SPORTSMAX can now add schoolboy football to its impressive line-up as it has been awarded the exclusive three-year broadcast rights for the ISSA/FLOW Manning and daCosta Cup competitions.

The rights were put to tender by the recently formed Greenfield Media Productions Limited, a joint venture between the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) and GraceKennedy Limited.

SportsMax, a member of the Digicel Group, will now have the exclusive international broadcast rights and licence for live and delayed viewing of the Manning and DaCosta Cups via television and streaming.

SportsMax’s broadcast rights extend to all territories worldwide, with Caribbean-wide television coverage to 25 countries on SportsMax, into the USA and Canada on its sister channel CEEN, and on free-to-air television via Television Jamaica (TVJ) in Jamaica.

TVJ will be using all of its channels, including TVJSN and 1spotmedia, to ensure full coverage of this year’s schoolboy football competitions.

Oliver McIntosh, SportsMax president and CEO, said: “SportsMax has been instrumental in ensuring that local and international coverage of Jamaica’s football continues to receive unprecedented international exposure. We, and our parent company Digicel, have worked with ISSA before, and this is another big step for us as we work more closely with Greenfield Media to showcase the depth of talent in the Caribbean.”

Claire Grant, general Manager at TVJ and TVJSN, stated: “We are pleased to be able give Jamaicans everywhere, on any device, the supreme joy of watching potential Reggae Boyz from our high schools play in the glorious game of football.”

SportsMax and TVJ’s coverage of the schoolboy football season kicked off on Saturday with the double-header at the Catherine Hall Sports Complex in Montego Bay featuring Manning Cup champions Jamaica College and daCosta Cup holders Clarendon College.

The two channels will be bringing live action from all high school competitions every week through to the crowning of the eventual champion. The Manning Cup final is set for November 28 at the National Stadium, and the daCosta Cup final scheduled for December 5 at the Catherine Hall Complex.