Media associations found new umbrella organization
The three media associations—Forum Corporate Publishing (FCP), the Professional Association of Media Producers (f:mp.), and the Corporate TV Association (CTVA)—have decided to establish a joint umbrella organization in the first quarter of 2010. The new umbrella organization will bring together more than 700 companies and their communications representatives under a single umbrella.
The aim of the association is to establish a new community in the overall corporate communication market. In addition, common interests are to be represented by an integrated cooperation platform, while at the same time ensuring the autonomy of the individual member associations in terms of content. According to a communiqué issued on Monday, the foundation was prompted by the far-reaching changes in the media landscape. The range of available communication tools is expanding at an accelerated pace and the various forms of media are increasingly converging. Cooperation between the associations is therefore a logical conclusion.
About the associations
At Corporate Publishing Forum is an association of around 100 CP providers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They offer services for all areas of corporate communication. The Forum is Europe's largest association of corporate publishing service providers and is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009. The Corporate TV Association (CTVA) is dedicated exclusively to the topic of corporate TV and covers the entire spectrum of moving images in corporate communications through its approximately 70 members. The f:mp. is an independent professional association with around 520 members that supports media producers in their daily work. Its main task is to provide training and further education.
