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Cable Bahamas statement on carriage of the World Cup
By David Burrows, Cable Bahamas Ltd
Jun 13, 2014 - 3:12:49 PM

NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS (June 12, 2014) - Cable Bahamas would like to update our subscribers about our World Cup coverage. We apologise for several short-notice changes and availability. We received a change in carriage from one of our major suppliers less than 24 hours before the start of the first match. This required some changes in how we were able to provide this coverage and until those changes were confirmed we held our marketing announcements to ensure that they were accurate and clear.

Cable Bahamas has purchased the exclusive rights to World Cup coverage in The Bahamas, and we are pleased to be able to provide carriage of every match throughout the series - 64 games in all! In addition to the existing channels that we provide in our Prime Sports package, we have added an additional three channels specifically for World Cup matches; we have provided those along with existing channels for your convenience on channels 746-750. Content will be available as games are in action on these channels.

Due to regional signal rights restrictions, we are unfortunately not permitted to carry World Cup coverage on CBC (ch 8/208) and ABC (10/210). This is beyond our control and we apologise for the inconvenience and frustration this may cause our subscribers.

Access to World Cup carriage will only be available with a subscription to REVTV Prime Sports at $9.95 per month, which includes 11 sports channels, in addition to the three World Cup channels, 14 channels in total.

You may subscribe to REVTV Prime Sports by calling our customer care centre at 601-2200 (New Providence), 602-8800 (Grand Bahama) or 1-242-300-2200 (toll free nationwide).

Commercial customers may also subscribe to the World Cup. Please contact our commercial sales department at 601-8536 for pricing and availability.

About Cable Bahamas Ltd.

Cable Bahamas is the communications provider of choice and the first to offer triple play services in The Bahamas. Services are provided under the REV suite of products including REVOICE, REVON and REVTV covering telephony, Internet and cable TV respectively. The company has revolutionised every area of business, delivering REVOICE landline phone service at the lowest cost and with the most features in The Bahamas, REVON broadband Internet, which is the fastest in the nation, and REVTV cable TV services that includes more than 500 channels with dozens in HD and thousands of hours of video on demand content. Cable Bahamas serves residential and business customers on 16 islands in The Bahamas. The company also created the Cable Cares Foundation, which has awarded over $2 million to local Bahamian non-profit organisations since inception.