CVM Television

What CVM Television does

CVM Television Limited is a privately held Jamaican broadcaster founded in 1990 and headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica, operating a 24/7 linear television channel distributed via cable and satellite providers across Jamaica, alongside a website (cvmtv.com) and a YouTube channel that extend its programming online. The company's core product is a single unified broadcast service covering news, sports, business, entertainment, and politics, with the website organized into matching content verticals and featuring a breaking-news homepage, an editorial program schedule ("UP NEXT ON CVM TV"), and a CVM LIVE section for real-time stream viewing. Its underlying technology stack is a fairly conventional digital broadcast platform — a website (cvmtv.com) with content categorization, embedded video, and live streaming integration with its linear feed — with no disclosed proprietary software, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities. CVM monetizes through advertising placements visible across the site and linear broadcasts; no subscription, paywall, transactional, or licensing revenue model is disclosed. The customer base consists of two groups: a horizontal mass-market Jamaican audience consuming news and entertainment content, and advertisers seeking reach into that Jamaican audience via television and digital inventory. No revenue figures, funding rounds, ownership structure details, management team bios, partnerships, or strategic transactions are disclosed in the available data.

Name

CVM Television

Legal name

CVM Television

Website

https://cvmtv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CVM Television Limited is a Jamaican 24/7 broadcaster delivering news, sports, business, entertainment, and political content via cable/satellite TV, its website (cvmtv.com), and YouTube, serving Jamaican audiences and advertisers from Kingston, Jamaica.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Television Broadcasting

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612), Television Broadcasting Stations (516120)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

National General-Entertainment Broadcast Networks (MPABAAAA)

Keywords

• Television broadcasting
• News media
• Live streaming
• Cable television
• Broadcast advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston

HQ country

Jamaica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CVM Television Limited broadcasts 24/7 news, sports, business, entertainment, and political content on air via cable and satellite across Jamaica, and via live streaming on cvmtv.com and YouTube. The service includes breaking news coverage, scheduled programming, and on-demand news content across multiple verticals. The offering is a single unified television broadcast service supplemented by digital streaming channels.

Product overview

CVM Television is a Jamaican news and entertainment broadcasting company operating as a single unified television service. The company provides 24/7 programming through its core broadcast television product and live streaming capabilities, covering breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, and political content. The offerings are not modular; they represent a single television broadcast service with online streaming as an extension of the same product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CVM Television Broadcast Service Jamaica-based television broadcasting service providing 24/7 live news coverage, sports, business, entertainment, and political content. Available on cable and satellite providers across Jamaica with live streaming capabilities via the web and YouTube.
• CVM Live Stream Real-time streaming service for CVM Television's broadcast content, allowing viewers to watch live programming online from Kingston, Jamaica, accessible via the CVM LIVE section of cvmtv.com.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• RJRGLEANER Communications Group: Jamaica's largest media conglomerate and parent of TVJ. Operates radio, TV, print, and digital properties across the same audience and advertiser base as CVM, making it the dominant incumbent against which CVM competes.

Direct peers

• Television Jamaica (TVJ): Jamaica's primary public broadcaster and CVM's main direct competitor. TVJ operates as a national general-entertainment television network providing news, sports, and entertainment across cable and satellite, mirroring CVM's core offering and audience.
• GBN Grenada Broadcasting Network: Grenada's national television and radio broadcaster covering news, sports, and entertainment. Highly comparable small-island national broadcaster model with ad-supported revenue and multi-platform distribution.
• ABS Television (Antigua & Barbuda): National broadcaster of Antigua & Barbuda operating TV and radio across news and entertainment. Similar small-Caribbean-market operating profile and ad-supported model as CVM Television.
• Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Barbados): National public broadcaster of Barbados delivering news, sports, and entertainment via TV and digital. Closely comparable in business model, content mix, and small-island market dynamics to CVM Television.
• ZNS Bahamas: Bahamas national public broadcaster operating TV and radio across news and entertainment. Closely analogous as a Caribbean national broadcaster serving a small-population, ad-funded market like CVM in Jamaica.
• CCN TV6 (Trinidad and Tobago): One of Trinidad and Tobago's leading commercial TV broadcasters covering news, sports, and entertainment. Comparable in scale, multi-platform distribution, and Caribbean regional audience dynamics to CVM.

Regional players

• Nation Media Group: East Africa's largest media conglomerate operating TV, radio, print, and digital. Comparable as a regional multi-platform broadcaster with national scale and ad-supported revenue, although serving a different geography.
• Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC): Barbados-based regional news agency and broadcaster serving the wider Caribbean. Comparable in editorial mission and multi-territory news production, though broader geographic than CVM's Jamaica-only footprint.

Others

• Flow (Cable & Wireless Caribbean): Caribbean's leading cable and broadband provider and one of CVM's primary distribution partners. Adjacent rather than competitive — Flow controls the MVPD pipes CVM depends on for cable reach, making it both an enabler and a channel-power risk.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=mdeYr-xfBPM
• Xx.com/cvmtv
• Facebookfacebook.com/cvmtv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cvm-tv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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