Flow brings the Christmas Spirit to Pavillion Mall

 It will be a fun and entertaining Friday afternoon in Half-Way Tree as Flow and Zip FM take the Christmas spirit to the Pavillion Mall this Friday, November 22.  As Jamaicans gear up for the Christmas season, they will most certainly welcome the values, prizes and gifts that the Flow team will deliver throughout the afternoon.

The excitement kicks off at 1:00pm with entertainment, prizes, giveaways, and other treats. Patrons have the opportunity to step into the Flow Foto Booth to take a photo which they can retrieve later and share with family and friends via the Flow Facebook page. Customers who sign up for any Flow service on location will receive a special bonus gift in addition to all the other free add-ons and chances to win the weekly and grand prizes that Flow is already extending as part of the Get Happy! Get Flow! Christmas promotion.

“As customers need and demand value and continue to seek ways to enhance and enjoy their lives, we are delivering just that for the holiday season,” said Donovan White, vice president of marketing and sales at Columbus Communications, operators of Flow. “It is important to us that we always show appreciation to our customers, and spending time with them at Pavillion Mall on Friday is just one of the many ways we are doing this during the holiday season.”

Up Close with Denyque on Flow TV’s My Wknd

Singer Denyque gives her fans the opportunity to get to know her better when they follow her through a typical weekend on the next episode of look the new television series My Wknd. Denyque’s episode premieres this weekend during Weekend Prime on Flow TV.  Viewers will enjoy a sneak peak into the adventures of the artiste at her WETSwim photo shoot, her day at Sun Coast Adventure Park, and a behind the scenes look at her rehearsals.

“If I’m not in studio, I’m usually just hanging out with friends or with family but I’m usually adventurous,” she said. The week’s episode focuses on Denyque’s business side, her fun side and the music side of her weekend.

Denyque Dontre, a soulful singer with an infectious personality, made her way on to the music scene in 2009. Since then she has earned her place among forerunners in the music industry with a steady release of pop-inspired hits. In July, Denyque showed her diversity with the launch of her swimsuit line WETSwim.

My Wknd is a local entertainment and lifestyle series produced by e-Media Interactive for broadcast exclusively on Flow TV Channel 100, and online on iVu TV. The series takes fans behind-the-scenes into a typical weekend of their favourite local personalities and celebrities. In each episode, the cameras follow the featured celebrity to their favourite hot spots, giving fans a sneak peak into where they eat, play, party, relax and how and with whom they’re doing it. Personalities from sports, fashion and beauty, media and entertainment will open up and expose their fans to an unbelievable weekend experience.

New episodes of My Wknd airs premiere on Fridays at 7 pm on Flow TV channel 100 with repeat broadcasts throughout the weekend as well as online at iVu tv.

Double Header Clash for Flow Champions Cup KnockOut

Football fans are in for a thrill when 4 top Premier League teams converge on the Drewsland Stadium for the double header Semi Finals of the Flow Champions Cup Sunday, October 13 starting at 5:00pm.

In the opening match, Arnett Gardens FC will vie for their first Flow Champions Cup title when they try to de-throne defending champions Tivoli Gardens FC in what promises to be a fierce encounter between intense rivals. The second semi-final match will see Harbour View FC challenging the home team Waterhouse FC in what also promises to be another exciting encounter.

Both games have stories of their own going into Sunday’s event.  Arnett have never conquered the senior all-island KO title andwill be seeking to defeat a very strong Tivoli Gardens team prepared to fight to defend their title. The story of semi-final two will undoubtedly be the missing trio of, Romario Campbell, Richard McCallum and top man Jermaine ‘Tuffy’ Anderson who are all away on national duties and look set to miss the crucial semi-final encounter.

The Flow Champions Cup started with 26 teams fighting for top honours. The competition has been keenly contested and has produced sparkling moments, controversial decisions and a lot of goals with three players already scoring hat-tricks. The competition is now entering the climatic stages and only four teams remain, all hoping to lift the cup and walk awaywith $1 million courtesy of title sponsors Flow.

