National Communications Network

What is National Communications Network?

National Communications Network Inc. is a television and radio broadcaster in Guyana. The entry that documents it is the statutory regulator's: the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority's “List of Cable, Television and Radio Broadcasters” carries “NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC. (TV) (NCN)” at Homestretch Avenue, D'urban Park, Georgetown, with transmitters listed at CH11 and CH27 in Georgetown, CH25 on the Essequibo Coast, CH15 in New Amsterdam, CH21 on the Corentyne and CH8 in Linden.^[1]

The Authority that keeps that register is statutory. Section 3(1) of the Broadcasting Act 2011, Act No. 17 of 2011, provides that “There is established the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority, which shall be a body corporate…”, and section 18(1)(a) provides that “The Authority shall — (a) establish classes of licences”.^[2] The Authority describes itself as “the regulatory body responsible for overseeing all television, cable and radio broadcasters in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana” and states that it “was established on 28th August 2012, subsequent to the development of the 2011 Broadcasting Act”.^[3] No founding instrument for the broadcaster itself, and no statement of its ownership, could be retrieved for this page.

What does National Communications Network cover?

The broadcaster's own site, at ncnguyana.com, served no retrievable article content when it was opened for this page, so what it carries is documented here from other publishers and from the regulator.

On cricket, two dated items establish carriage. The Guyana Chronicle reported on 26 November 2024, of the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League then beginning at the Guyana National Stadium, that “In Guyana, NCN, TVG, and E-Networks will bring the tournament to local viewers”.^[4] Kaieteur News reported on 9 July 2015 that “The National Communications Network (NCN) has assembled a Radio commentary team to broadcast the four matches in the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) that will be played in Guyana at the Guyana National Stadium from July 15-21.”^[5] Both are dated records of carriage on named competitions; neither is a statement of rights held on any later date, and no current rights agreement could be retrieved.

The regulator's register records the broadcaster as a television licensee across six transmitter locations, which is a record of reach rather than of programming.^[1]

How large is National Communications Network's audience?

No audited audience measurement figure for the broadcaster, and no audience measurement currency for Guyana, could be retrieved for this page. No traffic-estimator reading is given here, because an estimator is not audited measurement.

The regulator publishes no audience data either. What it publishes is the register of licensees and a schedule of licence classes and zones — television, radio, cable and a community broadcasting service, each capable of being granted for a primary, secondary or tertiary zone — with a fee schedule made under the Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2017 in which a primary-zone television licence carries “G$1,200,000 (base fee) Or 3.5% of gross revenue of the preceding year whichever is greater”.^[1][6]

The nearest thing to a distribution figure is the register's own count of transmitter allocations: six, across Georgetown, the Essequibo Coast, New Amsterdam, the Corentyne and Linden.^[1] Reporters Without Borders' 2026 World Press Freedom Index entry for Guyana speaks to the market rather than to any one broadcaster, recording that “Guyana enjoys a diversity of national and regional media outlets” and that “Regulatory bodies, including the Guyana Broadcast Authority Board, are appointed without consultation with the opposition and, therefore, lack representation from all political parties”; it places Guyana 76th of 180 with a score of 59.58.^[7] Those are RSF's characterisations, quoted and attributed.

Since when has National Communications Network existed?

No founding year for the broadcaster could be retrieved for this page, and none is given here. Its own site served no retrievable content, and the regulator's register records licensees without founding dates.

What can be dated is its presence in the record. It appears in the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority's list of cable, television and radio broadcasters posted under the date 19 June 2024.^[1] The Department of Public Information published four invitations for bids in the company's name during 2021 — for a generator and automatic transfer switch on 22 April, for the supply and design of a broadcast tower and foundation on 22 October, for security services on 22 November and for transportation services on 7 December.^[8] And the carriage items above place it on air for cricket in July 2015 and November 2024.^[4][5] Licensing, listing and founding are three different dates, and only the first two can be given here.

Why does National Communications Network matter in Guyana's sport?

It is the broadcaster through which two of the competitions played at the Guyana National Stadium reached viewers and listeners in Guyana on dates that are on the record: the 2015 Caribbean Premier League matches at Providence, by radio commentary team, and the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League from 26 November 2024.^[4][5] For a market with no audited audience currency, a named broadcaster on a named competition with a date is the form the evidence takes.

Its six transmitter allocations in the regulator's register run beyond Georgetown to the Essequibo Coast, New Amsterdam, the Corentyne and Linden — the county areas whose own cricket boards run the domestic inter-county competition.^[1] That is a licensed distribution footprint on the public record rather than a claim made by the broadcaster, whose own site served nothing this page could read. See also the sports media list for Guyana, the cricket media list and Guyana.