Tempo Networks is a pan-Caribbean television channel that broadcasts Caribbean music and other cultural products. Its programming includes music videos, news, dramas, and documentaries about Caribbean life. Musical genres broadcast include Reggae, Soca, Dancehall, Ska, Calypso, Chutney, Chutney Soca, Reggaeton, and Punta rock. Its programming is mostly in English.
It was launched on November 30, 2005 under the ownership of MTV Networks and corporate parent Viacom. Since 2007, it has been owned by founder Frederick Morton, Jr., and is based in Newark, NJ.Becker, Anne. MTV Networks Sells Tempo. Broadcasting & Cable: December 7, 2007.
The station broadcasts on Cablevision in the New York Metropolitan Area (Channel 1105), and reaches over 3,500,000 viewers in the Caribbean. It streams live over the internet 24 hours a day.
History Tempo was launched by MTV Networks in 2005. In conjunction with the launch of Tempo, MTV Networks hosted a concert series entitled "Caribbean Rising." It featured performances across several different musical genres.
Programs Badness Outta Style Choices Cook-Up Cross Caribbean Countdown Downtown Island Inside the Rhythm My TEMPO Trip Pull up Selecta Rise & Shine TEMPO Live & Direct TEMPO Presents: Artists, Events, and Music Video Making-ofs West wood Park
ORIGINAL FILMS HUSH HUSH 2 Hooked The Black Moses Pindling Chrissy Between Friends
Events Major events hosted by Tempo include the "Tempo Turns" events, concerts held throughout the Caribbean islands and United States, which draw tens of thousands of attendees from around the world. "TEMPO Turns 6" was held at Six Flags / Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.
Pro-social initiatives TEMPO has carried out several socially conscious campaigns, including the Badness Outta Style school tours, One Love/Haiti, and TEMPO Water.
Other Additional projects include TEMPO Bookings, connecting Caribbean artists with event planners, and the TEMPO Web Store. It has also worked with tourist boards throughout the region, including those of Antigua, Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, USVI, Barbados, and Turks & Caicos.
Partners American Airlines Bahamas Telecommunications Company Cable & Wireless Carib Digicel Heineken Liat Lime RIM/Blackberry Sony/Ericsson VP Records
See also CaribVision Chantal Bolivar List of Caribbean television stations
References
External links Tempo Tubidy
Press Atlanta Post - How he Built it: Frederick A. Morton, Founder of Caribbean Media Company TEMPO Networks New York Times - Selling the Caribbean from the Island of Newark NJ Monthly Magazine - Island in the City Newark Star Ledger - Newark Entrepreneur Creates TV Station Devoted to Caribbean Content Montclair Times - Montclair Man Preps to Launch Caribbean Television Station in the U.S. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian - TEMPO Networks Gears Fifth Anniversary Cable & Wireless Caribbean - Partnerships : MTV Tempo - Press Release Is MTV Losing Tempo?