“This season of the Flow Champions Cup has been extremely exciting so far. We are pleased at the standard of play, competitiveness, passion for the game and sportsmanship that has been on display. We look forward to even more thrilling semi finals and finals matches as the four power house teams seek to stake their claim on the championshiptitle,” said Donovan White, vice president sales and marketing for Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, operators of Flow.

More than 76 goals have been scored in the 22 matches played in the competition thus far. Teams that have made it through the quarter finals of the competition will share in the $2.3M cash prize pool which also includes rewards for the top goal scorer, winning coach and most valuable player. The Flow Champions Cup is the island’s premier Knock-Out Competition and the exciting format continues to be a spectacle, attracting fans with agenuinely passionate brand of football engraved with skill and drama.

WEEKEND PRIME brings new shows to FLOW TV

Local television gets an injection of brand new shows to entertain and inform viewers come October 25^th when a new slate of local productions comes to TV screens.  This means that television viewers will have more options to watch and enjoy what will be some of the best-produced shows on local television.  

The line-up of shows known as Weekend Prime will appeal to young and old.  Weekend Prime will premiere  on Flow TV (Channel 100) on Friday, October 25^th with an initial group of 5 shows which includes a comedy series, business docu-series, talk show, an entertainment magazine series and a documentary film.

The shows are:

·         Squaddy: a half hour dramatic comedy series about the escapades and antics of 2 friends, Touchie and Srapings, 2 friends who join the police force as they envision that  fighting crime as police officers is their way out of the rough life of their inner city community.  Viewers will want to watch each week to follow the new officers as they seek to rise up in the ranks of the police force and the drama that comes along with it.  Will their friendship survive the force? Can they survive on the streets?

·         my wknd : a lifestyle and entertainment series that takes fans behind-the-scenes into the weekends of their favourite local personalities and celebrities. In each half hour episode the cameras follow a featured celebrity who takes viewers to their favourite hot spots, giving insight into personal aspects not normally seen – where  they eat, play, party, relax,  and how they do it and who they’re doing it with. Personalities from Jamaican sports, fashion and beauty, media and entertainment will open up and expose their fans to their personal weekend experiences

·         Your Money: On The Edge is a documentary series about young entrepreneurs in Jamaica & how they fight to survive and grow their businesses. Each episode explores a typical day in the life of the young entrepreneur,  outlines an issue faced in the sector or industry and integrates commentary on the issue by others in the field. Your Money: On The Edge will also educate viewers on the issues that face the industry on national, regional and international levels.

·         50 Years of Entrepreneurship explores the roots of indigenous Jamaican business development from 1962 to present day. Using the stories of some of our most celebrated business leaders as a guide, the documentary charts the decade-by-decade journey of Jamaican entrepreneurship, from ‘big business’ success to efforts supporting small enterprise sustainability. The documentary captures the outstanding, riveting and motivating stories of the Jamaican giants of industry who have worked to establish companies that have proven crucial to our country’s economic development.

·         The + Side is a documentary-talk show that explores and highlights what’s good, progressive & inspiring in Jamaica. In an age where Jamaican audiences are inundated with hard news; where the negative has guaranteed virality; where murder, rape, theft continue to clog the local airwaves, The + Side is a marked contrast tapping into the need to expose the good in our communities by looking at timeless long term and sustainable initiatives/stories and the people who drive and inspire them.

These new shows are only the first coming out of a partnership between Flow and eMedia Interactive to develop and produce a continuous stream of local shows for broadcast on Flow TV.

eMedia Interactive has in (5) years established itself as one of Jamaica’s most dynamic online media outfit, transitioning local magazine publication from the store shelves into the digital realm with the creation of a series of digital magazines, or eZines.  Led by young entrepreneur Tyrone Wilson, the company launched iVutv.com as the region’s first online television network. CEO Tyrone Wilson explains, “the initial strategy was to work with existing content providers to supply us with content, for iVutv.com however, we quickly realized that in order to build a new platform to gain and keep viewers, we needed fresh original content, so we went back to the drawing board and decided to invest in our own content.”

“Our commitment to deliver top quality, variety content that was made two (2) years ago when we launched Flow TV, has begun to take shape with this partnership with eMedia Interactive, which will improve our capacity to deliver high quality, original local programming to fulfill the appetite of our subscribers who want to see content relatable to themselves and their lifestyle,” said Donovan White, vice president, marketing & sales for Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited,  operators of Flow, commenting on the partnership recently.

