"Realizing the immense power of the electronic media, FES started to initiate and support the development of national broadcasting systems and regional exchange networks some 20 years ago. In cooperation with Eurovision, the mother of all television exchange systems, FES helped to establish Asiavision, Arabvision and Afrovision, thus linking the continents via a global network. In 1987, the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) also asked for assistance. As usual, the Lost Paradise between North and South America had not been high on the agenda. And there was not much hope that these tiny rocks in the Caribbean Sea, scattered over an area the size of Western Europe from the North Cape to Gibraltar, could ever be linked via regional television and included in the global exchange. Still we tried, and we succeeded. This is the story of a very special effort in development aid: "Television in Paradise". (Prologue)