HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

101Television stationsTélé Caraïbes www.radiotelevisionCaraïbes.comTélé Caraïbes is the most popular TV channel in Port-au-Prince, according to theDAGMAR media audience survey of November 2010.This gave it an audience share of 21.1% in the capital.Télé Caraïbes, which belongs to the same media group as the capital’s most listenedto radio station, Caraïbes FM, only broadcasts directly to the capital.However, many of its programmes are picked up and rebroadcast by local TVstations in other parts of Haiti.Télé Caraïbes does not keep track of who rebroadcasts its programmesThe station does not broadcast regular news bulletins, but it had plans to launch itsfirst daily news programme before the end of 2012.About 70% of Télé Caraïbes’ output consists of programmes played from DVDs orpirated without authorisation from satellite TV channels – principally Frenchlanguage channels broadcasting from France.The station broadcasts a lot of European football matches.It also carries three imported soap operas every day.Télé Caraïbes plans to reduce this to one imported soap opera per day in 2013,when it is due to start broadcasting a new locally produced Haitian TV drama.Most of the station’s in-house productions in 2012 consisted of entertainment showsand studio-based information programmes. All of them are in Creole.Télé Caraïbes is owned by Haiti’s most prominent media entrepreneur, PatrickMoussignac.Owner - Patrick MoussignacMob: +509 3454-0043Email: radioCaraïbesfm@yahoo.frExecutive Director - Weibert ArthusMob: +509 3868-6667Email: arthuweb@gmail.comAddress : Télé Caraïbes, 45, Rue Chavannes, Port-au-Prince101