http://www.hispanictips.com Hispanic & Latino News Redefined - Empowering & Engaging Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:26:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/11/21/cablevision-adds-nat-geo-mundo-and-hitn-to-extensive-io-en-espanol-line-up/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/11/21/cablevision-adds-nat-geo-mundo-and-hitn-to-extensive-io-en-espanol-line-up/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:36:26 +0000 TomasC http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=161301 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino Redefined. Empower Yourself!]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/11/21/cablevision-adds-nat-geo-mundo-and-hitn-to-extensive-io-en-espanol-line-up/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/08/01/hitn-increases-distribution-to-over-40-million-households-nationwide/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/08/01/hitn-increases-distribution-to-over-40-million-households-nationwide/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:49:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=143794 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino Redefined. Empower Yourself!]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/08/01/hitn-increases-distribution-to-over-40-million-households-nationwide/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/05/06/hitn-premieres-two-new-original-productions-from-r-paniagua-inc/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/05/06/hitn-premieres-two-new-original-productions-from-r-paniagua-inc/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 15:59:59 +0000 TomasC http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=127554
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100611/CL19523LOGO-a) Both shows will bring new weekly episodes to HITN viewers. Republica Dominicana en 30 Minutos features in-depth breaking news from the Caribbean and Agenda Deportiva tracks headlines made by Dominican athletes around the world.

Shot on location in the Dominican Republic at SIN Studios, and Directed by Rafael Gil and Executive Produced by Ralph Paniagua, the shows cover pertinent issues that concern state-side Dominican Americans. Dominicans now have a definitive weekly television destination to connect with news, lifestyle, and sports and views impacting life back on the Island. This is especially advantageous to islanders abroad looking to cast their votes during the 2012 Dominican Republic Presidential election.

Magaly Rivera, HITN Vice President of Development said, "As a mission driven organization, we are pleased to bring original productions from the country of origin to ensure HITN delivers relevant programs to our audience. These new shows bring visibility to role models, Caribbean culture, and international issues of importance." "We're especially pleased to introduce forward-looking content that highlights fresh reporting on the pulse of news, culture, lifestyle and sports from the Caribbean that appeals, not only to the growing Dominican American population, but to all with interest in Latino culture and news from the Caribbean Island of the Dominican Republic," stated Ralph Paniagua Jr., President and CEO of RPI.

Both programs will air on Time Warner Cable channel 831 in the New York and New Jersey area: Agenda Deportiva: Saturdays at 5:30 pm and Sundays at 11:00am. Republica Dominicana en 30 Minutos: Saturdays at 5:00 pm and Sundays at 10:30am According to the US Census there are approximately 1.36 million people of Dominican descent living in the United States. Dominicans are amongst the New York's tri-state area's top Spanish-language dominant groups. Additionally, Puerto Rico and cities such as Miami, Boston and D.C. are prime areas of expansion. Through RPI's partnership with HITN-TV, advertisers can reach dynamic Hispanic audiences in approximately 36 million homes nationwide.

About HITN: The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN) was established in 1983 as a non-profit organization. HITN's mission is to advance Hispanics by providing engaging educational entertainment that empowers the community to serve as an ever-growing engine of intellectual power and progress. HITN-TV is the first U.S.-owned, non-commercial, Spanish-language, media company; delivering educational programming to more than 36 million homes nationwide on Satellite and Cable. HITN is also the largest holder of Educational Broadband Spectrum (EBS) in the U.S., supporting the next generation of wireless broadband networks and creating new opportunities to deliver educational content and connect communities. Visit HITN online at http://www.hitn.tv/.

About R. Paniagua Inc.

Since 1985, R. Paniagua, Inc. (RPI) http://rpaniagua.com/home/ has been a pioneer in providing quality, integrated, media-leveraged Latino marketing communication programs. At the heart of its corporate mission, RPI's most unique feature is its track record of tying-in promotional marketing efforts with its publishing, broadcast and grassroots programs that deliver measurable results for their corporate partners.

