Kingston, Jamaica – Wednesday, 20^th July, 2016: International Media Content Ltd. (IMC), parent company of SportsMax and a subsidiary of Digicel Group, announced today that it has been awarded the exclusive broadcast rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games for the Caribbean by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

As the dominant sports rights owner/broadcaster in the Caribbean, this means that IMC will be able to utilize its SportsMax channel in 22 countries in the Caribbean plus partner with broadcasters across the region and leverage all of Digicel’s platforms to deliver live coverage and highlights of the Games via free-to-air and cable television, as well as all mobile, streaming and other digital media platforms. In addition, the IOC and IMC will work together on distribution and content creation for the IOC’s soon to be launched Olympic Channel.

 IOC President Thomas Bach said: “We are pleased that we will be working again in the future with IMC in the Caribbean. This partnership will ensure fantastic coverage, including on free-to-air television, of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. We are also excited to be working with IMC on the future development and distribution of the Olympic Channel in the region.”

 Having served as the rights holder for the London 2012 Olympic Games, IMC will offer multiple broadcast feeds via television and streaming – delivering a much wider and simplified access to the Games. Coverage of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games will kick-off with full live broadcast in the Caribbean in February 2018.

 Olly McIntosh, IMC Managing Director and CEO for SportsMax said; “We are very fortunate for the IOC to have chosen and entrusted IMC/SportsMax once again to bring this most prized event to audiences across 22 countries as the Olympic Games sits at the top of the sports pyramid.” He continued; “this demonstrates the confidence that the IOC has in the strength of our broadcast and production capabilities, the numerous distribution platforms across TV broadcast, mobile, online and cable TV through Digicel Group – as well as the strong relationships IMC has with regional broadcasters that will allow us to offer the Caribbean unprecedented access to the Olympics and the Olympic Channel.”

 IOC Member Gerardo Werthein, delegate IOC Member for broadcast rights in the Americas, said: “IMC was our broadcast partner for the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010, London in 2012 and Sochi in 2014. Their proven ability to share the magic of the Olympic Games in the region means that this new agreement is great news for sports fans in the Caribbean.”

About SportsMax

SportsMax is the Caribbean sports channel of choice, committed to providing sporting content of the highest quality to the Caribbean, delivered by a team of highly innovative, passionate and qualified professionals. Founded in 2002, SportsMax is the premier broadcaster and rights owner of international sports content to the Caribbean islands and is a subsidiary of the Digicel Group. SportsMax offers basic and subscription sports packages in 30 countries, which includes its own channels SportsMax and SportsMax2 as well as a Spanish language channel CDN-SportsMax – launched in 2013 in the Dominican Republic. The company also targets the Caribbean Diaspora through CEEN, the North American sister channel available in the USA Tristate (on Cablevision Optimum) and in Canada (on Rogers & Bell Media). Along with the above, SportsMax is the exclusive regional rights holder of premium content such as La Liga & Copa Del Rey, UEFA Champions League, Copa America, The Women’s Tennis Association Tour, The Indian Premier League, The Ashes cricket, IAAF Diamond League Grand Prix Meets and much more