CIG cuts deal for free World Cup games on TV
(CNS): Local cable and internet TV provider Logic, which has exclusive broadcast rights in the Cayman Islands to the FIFA World Cup, has agreed to provide 22 games for free on CIGTV channels on other providers as well as across its own free over-the-air service. OfReg and the Cayman Islands Government have cut a deal with Logic to show key football games from Qatar, including the final, so that everyone, regardless of their TV provider, can watch the tournament.
Despite the significant controversies surrounding this particular FIFA tournament, including corruption allegations surrounding how Qatar secured the competition and the deaths of exploited foreign workers who built the infrastructure for the tournament, football is still the most popular sport in the world and the World Cup will be watched by billions of people around the world.
Speaking on the importance of the deal for the people of the Cayman Islands, Deputy Premier Chris Saunders, who led the charge to help people get access, said there would be some games broadcast free of charge for everyone to watch.
“Although Logic has the exclusive commercial rights to broadcast the World Cup in the Cayman Islands, my colleagues and I in the PACT Government are extremely happy that Logic agreed to have the free games streamed via CIG TV and shared with other local television providers for their customers’ viewing,” he said, as he thanked OfReg for approaching Logic and facilitating the discussions that resulted in this historic win for every football fan here in the Cayman Islands.
“While in opposition, I championed the cause of ensuring that broadcast events of national importance should be available for the local public to view across all providers, free of any additional charge, and brought a private member’s motion back in 2018 that passed unanimously but was never implemented until now,” he said. “I hope that this unprecedented achievement ushers in a new level of cooperation amongst television providers in the best interest of our people, and I once again would like to thank Logic for being the first to share content of national importance.”
Logic CEO Siobhan James-Alexander said everyone becomes a football fan during World Cup. “It is important to us that we are able to extend the experience to more than just our customers. Cayman is a true melting pot of countries. We are happy to share in the excitement that is generated over the period, especially with all the different nationalities that form part of the Cayman community,” he added.
Speaking on behalf of OfReg, Executive Director Sonji Myles said the regulator was committed to working with licensees in their efforts to provide consumers with the best possible services.
“It is a particular pleasure to be able to facilitate the sharing of broadcast services for big events that the whole country has an avid interest in, such as the World Cup, so that football fans in Cayman have the opportunity to watch games freely on CIGTV,” he said. “We thank Logic for their part in helping us to make this happen.”
The free-to-air games can be watched on Logic’s over-the-air CIGTV broadcast channel and all 64 World Cup games are on Logic cable channels 500 and 501. FLOW channel 106 and C3 channel 3 will also show the 22 free-to-air games.
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Does anyone know if CIGTV are showing any games today if we have FLOW cable? The chart above mentioned that they would show 22 games but listed more so not very clear? Is there an update?
How is it Free when you need a Cable Plan to get CIGTV?
Clearly The DP has FLOW as internet service lol
It oddly coincided with the inability to stream from CSports all of a sudden like the morning of…..doubt its a coincidence as Logic has Csports as part of their sports package.
Always more to the story
There’s a really funny part to this story which I’ll tell you after the games are over.
Smug insiders gain no peripheral life points.
In other words, make your declarations before the events or just pass. … …. what the youth would characterise as STFU.
When Cayman playing?
The comments just show me that some of you will complain about anything, and if there is nothing to complain about you will manufacture it. How does offering free viewing of these matches hurt anyone? Unbelievable. We really do get some of the worst people coming here! Is it the “tax free” status? Does that mean we only get the greedy, selfish assh*les?
All the matches are free if you know where to watch them. This is just virtue signaling.
Your wrong on this one…..it was done to block a very inexpensive (8 bucks a month) and convenient way for most people to watch all the games from various devices in HD called CSports
Run with that one……
Bars are playing music on Sundays and this is what Saunders is worried about?
guess now they will address this as one of their accomplishments..
Thank you guys for this gesture. I’m a Logic customer, 72 year old senior, who loves soccer. Thanks so much I can watch from my home.
It’s football old timer.
Will the CIGTV broadcast start on time or will it be delayed like all their others?
By licensing directly with Verticast Media (CSport.tv) they have denied direct paying customers to all 64 games. Games are now geo-blocked in Cayman on the CSport.tv app when up until yesterday they were viewable. The ironic thing is that Verticast and CSport.tv are one and the same. I am paying for 64 games but now have to settle for the generous 22 games which Logic is permitting us to watch……no logic in that decision. I’m pissed off and I know I’m not alone here
Logic has just pushed people to pirate the games. Way to go Logic!!
Sounds like a robin hood moment- they spread the proverbial wealth (64 game subscribers) and redistributed it for a more even consumption (22 to for all).
CIG – you have more important issues to be dealing with.
I don’t have a TV provider, they are all over priced tripe.
Yep, Ive not paid for TV for a decade now and not missed anything Ive wanted to see.
Boycotting.
Not sure when these games are starting on CIGTV. Nothing as yet, except the same old repeatedly-looped CIG propaganda!
Did you not see the chart at at the end of the article?
22 @ 6:26 pm – I ignored that chart because it doesn’t list 22 games as per Logic’s/CIG info. Obviously the char is wrong. What else is?
So what are the free matches?
Can I get CIG to reimburse my NHL Center Ice package on Logic?
Need reimbursement from FLOW for cancelling Premiership games channel without even informing subscribers.
Arrogant inconsiderate shameless behavior toward customers who signed on in good faith.
Customer service…? Not with FLOW.
You two need to ask your mommies if they will help you out. The rest of us are responsible for our choices.
wasn’t canceled by flow. logic acquired exclusive rights from Verticast and made it impossible for another provider to carry the premier league without paying them large sums for broadcasting rights.
Logic purchased the rights to FIFA, not the premier league
Vericast purchased the premier league rights in the Caribbean and is being aired on their network, CSport. Any TV provider can carry CSport. Flow chose not to due to cost whereas Logic did. Blame Flow.