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Goodbye Sports Max

LBW375 7/8/25, 6:52:34 PM
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debut: 11/29/02
26,812 runs

JUST IN: SportsMax and Loop News shutting down

"SportsMax will broadcast for the final time on Friday 8th August...

Loop News will cease to operate as a news provider with immediate effect," Digicel said Tuesday.
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natty_forever 7/8/25, 6:57:46 PM
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debut: 4/28/03
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Sad!
imusic 7/8/25, 7:33:46 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
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Why?

More importantly, what will happen to Mariah? cool
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hubert 7/8/25, 7:48:36 PM
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debut: 11/14/02
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In reply to LBW375

There is no upside when a media entity is shuttered,especially one that
many regarded as very useful with its output.
Feel it for contributors. Hope things work out for them with alternatives.
Da-Vincy 7/8/25, 7:50:34 PM
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debut: 9/18/09
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In reply to imusic
Why

Why not?
Elsie 7/8/25, 7:54:01 PM
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debut: 12/1/02
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In reply to LBW375


So; No World Athletics broadcast from Tokyo come September...!

Are they owned by DigiCel..? or both owned by the same corporation..?
LBW375 7/8/25, 8:40:02 PM
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debut: 11/29/02
26,812 runs

In reply to Elsie

Espn2 will probably carry it

Or TVJ

Or CVM
LBW375 7/8/25, 8:40:25 PM
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debut: 11/29/02
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In reply to Elsie

Owned by Digi
Chrissy 7/8/25, 8:56:15 PM
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debut: 11/14/02
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In reply to Elsie
TVJ free to air controls the Track and Field.
Only two weeks ago, a big foreign man in the business told me that Digihel is in serious trouble in the region. FLOW was always competition and Rush has already replaced much of Sports Programming.
I could care less after what they did to WI cricket.
Chrissy 7/8/25, 8:58:27 PM
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debut: 11/14/02
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In reply to LBW375
TVJ rightly controls the free to air Track and field coverage. Thankfully.
Cricket is dying because the kids can’t see it. Nuff nuff peeps can’t afford cable
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Jumpstart 7/8/25, 9:36:24 PM
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debut: 11/30/17
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In reply to Chrissy

they've been in trouble globally for while. just in april they paused a multibillion dollar refinancing plans
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Curtis 7/8/25, 10:07:35 PM
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debut: 12/4/02
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Sorry to hear. Some good personalities on air.
LBW375 7/8/25, 10:21:39 PM
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debut: 11/29/02
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3 years ago Sportsmax built that state of the art studio that’s the envy of all TV stations enuh.
culpepperboy 7/8/25, 10:50:25 PM
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debut: 6/2/11
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In reply to imusic

More importantly, what will happen to Mariah?


Not sure, but I'm already married.
powen001 7/8/25, 11:13:23 PM
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In reply to LBW375

Heard the news followed by the Obligatory P R nonsense about serving the community more effectively.

translation- Competition stiff like a cement Board and beating yall like a step child...dont have enough financial muscle to compete with ESPN and other NETWORKS
Chrissy 7/8/25, 11:29:14 PM
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debut: 11/14/02
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In reply to Jumpstart
Yep.
Jumpstart 7/9/25, 12:10:22 AM
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debut: 11/30/17
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In reply to imusic

sorry i find mariah rell irritating. they new guys are great other than her. Simon Croskill was excellent as well, but he was a longtime journalist
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JoeGrine 7/9/25, 1:08:38 AM
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debut: 2/15/09
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Never good when a media house goes under, and it's one less outlet available to a society to freely express itself.

Lance, Leighton, and Ricardo, I wish you the very best in finding green pastures.
Da-Vincy 7/9/25, 2:04:16 AM
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Sorry to hear. Sportsmaz Zone has good content.
Ricardo is excellent, as was George who he replaced.
Chrissy 7/9/25, 2:21:13 AM
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debut: 11/14/02
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In reply to JoeGrine
The staff were way better than the owners
imusic 7/9/25, 2:28:24 AM
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debut: 11/13/02
80,397 runs

In reply to Jumpstart

sorry i find mariah rell irritating

I pressed the mute button every time she came on.

But

It is teleVISION yuh know.
Jumpstart 7/9/25, 2:31:42 AM
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debut: 11/30/17
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In reply to imusic

lol