In the spirit of the Olympic Games, Flow – the Official Broadcast Partner and Exclusive Telecommunications Partner of Rio 2016 Olympic Games –announced today that it will extend access of its broadcast rights to the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games to facilitate other providers throughout the Caribbean to air the event.
This means that Flow, the region-leading residential quad-play provider, will not enforce black outs of Olympic broadcasts on competitive platforms. All operators however, will be required to black out NBC’s coverage of the Games, due to territorial rights issues.
“We are proud to be the Official Broadcast Partner and Exclusive Telecommunications Partner of the Olympic Games in the region, through our partnership with CANOC, the Caribbean wide broadcast rights holder” said James Tooke, SVP of Media & Content Cable & Wireless. “We have invested significantly to ensure that, working with CANOC, we help transform how the region can access the Olympics. As part of this investment we will introduce new features, options and channels for our customers as well as support CANOC as in a number of their development programs throughout the region.
James added that we also recognize that these Games are important to the Caribbean and that the entire region should be able to share in the Olympic experience. Therefore, it is also important that the Over the Air stations and other providers can show Olympic content across the region.”
This means that sports fans across the Caribbean will be able to watch the Olympic Games on Over-The-Air stations, such as Jamaica’s TVJ, Trinidad’s TV6, and The Bahamas’ ZNS with providers other than Flow, as well as on ESPN.
