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Hype TV

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Kingston entertainment television channel launched in 1999, broadcasting music-video, event and lifestyle programming that helped drive the music-video era of dancehall.

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Hype TV; Jamaican broadcasting records.

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Technology, recording & industryEvents, festivals, clashes & institutions

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