Cable television operators in Jamaica are required to comply with local and international copyright laws and regulations, particularly relating to the channels and programmes that they sell to subscribers.

A 2015 date announced previously for the island’s television stations to switch over from analogue to digital broadcast has been shifted for at least another three years.

These are matters pertaining to copyright and private commercial arrangements. 

The call for more responsibility and care by sections of our electronic media industry is entirely appropriate and deserves the support of all well-thinking Jamaicans.

This article examines two main issues that
are very much interconnected: regulations
governing foreign ownership of broadcast
media, and copyright laws

The Broadcasting Commission notes, with concern, a misleading article in today’s edition of the Gleaner titled “Does anyone care about how public funds are spent?” That article wrongfully accuses the Commission of not holding itself accountable, on an apparent erroneous basis that the Commission is not up to date in producing its Annual Reports and Annual Audited Financial Statements.