Dear Editor: I write in reference to a letter to the editor titled ‘Pay-to-view broadcast of Beijing Winter Olympics is unfair’ published in the daily Gleaner of February 8, 2022. The writer complained about SportsMax’s exclusive rights to broadcast the Winter Olympics and called on the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) to intervene. Other persons in the comment section joined in expressing their disquiet about the arrangement and one even accused the BCJ of being in a slumber.

Television Jamaica (TVJ) has been accepted as a full member of the Advanced
Television Systems Committee, (ATSC) Inc. an organisation representing
trendsetting stakeholders who are defining the global future of the Next Generation
of Television – ATSC 3.0.

Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission, Cordel Green, is urging governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to give digital literacy urgent attention. 

The Broadcasting Commission is reminding the public that the Digital Television Switchover (DSO) in Jamaica will get underway in 2022, with completion expected by 2023.

The UNESCO Working Group on Information Accessibility (WGIA) is set to host its 2nd Annual
Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility (AI4IA) Conference bringing together global
experts to draw attention to the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI).

The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) is
celebrating its landmark 35th anniversary at a moment
of profound global crisis which is likely to be the catalyst
for transformative and irrevocable change.