U.S. HISPANIC
Multimedios Televisión and Milenio Televisión launch in HD
Maribel Ramos-Weiner| 3 de febrero de 2011
The daily live morning show Vivalavi will broadcast in HD
Beginning in April 2011, Multimedios family oriented general entertainment channel Multimedios Televisión and its 24/7 news channel Milenio Televisión will be offered in High-Def.Gustavo Mena, a former distribution executive at CBS Cable and Telemundo/NBC who handles Multimedios cable and satellite distribution in the U.S., says the new deals position the net for continued growth.We are happy to welcome our new distribution partners that join Comcast and Time Warner Cable and are thrilled about the exciting new launches that are taking place on a local and national level during 2011, commented Mena.Multimedios’ three nets are Multimedios Televisión, Milenio Televisión and Teleritmo, the only music channel in the market that is produced and transmitted from Monterrey, the capital of Mexican regional music, target Mexicans.Following launches by Comcast and Time Warner Cable in major markets throughout the country, in 2010 Multimedios also launched on TWC systems in New York and New Jersey and nationally on AT&T U-verse. Multimedios is now available in 9 of the top 10 Hispanic Television markets.The new HD programming includes the daily live morning women-centric Vivalavi featuring celebrity interviews, beauty, health and music; and Milenio noticias con Ciro Gómez Leyva.Multimedios Networks are part of Grupo Multimedios, the third-largest producer of original Spanish-language programming in Mexico.
