Red Stripe Bowl semis, final live on TV

BRIDGETOWN: The Caribbean Media Corpora-tion (CMC) has confirmed live television coverage of next month’s Red Stripe Bowl semi-finals and finals in Jamaica.

Awarded the contract by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), CMC will produce and distribute the international feed of the Red Stripe Bowl semis on October 16 and 17, and the final on October 19. CMC and Television Jamaica (TVJ) will collaborate on the production — for the second year in a row — on the three games at the Kaiser Sports Club on Jamaica’s north coast. Michael Whyte, CMC’s Commercial Manager, says he is “pleased” that the WICB has again placed confidence in CMC to produce the broadcast. “It’s an opportunity for us to demonstrate that the skills of production and commentary are present in the Caribbean,” Whyte said. “These projects will help us to further develop our skills and resources to be able in the shortest possible time to do the production of international cricket in the Caribbean,” Whyte added.

For the Red Stripe Bowl’s “Final Four series”, CMC has assembled an experienced commentary panel, comprising top presenters Tony Cozier, Donna Symmonds, and Simon Crosskill, and ex-professional cricketers Ian Bishop, Cardigan Connor and Hendy Wallace for the television broadcast. Darren Millien, newly promoted Chief Marketing Executive of the WICB, is happy about the deal, which extends live cricket coverage beyond West Indies Tests, and one-day international (ODI) matches. “We are trying to increase the coverage, so that the wider Caribbean has an opportunity to see our premier one-day tournament,” Millien said. “It’s an ongoing effort to make sure every year that viewers get the opportunity to see our stars live,” he added.

CMC will also present live radio coverage of the two semi-finals and the final, with a commentary panel of five —Crosskill, Jack Matthew, Inderjeet Persaud, Maurice Foster, and Franklyn Stephenson. Territories booked for television coverage include Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Grenada, Dominica, Guyana, St Lucia, St Kitts/Nevis, St Vincent, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, St Maarten, Montserrat, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. For radio, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Grenada, Guyana, and St Vincent have been confirmed to receive coverage.