starMedia and The Weather Channel Interactive Team Up To Launch New Online Spanish-Language...

starMedia and The Weather Channel Interactive Team Up To Launch New Online
Spanish-Language Service

MIAMI, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- starMedia and The Weather Channel
Interactive (TWCi) have joined forces to develop and launch starMedia Clima, a
new, comprehensive online weather service (http://clima.starmedia.com).
"This is a very exciting strategic alliance for starMedia," noted COO Juan
Jose Nunez. "We're very pleased to be able to offer our users the most
comprehensive Spanish-language weather service available online. TWC's
decision to undertake this project with starMedia not only affirms our
position as one of the leading American Panregional Portals, but additionally
provides unique and focused content and information, so that our global
audience may better plan their lives and daily activities."
starMedia Clima is powered by TWCi, the world's leading weather
information source. Some of the more popular options available to starMedia
users are full access to international weather content, extended forecasts,
radar images and real-time weather. The new channel also features some very
practical and innovative applications, such as a Fahrenheit to Celsius weather
converter as well as a rich collection of useful maps and information
specifically focused on topics such as travel and health.
About The Weather Channel Interactive
The Weather Channel Interactive (TWCI) is the leading provider of
broadband and wireless weather products including weather.com, The Weather
Channel Desktop, and The Weather Channel Mobile. weather.com, the Web site of
The Weather Channel, is the ultimate source of weather on the Web helping
users plan their lives by delivering timely current conditions, expert
forecasts and relevant lifestyle content for 98,000 locations worldwide. The
Weather Channel reaches more than 38 million unique users online each month
and is the most popular source of online weather, news and information
according to Nielsen//NetRatings. The Weather Channel Interactive also
provides consumers with unique and customizable products such as Desktop
Weather and a full lineup of mobile services including downloads, messaging,
mobile video and the most popular content site on the mobile Web. Other TWCi
sites include forGetaway.com, a vacation home rental site, Forecast Earth, a
site dedicated to the discussion of climate change, and a series of
international sites, including http://www.weather.co.uk,
http://www.meteo123.com, http://www.wetter123.com, http://www.canaldotempo.com
and www.weather.com/espanol. For more information please visit
www.weather.com/press.
About starMedia.com
starMedia.com is a free-to-web global portal connecting more than 24
million Spanish-speakers through the Internet as well as providing them with
the most relevant and extensive information and services. starMedia has local
operations in Colombia, Mexico, Spain and throughout the United States (Los
Angeles, Miami and New York); and, is wholly owned by Orange (www.orange.es),
a subsidiary of the France Telecom Group (NYSE: FTE).
SOURCE starMedia.com

Enrique Carrillo, starMedia, +1-305-532-8877 pr@starmedia.net