CaribVision is an international broadcast television channel that plays in the
United States
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, the
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
and
Canada
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.
CaribVision is an internationally broadcast
English-language
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television channel run by the
Caribbean Media Corporation
The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is a Barbados-based centralised content-provider for the various Caribbean media houses in the region. Formed in June 2000, through the merger of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Caribbean News A ...
(CMC)'s national
broadcast
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centre on the island of
Barbados
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. The main focus of the channel is
Caribbean culture
The term Caribbean culture summarizes the artistic, musical, literary, culinary, political and social elements that are representative of Caribbean people all over the world.
As a collection of settler nations, the contemporary Caribbean has b ...
, news, current affairs, sports, lifestyle, opinions, and entertainment from an
Anglophone Caribbean
The languages of the Caribbean reflect the region's diverse history and culture. There are six official languages spoken in the Caribbean:
:*Spanish (official language of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bay Islands (Honduras), Corn Isl ...
perspective.
CaribVision is currently available in Latin America and over 30 Caribbean territories where it broadcasts to the Caribbean-diaspora. CaribVision appears in the United States and Canada. It is available in the
United States
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on
Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation was an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It was the fifth-largest cable provider and ninth-largest television provider in the United States. Throughout its ex ...
.
Programming
* Caribbean News Review
* Caribbean Newsline
* Caribbean Today
* Riddim Express
Partners and affiliates
*
Caribbean Communications Network Ltd., (CCN-TV6) –
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of Gr ...
*
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is a public radio and television broadcaster, located in The Pine, St. Michael in Barbados. It was founded in 1963 as Radio Barbados. The CBC falls under the ministry and jurisdiction of the Prim ...
, (CBC-TV8) – Barbados
*
Institute of Cuban Radio & Television, (ICRT) –
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
*
ZNS Network –
The Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
* The Creative Production & Training Centre Ltd., (CPTC) –
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
* Television Jamaica Ltd., (TVJ) – Jamaica
* CVM Television Ltd. – Jamaica
* Teleislas –
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
See also
*
List of television stations in the Caribbean
This is a brief listing of television channels in the Caribbean region. Note: All channels broadcast in the NTSC standard, unless otherwise stated.
Anguilla
* ZJF-TV 3 (Anguilla TV) Anguilla
* KCNTV4 – Channel 141
Antigua and Barbuda
* ...
References
External links
*
Caribbean Media Corporation - cmccaribbean.com - CaribVision- Channel description
- Satellite Configuration information
- 4 August 2006 - Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands
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Caribbean Media Corporation
Caribbean cable television networks
Television stations in Barbados
Television channels and stations established in 2006
English-language television stations
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