Tempo Networks
| Tempo Networks | |
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| Launched | November 21, 2005 |
| Owned by | Frederick Morton Jr. |
| Slogan | Feel de Vibe |
| Broadcast area | Pan-Caribbean |
| Headquarters | Newark, NJ |
| Formerly called | MTV Tempo |
| Website | www.gottempo.com |
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Availability
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| Cable | |
| Cablevision | 1105 |
Tempo Networks is a pan-Caribbean television channel broadcasting the music and culture of the Caribbean. Programming includes music videos, news, dramas, and documentaries addressing all aspects of Caribbean life. Musical genres broadcast include Reggae, Soca, Dancehall, Ska, Calypso, Reggaeton, and Punta rock. Although programming is largely in English, TEMPO seeks to bring together the English, Spanish, French, and Dutch cultures of the Caribbean into one united Caribbean.
It 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.[1]
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.
Contents
History
Tempo was launched by MTV Networks in 2005.
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
- Westwood Park
Events
Major events hosted by Tempo include the "Tempo Turns" events, concerts held throughout the islands and United States, which draw tens of thousands 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
References
- ↑ Becker, Anne. MTV Networks Sells Tempo. Broadcasting & Cable: December 7, 2007.
External links
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?
- Music video networks in the United States
- Caribbean music
- Television channels and stations established in 2005
- Television stations in the Caribbean
- Caribbean cable television networks
- Former Viacom subsidiaries
- MTV Networks
- Companies based in Newark, New Jersey
- Soca music
- Reggae
- Dancehall
- Calypso
- Reggaeton
- Television stations in New Jersey
- Bachata
- Zouk
- Media in Newark, New Jersey
