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mun2 television Drives Brand Positioning Effort With Innovative Internship Program Targeting Young Hispanics Nationwide.


Entertainment Editors/Education Writers

MIAMI--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 6, 2002

mun2 television, the new cable alternative for young U.S. Latinos, announced today the nationwide launch of the first internship program in the entertainment industry, specifically aimed at young Hispanic college students. Beginning next summer, u>mun2 will provide Hispanic youth with an opportunity to receive practical training in marketing, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  and production in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Miami, Houston, San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837.  and El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , initially. In addition, the program constitutes an innovative marketing strategy aimed at reinforcing mun2's brand positioning in the Hispanic segment, ages 18 to 25.

"We are delighted to provide our Hispanic students with the opportunity to get hands-on experience in the entertainment industry while meeting their college requirements. We are very focused on expanding the presence of young Latinos in the entertainment industry," said Yolanda Foster, Vice President of Programming with mun2 television.

In addition, the aim of u>mun2 is to foster the development of new Hispanic talent and to promote the community spirit among young Hispanics in the United States Hispanics in the United States, or Hispanic Americans, are American citizens or residents of Hispanic ethnicity who identify themselves as having Hispanic Cultural heritage.[1] According to the 2000 Census, Hispanic Americans constitute roughly 12. .

These initiatives take on an even greater significance in a country such as the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  where, according to Hispanic Scholarship Fund figures, only 11 out of every 100 Hispanics have a college degree compared with the national average of 28%, and where it is estimated that Hispanics will account for 17% of the U.S. population under 18 by 2005.

Students accepted into the u>mun2 program will carry out a demanding work schedule during the academic semester for which they will receive college credit. Divided into various teams, they will devote between 15 and 25 hours weekly to their professional training, learning to promote a cable television network in their respective markets while interacting with students in other markets.

To assess the development of students participating in the program, a u>mun2 advisory board has been created, made up of leading communications professionals, including Nelly Galan, President of California-based Galan Entertainment, and a widely experienced producer; William Adams, M.A., Associate Professor of Public Relations, Florida International University Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many specialized centers and institutes, including those in biomedical engineering, database ; Gonzalo R. Soruco, Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University.

The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U
; Terry Hernandez Rosales, Director of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, an organization that has secured over 45 thousand scholarships for Hispanics in its 27 years' history; Beatriz de la Torre, Marketing Manager at MiGente.com, the fastest-growing English-speaking Latin community in the Internet, as well as representatives of Telemundo and mun2 television. In addition, u>mun2 enjoys the support of strategic partnerships with Hispanic Scholarship Fund and migente.com.

mun2 television is the new cable alternative for young U.S. Hispanics. Its fresh, new and authentic programming line-up reaches more than 5.2 million total households. The network is part of Telemundo Cable, which owns the news and entertainment channel Telemundo Internacional and distributes Mexico-based music video channel Videorola. Telemundo Cable is a division of Telemundo Communications Group Telemundo Communications Group is a holding company within NBC Universal for the television properties bearing the Telemundo brand. It is owned by General Electric and based in Hialeah, Florida.[1] , Inc. On October 11, 2001 NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
 reached an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the equity of Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. Under the agreement, Telemundo's extensive broadcast and cable properties were brought into NBC, making NBC the only major broadcast network with a business fully devoted to developing and airing programming specifically created for the Spanish-speaking market. NBC is a division of General Electric.

NOTE TO EDITORS: In the internship program named u>mun2 noted in this news release, there is a greater than sign between u and mun2. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems.
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