1. 2014 Sports Rights in the Caribbean Entitlement and/or Responsibility!!

2. Agenda Overview/History West Indies Cricket World Cup Football The Players Olympics Future for CBU

3. The Environment 1970s, 1980s First 10 years of CBU Driven by Radio Single TV stations in main markets – ttt, JBC Entitlement by default Responsibility to Sport and the viewing public

4. World Championship Boxing Leonard/Duran/Hearns Ali/Frazier/Foreman/Holmes As much as $20k USD for rights > $500 USD per 30 sec. spot in Trinidad and Tobago Dynamics of the Negotiations

5. West Indies Cricket Live coverage of Test Cricket existed in Trinidad in the 1970s The 1981 England Tour – Holding over to Boycott 1989 Indian tour kick-started worldwide coverage 1990 England Tour was the take off – entry of IMG and TWI Issues with CBU about staffing and “colonialism” (Terry Holder)

6. West Indies Cricket Events Funding TT and Jamaica each accounted for 25% of the total funding Barbados contributed 15-20% despite their disproportionate size Rest of the Caribbean ponied up Kelly Broadcasting and 1999 World Cup

7. West Indies Cricket Missed Opportunity Discussions with Pat Rousseau and Teddy Griffith in the 1990s Opportunity for stations to invest in the future Own the equipment and put it to use Today equipment and staffing continue to be rented

8. World Cup Football 1982 to 1990: Caribbean was still based on single TV station markets 1990: Jack Warner was becoming a “player” 1991 – Introduction of competition in T&T and Jamaica CCN TV6 purchased rights for T&T for 1994 Deal extended to Caribbean wide for 1998 and 2002

9. World Cup Football Rights value escalated in early 2000s Shrouded in controversy – Selby Browne IMC (Sportsmax) jumps in for 2010 and 2014 through Jack Warner World Cup is now beyond the CBU and CMC

10. FTA Broadcast Television Ecosystem Impact of Multi-Channel Video Distribution systems and Pay TV Distraction of new technologies “live streaming”, etc. Less Government ownership of broadcast companies Changing role of CBU and the member dynamics

11. Roles of CBU, CMC and Members Tension between Public Interest and Commercial Viability Tension among CBU Members in the larger territories The negative effects of the “trust deficit” CBU has lost on several counts Olympics was the last bastion A new “bogeyman”

12. Olympics and CBU An opportunity to re-engage CBU members in pursuit of a united approach Build trust among members Define a clear way to proceed Remain united in the process Engage all of the peripheral stakeholders - Sportsmax, DIRECTV, etc.

13. Where Do We Go From Here? Let’s Talk