CVM-TV, recently acquired by VertiCast Media Group, will be the broadcast home of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in Jamaica.

VertiCast, the local broadcast rights holder of the global showpiece, made the announcement in a news release on Thursday.

“The FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sports event on television and we are very excited to bring it back to CVM-TV,” said Carlo Redwood, Chief Commercial Officer of VertiCast Media Group. “This year’s World Cup is expected to be a unique experience as, for the first time, it’s being held in November instead of the usual summer and we will ensure that football fans do not miss a moment and have the same great World Cup experience they’ve come to expect.”

VertiCast said football fans will be able to enjoy all the matches of the tournament as well as unique football programming on its newly acquired free-to-air channel, CVM-TV, including pretournament and prime-time feature programming.

Its the first time that the FIFA World Cup will be aired on CVM-TV in almost a decade.

The tournament commences on the channel on November 20 with host nation Qatar playing Ecuador.

Meanwhile, Vericast said snce the acquisition of CVM-TV was finalized, critical work has begun to expand and improve the network’s coverage across the island.

“A team of our engineers and directors have already toured all the CVM-TV sites islandwide with equipment being procured to expand CVM-TV’s reach across Jamaica,” said Redwood.

He affirmed that “this will be in place before the FIFA World Cup begins to ensure that even more people will receive coverage and have access to the tournament and all the other exciting local and international programming that we will be bringing to CVM-TV.”

While CVM-TV will have exclusive free-to-air coverage of the World Cup Qatar 2022, fans will also be able to watch exclusive matches via VertiCast sports channel CSport on cable television and via the CSport streaming platforms, Verticast said.

Redwood stated that CSport and CVM-TV will be making further announcements on CVM-TV’s flagship sports programme, Football GPS, on Tuesday, October 11.

“Through broadcast on our free-to-air channel CVM-TV and our cable and streaming channels CSport and CSport2, live watch events and other strategic partnerships, we can guarantee that our audiences will have unprecedented access to this blockbuster tournament and be fully immersed in all the action,” Redwood concluded.

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will run from November 20 to December 18 with 32 teams competing in this year’s tournament.