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Gary Allen is the Group Senior Executive of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, Jamaica’s largest media network with print, electronic, new and social media entities numbering four radio stations, four television channels, two daily newspapers, over a dozen websites, numerous social media properties and the Caribbean’s first Over the Top Technology platform named 1spotmedia.
He was also the main driver behind Jamaica’s adoption of the ATSC 3.0 digital terrestrial television format and it launch in Jamaica in January 2022.
He is a media practitioner with over 35 years of experience in the industry.
With a Diploma in Media and Communications from the Caribbean School of Media and Communications (CARIMAC) and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies (Mona), he has worked at various management levels in media.
In 2015 he was awarded the National honour of Commander of the Order of Distinction, for service to media and communications and in 2021 was inducted into the Caribbean Media Hall of Fame.
He is doing a third term as Chairman of the Media Association Jamaica Limited, a former two-term president of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union and a current director of the Public Media Alliance, the largest global public media organisation.
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