CVM Television Limited (CVM TV) is a television station in
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long spit (landform), sand spit which connects the town of Por ...
owned by VertiCast Media Group. The station's name is an acronym for the three original major shareholders granted the television license in 1991: Community Television Systems Limited, Videomax Limited, and Mediamix Limited.
CVM is known for broadcasting newscasts and Caribbean lifestyle & entertainment shows, as well as overseas movie and TV productions. ''CVM News'' has been one of the station's long-running programmes.
History
CVM TV was granted a licence to operate in March 1991, and began providing commercial television services in March 1993.
It was reported on September 27, 2022 that CVM TV was sold to the VertiCast Media Group led by media mogul Oliver McIntosh. Oliver McIntosh had been in charge of cable sports channel Sportsmax for over two decades before forming his media company. With the ownership change, CVM TV became a sibling to VertiCast's new Csport networks that launched the same year. Later that Fall, CVM TV would broadcast the
2022 FIFA World Cup
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with Csport; marking the return of the
FIFA World Cup
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to the station for the first time in a near-decade.
List of programmes
Current
Domestic
News
*''CVM News''
Sports
*''CVM Sports''
Breakfast
*''Sunrise''
International
Drama
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The Sopranos
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Comedy
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Are You Being Served?
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Keeping Up Appearances
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Former
International
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NYPD Blue
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Picket Fences
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Silk Stalkings
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Street Justice
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The X-Files
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Children's
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Abby Hatcher
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''
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Action Man
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Animaniacs
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Astro Boy
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Barney & Friends
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Beetlejuice
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Butterbean's Café''
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Dora the Explorer (TV series)
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Doug
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Free Willy
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The Magic School Bus
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The Mummy
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The New Archies
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Lazer Tag Academy
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The Little Mermaid
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Merrie Melodies
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Nella the Princess Knight
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Pinky and the Brain
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Police Academy
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The Puzzle Place
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Rainbow Rangers
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Reading Rainbow
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The Real Ghostbusters
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Romeo!
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Salty's Lighthouse
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Sesame Street
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Shimmer and Shine
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Shoebox Zoo
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Space Strikers
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Sunny Day (TV series)
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Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
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Tak and the Power of Juju
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Taz-Mania
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Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic
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V.R. Troopers''
Comedy
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The 5 Mrs. Buchanans''
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Blossom
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Family Matters
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper''
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The Jamie Foxx Show
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Married... with Children''
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Step by Step''
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The Upper Hand
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See also
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Television Jamaica
Television Jamaica (TVJ) is a television station in Kingston, Jamaica, a subsidiary of the RJRGleaner Communications Group. It is one of Jamaica's two major television stations.
TVJ has had a number of managers, the general manager being Dr. Cla ...
(TVJ)
References
External links
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Television channels and stations established in 1993
1990s establishments in Jamaica
Television stations in Jamaica
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