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September 1, 2007 - To meet the needs of an increasingly diverse Hispanic community, a new television network is coming to New York. Caribevision, the only Spanish-language station specifically targeting immigrants from Caribbean nations, will begin broadcasting in September 2007 across the five boroughs, Long Island and New Jersey.
“There is a very large Caribbean population living in New York City,” said Caribevision CEO Carlos Barba. “We want to bring stories from home to them – the culture, the music, the flavor of the Caribbean– as well as capture the new way of life these communities found in the United States. Our network will be very interactive. Through the multiple platforms of telephone, cell phone, television and internet, we want to connect the Caribbean people who moved to America with those who stayed behind in their native lands.”
In addition to programming television from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, Caribevision remains dedicated to local outreach. On-street interviews and televised contests will invite Hispanics to describe their personal experiences of living in New York. From their studios at the All Mobile Videos facility in Chelsea, the program “The Big Apple Talks” will present roundtable discussions between New Yorkers, politicians and community leaders.
There are eight million stories in New York, and Caribevision is eager to contribute theirs. “We are thrilled to be making a contribution to the news and entertainment community of New York City,” said Barba. “We aspire one day for our news broadcasts from mid-town Manhattan to be sent out to the entire Spanish-speaking world.”
Caribevision will air on Channel 34 on open-air broadcast and Channel 804 on Time Warner Cable starting on September 5th. For more information, please go to www.caribevision.com/.
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