The Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TATT) says lo­cal ca­ble providers must se­cure the nec­es­sary in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty rights to con­tin­ue broad­cast­ing US free-to-air chan­nels, warn­ing that NBC could be re­moved from line-ups if the dead­line is not met.

In a me­dia re­lease, the Au­thor­i­ty said providers who fail to ob­tain the re­quired rights for NBC by April 30, 2026 will no longer be al­lowed to car­ry the sta­tion.

The move fol­lows the re­moval of FOX from lo­cal ca­ble line-ups on De­cem­ber 30, 2025, af­ter providers did not se­cure the nec­es­sary broad­cast rights.