U.S. HISPANIC
Puerto Rico Network introduced to U.S. cable operators
Maribel Ramos-Weiner| 7 de julio de 2011
Marietty Lasanta, Public Relations manager at Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation
(Maribel Ramos-Weiner). During the past Cable Show in Chicago, Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation presented Puerto Rico Network for the consideration of U.S. cable operators.Programming lives in demo mode on the satellite Galaxy 16, where it can be accessed by all cable services. Puerto Rico Network is ready to be distributed. Weve already run some tests and it is working well. So far, Time Warner and Cablevision have been the first to show strong interest in accessing our programming, said to PRODU Marietty Lasanta, Public Relations manager at Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation.Lasanta explained Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation is composed of public TV stations in Puerto Rico. It has five digital signals (Puerto Rico TV/Best TV/Kids TV/Vme/ECH), two digital radio stations and an Internet portal.We are aiming this launch to the 4.5 million Puerto Ricans that live in the U.S. We produce 10 hours of local programming for Puerto Rico, and that is part of what we will be bringing to Puerto Rico Network: news, cooking shows, entertainment, culture and sports, added Lasanta.The channel also offers streaming video through PuertoRicoNetwork.TV, which will be available only in the U.S.
