master will be used by the CBA to create further copies for broadcast by those members who licence your programme.