RPI is among the most unique and innovative marketing firms in the U.S. serving the Latino community for over 25 years. The firm targets U.S. based Latino audiences with exciting media-leveraged event promotions that deliver Latino consumers and a healthy "return on investment" for the corporate sponsors and media partners.

In addition to original broadcast content, RPI properties include www.latinoboxing.com, www.latinobaseball.com, www.vivadominoes.com. For more information contact Janice@sbawpr.com.Curated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino Redefined. Empower Yourself!]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/05/06/hitn-premieres-two-new-original-productions-from-r-paniagua-inc/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/11/28/impremedia%e2%80%99s-el-diario-and-hitn-announce-a-multimedia-content-exchange-partnership/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/11/28/impremedia%e2%80%99s-el-diario-and-hitn-announce-a-multimedia-content-exchange-partnership/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:03:44 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=110259
“We're excited to broaden our reach and multimedia capabilities through this partnership with HITN. This agreement combines El Diario’s quality content and dedicated Hispanic audience with HITN’s strength in television content and multimedia capabilities,” said Rossana Rosado, Publisher and CEO of El Diario. “It's exciting to see the merger of our unique content capabilities translated to the web. These areas are now at the heart of our audiences’ online experiences and at the core of both of our businesses.”

“As the nation’s first Hispanic public television network, HITN is proud to join impreMedia and El Diario to bring more information to our community,” said Linda Hernandez, Chief Operating Officer of HITN, Inc. “Together, we will provide more options, on multiple platforms to enhance access and expand our quality content. We will continue to put the interests and issues of our community first.”

About El Diario

Founded in 1913, El Diario is also the oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the country. El Diario has won numerous prizes for its investigative and community journalism and was co-recipient of the José Martí Award as best Spanish-language newspaper in the United States in 2005 by the National Association of Hispanic Publishers. For more information, visit our website at: www.impre.com/eldiariony.

About ImpreMedia

ImpreMedia is the No. 1 Hispanic News and Information Company in the U.S. in Online and Print. ImpreMedia's multi-platform offerings range from Online to Video, Mobile and Print including the portal http://www.impre.com and its McClatchy partners. 30% of all U.S. Hispanic adults use an impreMedia product. The company is also the nation's largest Hispanic newspaper publisher with newspapers in the top 7 U.S. Hispanic markets, reaching 16 markets total that represent 63% of the U.S. Hispanic population. Its leading publications include La Opinión in Los Angeles and El Diario La Prensa in New York. For more information, visit: http://www.impremedia.com.

ImpreMedia portals and publication websites are: www.impre.com, www.laopinion.com, www.eldiariony.com, www.hoynyc.com, www.laraza.com, www.laprensafl.com, www.elmensajero.com, www.rumbonet.com, www.vistamagazine.com, and www.contigola.com, www.lavibra.com, www.impreautos.com.

About HITN

The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN) was established in 1983 as a private non-profit organization to create a network of non-commercial telecommunications facilities to advance the educational, social, cultural, and economic aspirations of Hispanics. Today HITN-TV remains the first and only media conduit offering educational, enriching and empowering content to our nation’s fastest growing ethnic group. HITN is available on Dish Network; DirecTV; Time Warner Cable (NY, NJ, and TX); Comcast (IL, CO); Charter (CA, NV, WA, GA); AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOs nationwide. For more information please visit www.hitn.org.

Contacts

ImpreMedia
Jacquelynn Carrera, 213-896-2368
Jacquelynn.carrera@impremedia.com
or
HITN Director of Communications and Public Relations
Danielle Montoya, 646-731-3627 Curated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino Redefined. Empower Yourself!]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/11/28/impremedia%e2%80%99s-el-diario-and-hitn-announce-a-multimedia-content-exchange-partnership/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/10/20/u-s-department-of-education-awards-hitn-30-million-for-ready-to-learn-initiative/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/10/20/u-s-department-of-education-awards-hitn-30-million-for-ready-to-learn-initiative/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:46:22 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=105935 Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/10/20/u-s-department-of-education-awards-hitn-30-million-for-ready-to-learn-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/09/24/hitn-ceo-congratulates-mari-carmen-aponte-on-swearing-in-as-ambassador-to-el-salvador/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/09/24/hitn-ceo-congratulates-mari-carmen-aponte-on-swearing-in-as-ambassador-to-el-salvador/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:42:34 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=101281 Jose Luis Rodriguez, President and CEO of Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN), today congratulates the Obama Administration on the excellent appointment and swearing-in of Ms. Mari Carmen Aponte as Ambassador to El Salvador.

