CVM Communications Group
The CVM Communications Group consists of two television stations, CVM Television Limited (CVM TV) and its cable affiliate CVM Plus; a radio station, HOT 102-FM; and two newspapers, X-News and the Teen Herald. The CVM Communications Group is part of the UGI group of companies.
CVM Television Limited (CVM TV) was incorporated in Jamaica on July 31, 1990 and was granted a license to operate in March 1991. CVM TV began providing commercial television services in March 1993. CVM-TV competes in a three-station market in which it is considered the leading television station. CVM TV enjoys 49% share of the market, broadcasting a full 24 hours of planned programming each day. The channel broadcasts a mix of news, sports and current affairs along with soaps, local programming and drama features. The company is also the recipient of several national and international awards for its comprehensive and investigative coverage of news, sports, current affairs and entertainment.
CVM TV offers a variety of attractive and competitive services to its advertisers and viewers and strives to improve productivity, efficiency and effectiveness of services to the public. Today, CVM TV has a board of 11 directors, a company secretary, five departments with a staff of 136, and a subsidiary company, CVM Productions Ltd. CVM TV provides island-wide coverage with transmitters in all 14 parishes. Fully-computerized in all departments, CVM TV introduced closed-captioning for the hearing impaired, and has been on the Internet since December 1995, offering updated news on a nightly basis to an international audience.
X-News is a weekly tabloid that began in February 1993 in response to popular demand for a newspaper in touch with the daily lives of the population, and to whom mainstream newspapers had limited appeal. X-Newsemphasizes strong investigative reporting of stories not covered by mainstream media houses. Over time, X-News has established itself as an informative, entertaining paper, with an exciting mix of entertainment news, features, opinions, gossip and racy photographs. Media surveys have ranked X-News as one of the top five newspapers in Jamaica with the highest readership between the 15-30 age group.
Teen Herald, the only teen-focused newspaper in Jamaica, was launched in September 1994. Published weekly, this newspaper was designed to hone the literary skills of teenagers, while supporting their need for self-expression. Teen Herald was the 1996 recipient of the Press Association of Jamaica National Journalism Award for best small publication. It is distributed to two hundred and thirty high schools island-wide and has a readership of approximately 250,000. Weekly features are interesting, informative and educational with emphasis on entertainment, sports and the school curriculum.
Website: http://www.cvmtv.com