In an announcement on Cayman27 News last Monday (27) night and an article on Cayman27’s website news was broken that Cayman International Television (Caribbean) Network (CITN) and Cayman Television Service (CTS) have been sold to Hurley’s Media Ltd. The deal includes Discover Cayman.

CITN operates under the brand “Cayman 27” and CTS under “Island 24”.

According to the release, “The sale was completed after getting the approval from the Information and Communications Technology Authority, which regulates the industry.”

CITN and CTS will be moving from the Television Centre off Eastern Avenue, George Town where they were housed for over 20 years. Previously they operated from a converted warehouse space over Island Electronics on Godfrey Nixon Way.
The broadcast TV stations will be temporarily housed at Regatta Office Park on West Bay Road.

“Due to the move, there will be some temporary disruption to live local programming on Cayman 27 over the next couple of days,” the website states.

The Managing Director of Hurley’s Media is Randy Merren who also owns cable and Internet provider C3. Both are affiliates of Hurley’s Entertainment that runs local radio stations Rooster 101 and Z99.

The permanent campus for the newly formed Hurley’s Media Ltd. will be at 18 Forum Lane, Camana Bay,

Merren said there would be redundancies.

This is the third time in four years there has been a change of ownership. The last owner was Logic who have had the business for just under a year when they bought it from WestStar. Logic said they want to concentrate on their core business that is Internet and Cable TV that will be in direct competition with Hurley’s C3.

CITN was started by Joan and Colin Wilson, owners of iNews Cayman back in 1992. They broadcast their first signal on September 11th the same year. CTS was originally owned by businessman Bobby Bodden.

Colin Wilson said he was very sad to learn CITN was moving from The Television Centre. He watched the building being constructed and it was home to him for over 15 years. He has many fond memories.

“I wish Randy Merren all the very best for the future of the station and knows it is in good hands,” he said.