Sportsmax to broadcast Digicel Grand Prix

The best of Jamaica's high-school athletics will be on display as the Caribbean's premier sports broadcaster SportsMax is set to broadcast the second staging of the Digicel Grand Prix Athletics Championship live to its 25 Caribbean territories and to North America via its sister channel CEEN TV.

The track and field showdown will see high schools across Jamaica compete in seven events across six development meets from February 6 to 20. SportsMax and CEEN's live coverage of the Digicel Grand Prix meets will feature live action from the Western Championships on February 6, the Corporate Area Meet on February 11, the Camperdown Classic on February 13, the Central Championship on February 16 and the G.C. Foster Classics on February 20. SportsMax will also produce and air a weekly highlights show on Thursdays at 8 p.m. (9 p.m. ECT).

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To complete SportsMax's Digicel Grand Prix coverage, the company's website www.digicelsportsmax.com and SportsMax-app will also feature a dedicated Digicel Grand Prix portal complete with news, updates and live scores for the duration of the Championship.

SportsMax Assistant Vice-President of Marketing, Tanya Lee, says the live production and broadcast of the Digicel Grand Prix continues SportsMax's mandate of showcasing the Caribbean's best sport talents to the world.

"We have set ourselves apart as the Home of Champions with our world-class coverage of international leagues such as the IAAF Diamond League, La Liga, UEFA Champions League and so much more. Now we've started to expand our reach with our production of Caribbean sports, highlighting our own sport talents on an international scale.

We continue to bring the best from the region to Caribbean sport fans both here and in North America via CEEN TV with our coverage of the Red Stripe Premier League, schoolboy football from Jamaica and Trinidad, and now the Digicel Grand Prix Athletic Championships, with even more local productions in the works."

For Digicel Grand Prix Athletics Championship updates visit the www.digicelsportsmax.com website and download the free SportsMax-app in the Google Play and Apple store.