Watch nah tings real real bad in this country! Ah start off the evening happy happy like pappy with Flex reporting that everything looking good for Connection's visa issues, and I still had lingering good vibes from the 95.5 FM interview suggestive of allegedly positive developments with the impasse.......until I read this article( below) with
hidden author (
please tell me is not Shaun Fuentes !!) and picture showing a mega bucks big business deal with
Jackula signing as part of presumably 3 parties (1).
IMC (abbreviation explained).....(2).
Sportsmax (identity explained)......and (3). so-
called JDI casually mentioned as if it is common lingo as say CNN. It was a glaring, intentional and disrespectful omission that seems to reek of secrecy and conspiracy to under-report. I have never seen such vile, putrid-smelling, smokescreen journalism than this!!!!
Is de worst! The article goes on and on and is only JDI, JDI every time like is outta style.
Ah almost rename this article Return of the JEDI JDI Let me tell you something, if this is the same patriotic love-de-socawarriors Shaun who has boosted the morale of forumites here with his generous digital pictures and stories, then despite all good that was presumably done before by him, this would then be, (if true that he wrote this), the ultimate dissapointment.... and would suggest that the cancer of corruption / nepotism /cronyism is not just geyyin' a touch of the supposedly young innocent ones around us, but devouring them whole and men are prepared to sell dey soul, not in secret, but wide in de open, brandishing dey intent loudly with articles that make no attempt to hide the sinister motive
Sickening!
Even if it is not Shaun Fuentes, then Lord help us still. Shaun Fuentes, at least we thought we knew you.... please say this is not you
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Flex, Tallman, palos.. I'm sorry. ............this cyah work.
Lasana are you there? Help!! I cyar take this!
If somebody could show that this was somehow just an innocent careless omission with nothing sinister then I will try to cool it.
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JDI AGREES FIFA W/CUP DEAL WITH IMC ... Region to see the matches on SportsMax http://www.socawarriorstt.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=910&Itemid=2 International Media Content Limited (IMC), parent company of regional sports cable channel SportsMax, announced today an agreement with the JDI for the broadcast rights to a comprehensive soccer programming package from 2007 through 2014, which will include the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM and the 2014 FIFA World CupTM and will begin with the broadcast of this year’s FIFA Under-17 and Under-20 World Cups.
“Football continues to enjoy significant popularity and growth in the Caribbean, widely recognized as the #1 participation and watched sport in the region. The JDI’S objective is to ensure that we utilise the best technology and platform available to bring the beautiful game to our football loving television audience across the entire region,” said CFU President Jack Warner, who negotiated the deal on behalf of JDI, “IMC is the ideal partner for JDI not only in terms of its proven ability to deliver the programming across the Caribbean but also due to its strong experience, position and commitment to the world’s most cherished sport.”
In addition to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM and the 2014 FIFA World CupTM, FIFA properties included in the agreement through 2014 are the FIFA Men’s U-20 and U-17, the FIFA Confederations Cup (played in the year prior to the World Cups), the Women’s World Cup as well as the CONCACAF Gold Cup. As it did for the FIFA 2006 World Cup GermanyTM, IMC will act as host broadcaster in the Caribbean for FIFA properties through 2014.
“This is another big step for IMC in our goal of remaining the leading provider of sports content in the Caribbean,” said Patrick Rousseau, IMC’s Chairman. “Our successful experience from the transmission of the FIFA 2006 World Cup GermanyTM to approximately 40 million households in the Caribbean in three languages was unprecedented and will be very valuable as we bring even more FIFA football content to the Caribbean over the next 8 years. Without a doubt, IMC is the best positioned to bring high quality coverage of the region’s most popular sport to watch and play to the viewing audiences around the Caribbean.”
The agreement between the JDI and IMC includes broadcasting rights to 29 countries in the Caribbean and will require IMC to distribute the FIFA properties in English, Spanish and French. A key tenet of the agreement is that the FIFA 2010 and 2014 World Cup tournaments be broadcast on free-to-air television or the widest possible broadcast platform available in each territory to maximize viewership.
“This represents a phenomenal day for football in the Caribbean,” said Oliver McIntosh, President and CEO of IMC subsidiary SportsMax Limited. “The partnership between the JDI and IMC means that the Caribbean television audience will see more football over the next eight years than ever before, further increasing the popularity of the sport. Together with the JDI, we have started producing local football matches that were never done before allowing the abundance of talent that we have here in the Caribbean to be seen across the Caribbean and into the rest of the world. With many of the region’s teams likely to participate in the FIFA tournaments included in this agreement, the Caribbean audience can be assured that they will not miss any of the action. In combination with regional broadcasters, SportsMax will definitely play a role in continuing to satisfy the football appetite of our people.”
For specific tournaments, full broadcast partners in each territory and programming details will be made available as soon as possible. (February 26, 2007.Photo attached shows Warner signing an agreement with IMC chairman Patrick Rousseau, IMC deputy chairman Philip Martin and SportsMax President and CEO Oliver McIntosh (behind) looking on at CONCACAF Office, Port of Spain on Monday. Second photo includes CFU consultant Cheryl Abrams in the group)
About International Media Content (IMC)
IMC is incorporated in St. Lucia and is the 100% owner of SportsMax Limited (“SportsMax”). IMC’s primary business is the acquisition of television and radio broadcasting rights for international, regional and local sporting events. IMC was the official host broadcaster in the Caribbean for the FIFA 2006 World Cup Germany in the Caribbean.
Rights currently owned by IMC for the Caribbean include English Premier League and FA Cup Football, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, COPA America senior, FIFA Under-20 and Under-17 2007 tournaments and Gold Cups; international cricket consisting of West Indies overseas tours and the home series played in England, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka and New Zealand as well as regional and Jamaican cricket; international rugby and track & field as well as other major sporting events.
About SportsMax
SportsMax began broadcasting on cable in Jamaica in 2002 and launched its service via satellite in October 2005. The Channel is transmitted regionally to over 19 territories in the Caribbean, recently launching in Trinidad & Tobago (November 2006) and Barbados (March 2007) SportsMax’s strategy is to focus on content that the regional market desires, marrying regional sports content with the most popular international content available.
SportsMax has broadcast some of the most prestigious competitions worldwide, namely the Euro 2008 Qualifiers, the English Premier League and FA Cup, West Indies away Tours, English, Australian, South African and Sri Lankan cricket, Copa America, and the CONCACAF Gold Cup to name a few.
Visit SportsMax on the web at
www.sportsmax.tv.
