Tag: Cayman 27
Newspaper to supply gov’t TV with content
(CNS): The Cayman Compass has entered into a deal with the Unity Government to publish its local news content on the Cayman Islands Government TV station. Officials from both the newspaper and government said no money is changing hands but the local publisher will allow government to broadcast the video programmes it makes free of […]
CIG, OfReg silent over loss of local TV
(CNS): The premier has made no move yet to fill the void left by the closure of Cayman 27 news, despite claims last month that he was going to move quickly to do so. The station has confirmed that in the month since they were forced off the air, the management has heard nothing from […]
Cayman 27 not alone in owing OfReg fees
(CNS): The utilities regulator, OfReg, has revealed that while Cayman 27 was forced off air last night over unpaid fees of more than CI$100,000, it is not the only licensed broadcaster that is behind paying fees due to the regulator. Responding to CNS enquiries about the end of the local TV station, Alee Fa’amoe, executive […]
Premier explores filling TV void
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has said he is concerned about the closure of local television station Cayman 27 and that his government would “begin exploration as to how the void … can quickly be filled”. In a short statement Thursday, following the announcement that Cayman 27 will cease broadcasting on Friday evening, the premier noted […]
Local TV closing down Friday
(CNS): Hurley’s TV, which owns the local free television channel, Cayman 27, will quit broadcasting on Friday following the evening news, and after more than 25 years airing local news, sports, weather, talk shows and community events. Officials from the station said that for the better part of the last decade, the economic viability of the station, […]
Tammi returns to telly to take on top job
(CNS): The local television station, Cayman 27, which is now owned by Hurley’s Media Ltd, welcomed back veteran journalist Tammi Sulliman this month to manage its news, community content, programming and operations. Sulliman, who is originally from Trinidad and has worked in the news business for more than 18 years, joined Cayman Net News as a […]
Logic accused of pirating Winter Olympics
(CNS): The owner of Cayman 27, which has the exclusive rights to broadcast the 2018 Winter Olympics, has accused its rival cable firm of illegally broadcasting coverage. Having served the firm with a cease and desist order, Cayman 27 officials said Logic has now ‘blacked out’ the games. Hurley’s Media Ltd, which owns Cayman 27, said it secured the […]
TV regulator blamed for sunset on Daybreak
(CNS): Hurley’s Media Ltd has announced that it is dropping its morning TV show, Daybreak, and replacing it with a televised version of its radio phone-in show, Cayman CrossTalk, which airs each morning on Rooster. Hurley’s Media Managing Director Randy Merren said that the first ever show to be broadcast on CITN some 25 years […]
TV news off-air as station moves to Camana Bay
(CNS): The local television news was off-air Monday night as Hurley’s Entertainment and Cayman 27 made the move to new studios in Camana Bay. Officials said they expect the move will be completed in time for the Wednesday night’s news programme, which will be broadcast from the new studios. The local television channel was purchased […]
