Trinidad and Tobago Television

TTT Limited is a state owned national television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago with its headquarters located at 11 A Maraval Road, Port of Spain.[2]

The company formerly operated two stations; TTT channels 2 & 13 from 1962 to 2005, and Alternative Television popularly known as TTT Channels 9 & 14 from 1983 to 1990. The station and its parent company, the National Broadcasting Network (NBN) was closed at midnight on 14 January 2005 due to bankruptcy with C TV becoming its successor in 2006.[3][4] After several years of being off the air, it was found that TTT still had a strong brand identity[5] among the population and a cult following on social media. On 30 August 2018, TTT Limited was re-launched by Prime Minister Keith Rowley at 3:00 PM AST.[6][7]

Timeline of events

24 August 1962: Trinidad and Tobago Television began broadcasting one week ahead of Independence Day on 31 August, with Mervyn Telfer reading the nightly news at 7:00.

1 November 1962: TTT was opened formally by Government Minister Dr Patrick Solomon.

1 November 1969: Government of Trinidad & Tobago acquired the shares of the Thompson Organization and British Rediffusion making the station a state-owned majority.

1977: Colour television was introduced as the station was traditionally black and white.

1983: The Trinidad & Tobago Television Company opened a second television station "Alternative Television" popularly known as TTT Channels 9 & 14.

27 July 1990: The stations were taken over during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt. Several employees were held hostage,[11] and the station was used for propaganda by the Jamaat al Muslimeen. The studios of TTT Channels 9 and 14 was destroyed and went off the air permanently after this incident.

1991: Cable feeds from news channel CNN was provided occasionally after station sign-off. Other cable feeds such as MOR Music TV, Trinity Broadcasting Network and ARTS was also provided in the latter years.

13 March 1994: The Trinidad and Tobago Television Company was merged with the state-owned radio company, the National Broadcasting Service. The new entity was called the International Communications Network.

February 1997: The Government of Trinidad & Tobago acquired the bankrupt AVM Television (AVM Channels 4&16), which merged with the state-owned International Communications Network (ICN). AVM Television was renamed and relaunched as "The Information Channel".

3 September 1999: The International Communications Network was restructured and renamed the National Broadcasting Network (NBN). "TTT It's Yours" re-branding exercise was launched. Archived content from TTT was shifted and later broadcast on The Information Channel.

11 January 2005: The new state owned Caribbean New Media Group Ltd (CNMG) was incorporated as the successor of the National Broadcasting Network which was suffering from financial losses.

14 January 2005: The National Broadcasting Network was shut down with TTT Channels 2 and 13 ended their transmissions at midnight.[12][13][14] The Information Channel, was leased to the National Carnival Commission to become NCC4.

5 June 2006: CNMG TV, later renamed C TV was formally launched as the successor to TTT.

24 August 2017: The Government of Trinidad & Tobago announced that the state owned CTV will be revamped and revert to its former name TTT in the near future.[15]

26 June 2018: A new state board was appointed to execute the transition process. Operations of the reinstated TTT is set to commence in July 2018.

25 July 2018: Minister of Communications Stuart Young announced that the new Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) is scheduled to launch on 30 August, one day before Independence Day.[16]

30 August 2018: TTT Limited is re-launched as a re-branded version of former media group CNMG by Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, The Honourable Dr. Keith Rowley at 3:00 PM AST.[6][7]

18 February 2019: The Filmmakers Collaborative of Trinidad & Tobago (FILMCO) signed a local partnership agreement to showcase locally produced content.[17]

launch date	24 August 1962 Re-launched on 30 August 2018
owner	Government of Trinidad and Tobago (100%)
picture format	1080i HDTV
key people	Lord Roy Thompson Ronald F. Goodsman Barry Gordon Mr. Michael Clarke‡R1R‡ Jack Elvin Norman Hartley Neville Welch
country	Trinidad and Tobago
language	English
headquarters	11 A Maraval Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
replaced	C TV
website	www.ttt.live/
terr serv 1	Analog VHF
terr chan 1	Channels 9 and 13

Trinidad and Tobago Television

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