Cisneros Group's Venevision International's Film Channel "VeneMovies" Expands to Puerto Rico.MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- "VeneMovies", the Cisneros Group The Cisneros Group of Companies is one of the largest, privately held media, entertainment, telecommunications and consumer products organizations in the world. The Group owns or holds interests in companies ranging from broadcast television, networks and pay television businesses of Companies' Venevision International's pay TV Spanish-language, 24-hour movie channel launched in the US market in September, extended its presence this month to Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. as part of the line up of "OneLink Communications" which provides the signal to most subscribers on the island. This adds an additional 56,000 "VeneMovies" digital subscribers to those already reached through Comcast in the continental U.S. "VeneMovies" is a channel conceived as part of the basic cable package with a "premium" on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. presence dedicated to showing films originally produced in Spanish from all Hispanic countries. The latest movies from the new generation of actors and directors from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela, among other countries, are now made available to viewers in their own language. Luis Villanueva Luis Villanueva is an international television and entertainment executive. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Luis Villanueva has been with the Cisneros Group of Companies (“CGC”) since November 1982. In his over 25 years of service with CGC, Mr. , President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Venevision International, praised the expansion: "We salute the launch of "VeneMovies" in Puerto Rico, that island so special to all Latin American people An American people may be:
"We in OneLink Communications welcome "VeneMovies" and such a prestigious organization as Venevision International," declared Ms. Jean Simmons, President of OneLink Communications. "We are proud to be able once again to please our clients offering them the best quality programming. Without a doubt "VeneMovies" will be one of the favorites for its excellent and varied programming." Today, "VeneMovies" reaches the markets of Miami, San Francisco, Central California, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Albuquerque. In addition, the executives of the company are in negotiation to expand the signal to other cable and satellite systems. VeneMovies is the ideal complement of the present offering of classic films that are already available on Pay TV. This new channel gives access to an increasing number of high-quality Spanish language productions, along the lines of those that have achieved success in the international market and placed new stars in the industry worldwide. The channel also presents coverage of the events of the film industry in Spanish in the United States Spanish is the second most common language in the United States after English. There are more Spanish speakers in the United States than speakers of French, Hawaiian, and the Native American languages combined. including film festivals and premieres. ABOUT VENEVISION INTERNATIONAL: Venevision International is an entertainment production and distribution company part of the Cisneros Group of Companies. Established more than 30 years ago, its activities are an integral part of the business development strategy designed by Gustavo Cisneros, Chairman and CEO of the Cisneros Group of Companies. Venevision International is a global distributor of television programming and is one of the largest independent producers of Spanish-language television programs in the world. Venevision International also distributes Spanish-language films for theater, pay-per-view, home video, paid and broadcast television in the United States This article is about television in the United States, specifically its history, art, business and government regulation. Information about television technologies is covered in the main television article and elsewhere. , where it also broadcasts its pay TV movie channel "VeneMovies". It participates in the music market through its own record labels Vene Music and Siente Music and produces and distributes "audio books" through its "Fonolibro" unit. Venevision International is also a pioneer in the area of "advertainment" (product integration) through its Synapsis synapsis: see crossing over. International unit. |
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