As the regional media landscape prepares for one of its most prestigious annual gatherings, a Belizean media powerhouse has made history by securing an unprecedented number of nominations for the 37th Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) Media Awards, set to take place this August.
Greater Belize Media (GBM), the parent organization of leading Belizean news outlet News Five, has outpaced every other participating broadcaster across the Caribbean region this awards cycle, racking up a record-breaking 93 nomination nods ahead of the August 19 ceremony. The landmark haul cements GBM’s position as the most-nominated media entity entering this year’s awards program.
The company’s impressive showing spans nearly every major award category, demonstrating consistent quality across multiple content verticals. GBM has secured heavy representation in core television categories, ranging from daily news programming and long-form documentaries to in-depth investigative journalism, live sports coverage, and general entertainment content. Beyond these mainstream categories, the media organization achieved a clean sweep of all nominations in the awards’ dedicated child rights programming categories, highlighting its long-standing commitment to elevating critical social issues through its work.
GBM’s cross-platform excellence is further reflected in nominations across digital media projects, radio programming, and the publicly voted People’s Choice awards, marking a strong all-around performance that touches every corner of modern media production.
This year’s CBU Media Awards will be hosted in Georgetown, Guyana, where hundreds of regional media leaders, producers, journalists, and industry stakeholders will gather not only to celebrate outstanding journalism and broadcasting from across the Caribbean, but also to address one of the most pressing challenges facing the industry today: the growing influence of artificial intelligence on journalistic practice, content creation, and media ethics.
As the countdown to the August announcement begins, all eyes will be on GBM to see if its record-breaking number of nominations will translate into an equally historic haul of awards at this year’s ceremony.