Haitian and Caribbean TV in the USA: Channels and How to Watch

Haitian and Caribbean communities in the US

The Caribbean diaspora is one of the largest immigrant communities in the country. In the 2024 American Community Survey, about 1.26 million people reported Haitian ancestry and about 859,000 were born in Haiti. About 1.39 million reported Jamaican ancestry and about 888,000 were born in Jamaica. Large communities also come from Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.

Haitian families are concentrated in Florida, with about 569,000 people of Haitian ancestry, and in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Georgia. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Brooklyn, Queens and Boston are the best-known centres. The ACS counts about 911,000 people speaking Haitian Creole at home.

Spanish-speaking Caribbean communities, including Puerto Rican, Cuban and Dominican families, are covered in our Mexican and Latino TV guide.

Free and official ways to watch

Many Caribbean stations publish their programming online, and that is often the first place families look.

• Haitian stations such as Tele Ginen, Tele Metropole and Tele Caraibes, and the national broadcaster TNH, post news and shows on YouTube, Facebook or their websites.
• Jamaican broadcasters such as TVJ and CVM, and Trinidadian channels such as TV6 and CNC3, stream news and clips online.
• TV5Monde, the French-language international channel, is available on several US TV providers and has its own app.
• Haitian radio stations, which carry much of the country's news and talk, stream online and are popular in the diaspora.

What TarakTV offers Caribbean families

TarakTV is an IPTV subscription with live channels, a program guide and catch-up on supported channels. Channels people commonly look for include Haitian TV stations, Jamaican and Trinidadian networks, regional Caribbean channels, French-language channels, gospel and religious channels, music channels and sports channels.

The benefit is having them on the living-room TV with a simple remote, next to your US local channels, instead of hunting through social media pages on a phone.

TarakTV is not licensed by or partnered with these broadcasters, and line-ups can change. We do not promise any particular channel, so start with the free 24-hour trial and check your island's channels before choosing a plan.

Football and sport

Football is a passion across Haiti and much of the Caribbean. Haiti qualified for the 2026 World Cup and played group games in the US including a match against Brazil in Philadelphia. Many Haitian families watched those games on Fox and Telemundo, or on French and Caribbean channels.

Fans also follow CONCACAF competitions, the Gold Cup and European leagues. Our soccer guide explains where each league is on US TV.

Time zones and catch-up

Haiti uses the same time as US Eastern and changes its clocks for daylight saving time, so the evening news in Port-au-Prince airs live at the same time in Miami and New York. Jamaica does not change its clocks, so it matches Eastern time in winter and is 1 hour behind in summer. Trinidad and Barbados are 1 hour ahead of Eastern in winter and the same in summer.

On the West Coast, add 3 hours of difference. Catch-up on supported channels lets you go back in the guide and play a programme from the beginning.

Devices and internet

TarakTV works on Fire TV Sticks, Android-based Smart TVs, phones and tablets through the Cast4K player app, and on TVIP and Yoka TV boxes. We ship boxes to the US and Canada. A box is the easiest way to give grandparents live TV without apps and passwords.

Plan on about 15 Mbps per TV for HD and about 25 Mbps for 4K. If football matches buffer, connect the TV or box to the router with an Ethernet cable.

• Set up favourites for news, music and gospel channels.
• Use catch-up for shows you miss during work hours.
• Message WhatsApp support with the channel name if something stops; we explain fixes step by step.
• Plans: 1 month 15 dollars, 1 year 130 dollars, 3 years 220 dollars, 5 years 300 dollars.

Channels people look for

Line-ups change; ask for the current list or check during your free trial.

Frequently asked questions