V-me Announces Extensive Election Coverage, PARTICIPA 2008

America's Fastest Growing Spanish Network to broadcast live primetime coverage
and analysis

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the Latino vote critical
to this year's election, V-me, America's fastest growing Spanish network,
today announced its extensive primetime election coverage and analysis. V-me's
PARTICIPA 2008 coverage combines the experience and up-to-the-minute live
reporting of the V-me Noticias team with the network's flagship public affairs
program, Viva Voz. V-me's election coverage explores the results and offers
in-depth analysis of the critical issues and how these resonate with voters,
particularly the Hispanic community, the fastest growing segment of the U.S.
electorate.
On Super Tuesday (February 5th), V-me's PARTICIPA 2008 team provides live
primetime coverage from 10:00pm - 1:00 am (ET) with up-to-the-minute election
updates. Broadcasting from V-me's PARTICIPA 2008 news headquarters,
award-winning journalist Jorge Gestoso and a team of political experts
including Arturo Valenzuela, former assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs and professor at Georgetown University; Otto Reich, former
assistant secretary of state; William Ramos, executive director, NALEO; Emilio
Viano, professor, school of public affairs, American University; Jorge
Castaneda, professor, New York University; and several others will provide
in-depth analysis on the issues and voter trends while reporting on the
electoral count and official results.
Throughout the entire election season, the V-me Noticias team will provide
late-breaking news with its live hourly newsbreaks in primetime. Viva Voz will
present special reports and analysis from Washington on its Thursday program,
Viva Voz Desde Washington. Each week at 10:00pm (et/pt) Viva Voz Desde
Washington will be exclusively devoted to a thoughtful discussion and analysis
of the big issues facing America's voters, inside and outside the Hispanic
community. Through a series of single-topic programs on critical issues facing
the electorate, V-me will talk with top experts on subjects such as social
values, domestic spending priorities, foreign affairs, education, healthcare
and religion and race in politics. And, with stations in all of the top U.S.
Latino markets, V-me will incorporate regional coverage and views into all of
its election coverage to create a national dialogue.
On VmeTV.com, visitors will be able to comment on the issues, suggest
topics for discussion, vote on polls, watch highlights of Viva Voz specials
and follow breaking news of the national campaigns.
As the candidates are selected at the national party conventions, V-me's
PARTICIPA 2008 team will broadcast live from the floor of the Democratic and
Republican conventions covering all the highlights and the day's news.
On Election Day, V-me 's PARTICIPA 2008 team presents live primetime
coverage of the final hours as America determines who will be the nation's
next president.
V-me is presented locally by public TV stations and carried on basic
digital cable and digital broadcast in many cities and nationally on DIRECTV
and DIRECTV Mas channel 440, DISH Network Ch 9414 and DISHLatino Ch 846. Check
your local listings for time and date in your local market or www.VmeTV.com
for more information.
About V-me
V-me is a new national network, partnered with public TV, which engages
America's Latino families in Spanish with a lively mix of original and
exclusive programs including: kids, lifestyle, nature, science, history,
current affairs, music, arts, and nightly movies. The 24-hour network, with
broadcast and digital carriage reaching one-third of all U.S. Hispanic TV
households, is America's largest Spanish digital channel and the fastest
out-of-the-box sponsor-supported network in U.S. Hispanic media history. V-me
is the first venture of the media production and distribution company, V-me
Media Inc. To find out more visit www.VmeTV.com
For more information, contact:
Natalie Judd, 203.389.5223, njudd@dex-p.com or Wilson Guzman,
646.747.8821, wguzman@dex-p.com
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Natalie Judd, +1-203-389-5223, njudd@dex-p.com, or Wilson Guzman,
+1-646-747-8821, wguzman@dex-p.com, both for V-me