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DIRECTV and Jamaica's HYPE join forces
Posted: Dec 20, 2005 7:29 am
Source: IslandEvents


US cable television company DIRECTV along with Jamaica's HYPE TV have come together to launch a 24-hour Caribbean music and entertainment channel.

The station was made available over the last weekend at a cost of US $9.99 per month and is avaiable as part of Directv's basic package.
HYPE TV, based in Kingston, Jamaica, shows the Caribbean through music, fashion and culture. Its programming comes from Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, St Vincent and St Lucia. Dancehall, soca and reggae music are the genres of music covered.

Hype also provides the latest news and updates.

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Some see competition, I see more exposure.

Hey you, how you been, long time no hear from. You still going dadli?

i see it as both competition and exposure.

i am good. how bout you? yeah current plans to go for summer 2006, god willing and hopefully nothing important interrupts the trip.

Competition at times can be good. Link me if you definitely going. I will arrange the one hour tour of the island ( you dun the place small). Or show you some of the better beaches.

yip i think that competition is great in this case.

even though its one hour, i am sure it will be beautiful. if i go, will you be my personal guide or will it be some other handsome fella?

We shall see . I trying to go down for cricket first so I will make sure I get a refresher so that I do a good job.

thank you. cricket is when and who playing?

time to switch to direct t.v
comcast bye...bye

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Nice! Ah hope dem mash up MTV!!!

Competition and EXPOSURE is GOOD....so where is my DIRECTV??

I think that this is great news!

All the better for us to see the videos / news / features that we actually WANT to see, rather than a rnb channel under the guise of a carib channel.

I only wish it was in the UK too...

I understand that and I agree. However, I am a little skeptical about soca getting its fair share of the exposure. I am not at all an expert in Hype TV and its contents, but does it play soca videos now? Will it give Soca a truly fair share of exposure if the videos become available?

I am all for it, but I remain skeptical. Can somebody enlighten me and ease my discomfort on this pleasse? Before I go and order my dish.

I would still say that Tempo would give a fairer share and if anything would influence Hype TV to diversify if anything. From what I have seen of Hype TV, I would think that it's going to be 80% reggae anyway.

It would be 80% reggae, because when you look at the two GENRES reggae probably has about 80% of the videos on the market.

And I BELIEVE this is why TEMPO has much NON REGGAE and SOCA videos, because there are not enough to fill its PROGRAMS.

I ordered it on a trial basis for a month. It costs $9.99 a month from DirecTV. If I don't like what it is offering, I will cancel it after the first month. From what I have seen of it, it is 99% Reggae. Haven't seen them mention any Soca as yet. I have watched it for the past two days and It has mostly footage from the Dancehalls and Fetes in Jamaica. On a side note where de hell Jamaica get all those different Dances from??? And also there are many many dancehall artists in JA besides the usual Elephant Man, Beenie, Sean Paul, etc.