Digicel expands CBS content offer in the Caribbean


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 15 April 2016




IPTV operator Digicel Play is expanding its partnership with CBS Studios International (CBS) to bring more content to its subscribers across the Caribbean.


digicel playThe pay-TV provider will deliver, among other titles, Emmy award-winning talk show Dr Phil, The Late Show with Steven Colbert and CBS’ most successful television broadcast, 60 Minutes.

“CBS International Studios offers some of the most exciting content around, with a wide range of different genres including kids, drama and exclusive rights to college sports,” said John Surany, Digicel Play CEO, Caribbean and Central America. “It truly is an exciting time for our customers and there’s more to come over the next few weeks and months.”

New formats available at Digicel Play include sports (SEC regular season basketball and NCAA football), dramas (Blue Bloods, The Good Wide and Survivor) and shows like America’s Next Top Model and CBS Face the Nation.

“We are thrilled to be working with Digicel Play to bring CBS’s world class content to the Caribbean region,” added Barry Chamberlain, president of sales, CBS Studios International.

Recently Digicel has strengthened its expansive strategy across the Caribbean, basing it on growing fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks through which it delivers convergent services including IPTV and an increasing catalogue of content.