Flow TV,  seen on channel 100 on the Flow cable network,  is now one of Jamaica’s leading broadcasters of original and locally syndicated programming with almost 100% local content.  

FLOW & eMedia partnership delivers original local shows & a multi-media advertising solution

Top quality local programming has been a demand of Jamaican television viewers that dates back many years. The feeling has always been that they want to see shows that depict situations that are immediately relatable to them.  A new partnership between Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, operators of Flow and eMedia Interactive, will introduce a slate of original, locally produced shows to Flow TV and iVuTV.com starting October 25. 

This partnership is a unique and compelling proposition for viewers and advertisers alike and could yet again change the local landscape for brand owners who seek to communicate with key target audiences to position their products and services. Flow and eMedia Interactive through its online platforms iVuTV.com and eZine, have created a very unusual mix of media properties that will provide a global platform to showcase locally produced, Jamaican television shows, and with that, provide the only true multi-media platform for local and regional advertisers.

eMedia Interactive has in (5) years established itself as one of Jamaica’s most dynamic online media and production outfits, transitioning a local magazine publication from the store shelves into the digital realm with the creation of a series of digital magazines, or eZines. The Company has since launched iVutv.com as the region’s first online television network through private financing of US$350,000 from Sagicor Investments (formerly Pan Caribbean Financial Services). 

“Our unwavering commitment to always go in search of the best quality content that is available for our dedicated cable television subscribers, will be on show yet again through this partnership with eMedia Interactive. Through their efforts, we will now begin to develop a consistent supply of original local shows, to fulfil the appetite of our subscribers,” said Donovan White, vice president, marketing &sales, Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, commenting on the partnership recently.

Flow TV is the local broadcast channel of the Flow cable television (CTV) service, available on Channel 100 for Flow subscribers. Originally launched to provide information for Flow subscribers, channel 100 (Flow TV) has continued to evolve and (2) years ago was re-launched with a new and expanded programming line-up. Today, Flow TV is one of Jamaica’s leading broadcasters of original and syndicated shows, that is almost 100% locally produced. In fact, Flow TV has brought innovation to television programming in Jamaica by being the first to syndicate local shows, giving producers and content developers significantly more earning opportunities for their work which would not have existed (10) years ago.

The partnership between the two entities will deliver a number of new, high quality local productions into its revamped programming line up, to entertain the discerning Jamaican consumer, and providing a vehicle for advertisers to make that all important connection with an audience of immense variety and volume.

“We will invest over J$30M over the next eighteen months to deliver more than (15) original programmes to fill Flow TV’s WEEKEND PRIME segment,” said Tyrone Wilson, CEO - eMedia Interactive. “These programmes fall into different genres; drama, comedy, documentary, and talk shows. The first five will premiere on Flow TV starting October 25^th, with more to follow in early 2014.”

“Our subscribers are assured of the best opportunity to view and enjoy the shows, because we have created a special timeslot called ‘Weekend Prime’, where we will premier new local shows. The weekend prime slot runs from Friday – Sunday between 6pm and 9pm on Flow TV (Channel 100),” White continued.

“We believe viewers and advertisers will be the ultimate winners in the end, as this partnership provides great leverage for them to get more value for their brand dollars, since it can be positioned across all three properties; Flow TV, iVuTv and eZine. ” said Michael Look-Tong - director, Columbus Communications Jamaica operators of Flow.

The shows that will premiere on Flow TV’s ‘Weekend Prime’ on October 25, 2013 are:

·         Squaddy – a comedy drama following the exploits of 2 young men from the inner city who are recent recruits to the police force; 

·         my wknd – a reality series that gives the viewers a sneak peak into the life of a popular celebrity as they enjoy their weekend;

·         Your Money: on the Edge – a series about young entrepreneurs & their efforts to grow their businesses;

·         The Plus (+) Side – a talk show that focuses on what’s good about Jamaica as a stark contrast to the daily negative news;

·         50 Years of Entrepreneurship - a 4 part Documentary – which explores the roots of indigenous Jamaican business development from 1962 to 2012.