"Mari Carmen will make significant contributions to U.S. foreign relations as Ambassador. She has been an invaluable advisor to HITN in furthering our mission to educate, empower and enable Latinos in this country and beyond," said Rodriguez. "Her experience in urban development, leadership, and education will serve our nation and El Salvador well. I am honored to offer my congratulations and to attend the swearing-in ceremony."


Maria del Carmen Aponte is currently an attorney and independent consultant with Aponte Consulting and serves on the Board of Directors of Oriental Financial Group. She is also a member of the Board of Rosemont College. From 2001-2004, Ms. Aponte was the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA). Prior to that, she practiced law for nearly twenty years with Washington D.C. based law firms. Ms. Aponte also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Council of La Raza, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the University of the District of Columbia. She served as president of the Hispanic National Bar Association; the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia; and as a member of the District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Commission.

HITN was established in 1983 as a non-profit organization. HITNs mission is to advance Hispanics by providing engaging educational entertainment that expands their horizons, and enables them to serve as an ever-growing engine of intellectual power and progress. HITN is a unique source of educational, cultural, news and public affairs programs delivered to the homes of Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico. HITN is available on Dish Network; DirecTV; Time Warner Cable (NY, NJ, TX); Comcast (IL, CO); Charter (CA, NV, WA, GA); AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOs. Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/09/24/hitn-ceo-congratulates-mari-carmen-aponte-on-swearing-in-as-ambassador-to-el-salvador/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/08/09/hitns-career-fast-track-utilizes-21st-century-classroom-approach-to-provide-free-accelerated-workforce-development/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/08/09/hitns-career-fast-track-utilizes-21st-century-classroom-approach-to-provide-free-accelerated-workforce-development/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:39:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=92696 In an effort to arm Latinos with marketable skills for the workplace as well as to reinforce its commitment to empowering the Latino community, The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN), joined forces with Lehman College and HITNs CBO Connect network of community based organizations to offer a free, interactive distance learning course which is a component of HITNs Career Fast Track initiative http://www.hitn.org/careerfasttrack.php. Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/08/09/hitns-career-fast-track-utilizes-21st-century-classroom-approach-to-provide-free-accelerated-workforce-development/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/07/20/hitn-and-campuscruiser-announce-partnership-for-online-learning/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/07/20/hitn-and-campuscruiser-announce-partnership-for-online-learning/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:30:09 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=90560 CampusCruiser® (formerly Timecruiser®), higher education's only source for affordable and scalable "in the cloud" (SaaS) solutions, and the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN), today announced that HITN has adopted the CampusCruiser LMS™ and CampusCruiser PORTAL™ to support their Community Connect and Career Fast Track e-learning initiatives.

Community Connect™ is a coalition of local grass roots organizations, colleges, libraries and content providers that uses multimedia broadband technologies to provide a platform for Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to share successful program initiatives that address a variety of social, economic, educational, and health needs in largely underserved Latino communities.

The first of these initiatives, the Career Fast Track Distance Learning Program was launched in just one month's time on the CampusCruiser LMS. The program included a set of courses designed to help learners build skills and competencies for employment and career advancement in the fast-growing fields of Health Care and Construction. Students can earn Continuing Education Credits for their coursework. Courses are conducted via online multimedia content, and led by instructors from Lehman College and Manhattan College in New York City via videoconferencing.

"Career Fast Track and Community Connect are all about making quality programs more accessible and convenient to Latino communities nationwide," commented Henry Queiro, Vice President of CBO Connect, HITN. "With no hardware to buy, software to install, or upgrades to worry about, CampusCruiser's Software as a Service (SaaS) model allowed us to be up and running quickly and affordably. The solution's proven scalability will allow us to meet our rapid growth and expansion plans for the delivery of collaborative and active learning environments to our constituents nationwide. CampusCruiser LMS and PORTAL are exactly what we were looking for."

