TV 4 (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Television 4 (TV4) | |
|---|---|
_(logo).gif) Current TV4 logo | |
| Owned by | Government Information Services Limited (GISL) |
| Slogan | OUR TV |
| Country | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Most of Trinidad and Tobago |
| Headquarters | TIC Building, Lady Young Road, Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Formerly called |
The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC) The Information Channel (TIC) Audio Visual Media Television (AVM Television) |
| Website | http://www.gisltd.tt/tv-4 |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| 9YL-TV | 4 (Port-of-Spain) |
| 9YM-TV | 16 (St. James) |
| Satellite | |
| Cable | |
| Flow Trinidad | 4 |
| IPTV | |
| Blink | 103 |
| Streaming media | |
| JW Player | http://www.gisltd.tt/tv-4 |
Government Information Services Limited (GISL) Television 4 (TV4) formerly, "The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago" (NCC4), "The Information Channel" and "AVM Television" , is a television station serving Trinidad and Tobago. The station broadcasts on channels 4 and 16. Its studios are located at TIC Building, Lady Young Road, Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago.[1]
History
In the 1970’s, radio and television broadcast veterans Bobby Thomas, Bryan Waller, and brothers Arnold & Dale Kolasingh set up Audio Visual Media (AVM) Caribbean Ltd, a production house that focused on producing commercials and local current affairs programmes. In 1991, AVM Caribbean Ltd went on to become AVM Television, the second privately owned broadcast station in Trinidad and Tobago, the first being the Caribbean Communications Network Channels 6 & 18 (CCN TV6). AVM was best known for its american based Public Service Announcement commercials and local programming such as Good Morning T&T, The Midday Show, Head Start, On Track, Caribbean Sports Digest, Words, Books & Letters, Cross Country, Painting for Pleasure and Distance Learning TV.
Although the station had some market share, it was largely unprofitable and by February 1997, AVM was acquired by the state and merged with the then state owned International Communications Network (ICN) and re-branded "The Information Channel" (TIC). This move was to expand the state’s range of educational and information programming as part of an effort to fulfill distance education plans.
As a restructuring initiative by the state, The International Communications Network was itself re-branded to the National Broadcasting Network (NBN) in 1999. Because of continual financial losses by the parent company NBN, dated programming from Trinidad & Tobago Television (ttt) was shifted to The Information Channel in an effort to gain some form of market share but this move failed. As the years passed, the station and by extension NBN continued to suffer heavy financial losses. A decision was made by the state and on January 15, 2005, NBN was shut-down.
The facility where the station currently broadcasts was leased to the National Carnival Commission and the channel was re-branded NCC TV4 to broadcast the Carnival celebrations scheduled to take place in February of that year. Traditionally held on TTT until its closure, NCC TV4 became the main outlet for the National Lotteries Online Draws, including Play Whe, Cash Pot and Lottery Classic from January 15th 2005 until the Caribbean New Media Group, C TV acquired the draws sometime in 2009. Other local programming that were once on TTT moved to NCC TV 4 to continue broadcasting.
In 2011, under the management of the Government Information Services Limited (GISL), the station was re-branded TV4 broadcasting cultural, sport and state programming.
The station simulcasts the Parliament Channel, when there are live debates. [2]
News and Current Affairs
NCC-TV in the past news-casted twice daily except on weekends at 6:00am and 6:32pm, presented by former ttt news anchor John Victor. Currently, the station simulcasts the 7pm Evening News and Good Morning T&T from CTV on weekdays.
Network slogans
- It must be AVM! (1992-1996)
- The Information Channel. (1997-2005)
- Cherishing our culture. (2005-2011)
- OUR TV (2011-present)