Both the President of the Senate, Prof. the Hon. Oswald Harding and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Delroy Chuck have congratulated the Broadcasting Commission on its consistent efforts to control and regulate inappropriate media content. The Parliamentary officials’ comments came during a recent visit by a delegation led by Commission Chairman, Professor Hopeton Dunn.

The death of John Maxwell on December 10 represents the passing of one of the most influential figures in the Jamaican media landscape for more than half a century.

The National Steering Committee on Digital Switch-over has recommended a 2015 deadline for switch-off of the old analogue television transmission signals and the start of a full digital national television infrastructure. The decision was made at a meeting of the Committee held on November 2, 2010.

BROADCASTING COMMISSION PROPOSES UP TO 15 MILLION DOLLAR FINES FOR BREACHES OF PAYOLA 

Proposals to criminalise Payola included in amendments to Regulations

The Broadcasting Commission has been advised by ESPN that it does not have the distribution rights for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in the Caribbean Region. ESPN has further advised that the FIFA 2010 World Cup is only available on the American ESPN feeds, which cannot be distributed outside the United States. Further, there are only two ESPN channels that are authorized for distribution in the region. These are ESPN Caribbean and ESPN 2 Caribbean.

Caribbean regulators, policy specialists and professionals in the Broadcasting, Telecommunications and wider ICT community will meet June 7 - 8, at the Terra Nova Hotel, Kingston, to discuss the future of broadcasting in the Caribbean.