Courses currently available on Career Fast Track include:

* Retail Pharmacy Technician
* Residential Construction Superintendent
* English as a Second Language (ESL) Support
* Work Readiness Training
* GED en Español (GED in Spanish) Practice Tests

"HITN is a unique partner for CampusCruiser," said Allen Wang, CEO of CampusCruiser. "HITN's pioneering efforts in the community outreach and public broadcasting space is well known. We are delighted to be aligned with an organization whose mission and goals are so admirable and laudable."

About CampusCruiser
Since 1995, colleges have relied upon CampusCruiser to deliver innovative solutions, backed by unrivaled customer service and technical support. CampusCruiser's award winning products are higher education's only source for an affordable and scalable on-demand (SaaS) solution suite (PORTAL, LMS, and ALERT).

About HITN
The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN) is the first Public Service Media Network for Latinos, established in 1983 as a non-profit organization with a mission to advance the educational, cultural, and socioeconomic aspirations of Hispanics in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

HITN-TV reaches over 30 million households throughout the United States and Puerto Rico through DIRECTV, Dish Network, AT&T U-verse TV, Verizon FiOS TV, and is available in select markets through Time Warner Cable, Comcast Cable and Charter Communications. HITN is also the nation's largest holder of Educational Broadband Service spectrum.

Contact:
Janet Pinto
Director of Marketing
CampusCruiser
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"As we celebrate 27 years of being America's first public television network for Latinos, we recognize more than ever the importance of our role in advancing the educational, socioeconomic and cultural aspirations of our audience," said Jose Luis Rodriguez, HITN-TV Founder and President. "With Rentrak's large database of measured TV households, Rentrak will help us tap into our audience in a more strategic way to maximize the value of our programming for our viewers."

HITN reaches 35 million households across the United States and offers Latinos throughout the Americas unprecedented educational- and entertainment-based programming through its multi-platform information and telecommunications network. The Hispanic-language category is a quickly-growing and integral part of the media industry with viewers watching more than 36 million hours of Hispanic content, which is more than 12 million hours each month, according to Q1 2010 Rentrak data.

"We're thrilled to help HITN better serve its audience by providing access to Rentrak's data," said Carol Hinnant, Rentrak's Senior Vice President of business development, Advanced Media. "Rentrak's TV Essentials will provide HITN second-by-second information critical to staying ahead of the curve among its key audiences."

About TV Essentials

Rentrak's TV Essentials is a comprehensive suite of research tools that enable customers to analyze anonymous audience viewing of programming and advertising across VOD, DVR, interactive and linear television. Utilizing proprietary technology to process massive amounts of click-stream data, the TV Essentials system is able to aggregate and report second-by-second information from millions of digital set-top boxes nationwide. The system can isolate individual market, network, series, or telecast performance, administer national and local estimates, and provide an evaluation of influencing factors such as psychographics and demographics.

About HITN, Inc.

The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN) was established in 1983 as a non-profit organization. HITN's mission is dedicated to the advancement of Hispanics by providing engaging educational entertainment that invites individuals and families to live fuller, richer lives and enables them to serve as an ever-growing engine of intellectual power and progress. HITN-TV was created in 1987, becoming America's first Public Service Media Network for Latinos. Today, HITN-TV can be found on cable, satellite, video on demand and online reaching over 31 million households.

HITN provides a unique source of educational, cultural, news and public affairs programs to the homes of Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico.

About Rentrak Corporation

Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT - News) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry. With a reach across numerous platforms including box office, home entertainment, on-demand and linear television, broadband and mobile, Rentrak is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices worldwide in Los Angeles, New York City, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom. For more information on any of Rentrak's services, please visit www.rentrak.com.

Contact for Rentrak Corporation:


Sallie Olmsted / Amanda Bialek


Office: 310-854-8124 / 310-854-8151


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