THE RJR Communications Group has won the broadcast rights for an array of sporting events extending to the FIFA World Cup Football Finals to be held in Qatar in 2022 at a price tag of almost $1 billion. Group managing director Gary Allen yesterday announced the Lyndhurst Road-based entity’s 10-year sports viewing portfolio and, revealed plans to bring World Cup Qualifying football, IAAF World Championships in Athletics, ISSA Boys’ & Girls’ Athletics Championships and ISSA Schoolboy Football competitions to the local public. Through its television and radio stations Television Jamaica, TVJ Sports Network and Hitz92 FM radio, the media conglomerate will bring live and exclusive broadcast of home-and-away CONCACAF World Cup qualifying matches until 2014, as well as football friendlies in Jamaica and overseas but produced for television through a deal inked with International Media Content (IMC), the parent body for cable station SportsMax [...]


