V-me
wikipedia | 2013-06-19 16:16


V-me (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeme], watch me) is a public television service in the United States, broadcasting only in Spanish. The 24-hour digital broadcast service was launched on March 5, 2007, and is currently available in over 75% of all U.S. Hispanic homes.

The first venture of the media production and distribution company V-me Media Inc., it is a public-private partnership between WNET, a non-commercial educational public television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, and the investment firm Baeza Group, the venture capital firm Syncom Funds, and Grupo PRISA from Spain, one of the world's largest Spanish and Portuguese-language media companies. WNET is a minority partner in the for-profit venture.

In nearly 40 U.S. markets, V-me is available free over the air, and on basic cable, through its association with PBS member stations, making it the fourth largest Spanish network in the U.S. V-me is also carried nationally via satellite in the basic packages of Dish Network and DirecTV. In some areas, V-me is available on Verizon FiOS, and AT&T U-verse. V-me is also available on Cox Cable with its TV Starter Digital Pack.

Among the journalists that have worked for V-me are Jorge Gestoso, Juan Manuel Benitez and Luis Sarmiento.

Programming 
The network broadcasts a variety of programming in Spanish:
Latino-focused lifestyle content: health, parenting, travel, food, home, design, self-improvement and sports programs

Prime time drama series
News and current affairs, with Oppenheimer Presenta and Jorge Gestoso Investiga

Nature documentaries from BBC, National Geographic and PBS
Latin films and TV miniseries
Original music series, like Estudio Billboard
Weekly arts and pop culture specials
Educational preschool programs in Spanish (40 hours a week); children's television shows include:
Sesame Street
LazyTown
Angelina Ballerina
Rubbadubbers
Lunar Jim
The Hoobs
Kipper
Balamory
Percy the Park Keeper
Numberjacks
Peep and the Big Wide World
Franny's Feet

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