Greater Belize Media

What is Greater Belize Media?

Greater Belize Media is the brand of Great Belize Productions Ltd., whose name appears in the footer of greaterbelize.com as “Ⓒ Great Belize Productions Ltd.”^[1] The company's history states that Great Belize Productions was formed in 1983 as a small video production company and that in 1991 it acquired a broadcasting licence and began Great Belize Television, “locally known as Channel 5 Belize.” It states: “On May 26, 2025, Great Belize Television officially became Greater Belize Media.”^[2]

The site names its programmes as News 5 Live, Open Your Eyes, KTV The Remix and Noticiero 5 Semanal, and offers a live stream. It describes the newsroom, in its own words, as “Belize's most-awarded newsroom (formerly Channel 5)”.^[1] No shareholder of the company is named in the pages retrieved.^[2]

What does Greater Belize Media cover?

The site's main navigation, as retrieved, has items for its shows, News 5 and services and none for sport; sport is filed under a Sports category tag within its news.^[1]

Cycling. On 4 April 2026 it reported that the British rider Jim Brown, riding for the Miami Blazers, “defended his title at the 96th Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic, crossing the finish line first”. It reported that the race started at 6 a.m. from Digi Park in Belize City and followed the George Price Highway to San Ignacio and back, and stated that the Cycling Federation of Belize “remains the sole body recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)” in the discipline.^[3] On 2 April 2026 it carried a preview in which the federation's secretary, the vice-president of a cycling association and a representative of the sponsor, Digi, discussed preparations for the race.^[4]

Anti-doping. On 7 April 2026 it reported that Belize's National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) ran a testing programme at the 96th classic, testing top finishers and riders selected at random, with samples sent to an accredited laboratory in the United States. It quoted the NADO's director, Charlie Slusher: “It is about fairness.”^[5]

No broadcast-rights agreement held by Greater Belize Media for any sports competition was retrieved, and none is claimed here.

How large is Greater Belize Media's audience?

No audited television-audience measurement for Belize was retrieved, and the company's own pages publish no audience or viewing figure. No figure is given here.

The company's history describes News 5 Live, launched in December 1991, as “Belize's first national independent television news program”; that is its own description, not a measurement.^[2]

Since when has Greater Belize Media existed?

The company's own history gives three dates: 1983, when “Great Belize Productions Ltd. (GBPL) was formed as a small video production company”; 1991, when it acquired a broadcasting licence and began Great Belize Television, which it describes as “the nation's first television station with locally produced programming”; and 26 May 2025, when Great Belize Television became Greater Belize Media.^[2] Those are the company's own account, and the formation of the company, the start of the station and the change of name are three different dates.

Why does Greater Belize Media matter in Belize's sport?

It is the renamed Channel 5, a national television news operation since 1991 by its own history, and it reports domestic sport within its news, including the country's cycling classic and the anti-doping testing carried out at it in 2026.^[2][3][5]

Its report of the 96th Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic calls the race what “is recognised as the ‘longest‑running cycling race in the Western Hemisphere’”, without naming who recognises it; the characterisation is the report's.^[3]