DIRECTV Now Offers the Most Spanish-Language Movies Available From Any Television Provider Nationwide
January 16 2014 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
DIRECTV en Español Launches De Película, De
Película Clásico and ViendoMovies, as well as the Popular Lifestyle
and Music Channel Bandamax
DIRECTV, one of the world’s leading providers of digital
television entertainment, added four new networks to its DIRECTV En
Español programming platform. With the addition of De Película, De
Película Clásico and ViendoMovies, DIRECTV now offers the most
Spanish-language movies available from any television provider
nationwide. In addition, DIRECTV has also launched the popular
lifestyle and music channel Bandamax.
“DIRECTV understands how important high-quality, culturally
relevant content is to our Spanish speaking customers and we are
committed to growing and enhancing DIRECTV En Español into the best
Spanish-language programming platform in the industry," said Dan
York, DIRECTV’s Chief Content Officer. “With the addition of these
new networks to our lineup, DIRECTV En Español now offers more
Spanish-language movies than any other provider in the industry,
making it the ultimate movie and sports destination.”
De Película, the #1 movie network in Mexico for more than a
decade and on air since 1979, connects Hispanic movie lovers with
the most relevant titles and stars in Spanish-language cinema. The
network airs approximately 300 titles per month including drama,
comedy, western and musicals, as well as movie marathons featuring
Latin America’s most beloved stars including Cantinflas and Pedro
Infante.
De Película Clásico offers passionate movie fans a robust
library of more than 800 of the very best titles, the largest in
the world, from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, 24 hours a
day.
ViendoMovies is a commercial free, top-quality film channel
produced and programmed especially for U.S. Latinos. Showing the
best contemporary movies originally produced in Spanish, from all
over the Spanish-speaking world, ViendoMovies programs around 250
titles per month, managing its extensive and continuously updated
library in a programming strategy that always presents a fresh
screen to film lovers.
In addition to the new movie lineup, DIRECTV now offers
Bandamax, the #1 destination for audiences seeking authentic
regional Mexican lifestyle and music programming. Bandamax is the
first music channel to embrace Mexican culture and passion and
delivers 31 shows and 53 hours of original programming per
week.
DIRECTV En Español offers the widest array of Spanish and
English-language programming available. The service provides access
to more than 75 Spanish-language channels from countries including
México, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador,
Argentina, Perú, Chile, Venezuela, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, El
Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Nicaragua and more, along with access
to more than 240 English-language channels of DIRECTV programming.
DIRECTV is also the leader in Soccer with all the Mexican league
matches and more soccer league games from European and local Latin
American soccer leagues.
About DIRECTV
DIRECTV is one of the world's leading providers of digital
television entertainment services. Through its subsidiaries and
affiliated companies in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other
countries in Latin America, DIRECTV provides digital television
service to over 20 million customers in the United States and more
than 17 million customers in Latin America. DIRECTV sports and
entertainment properties include two regional sports
networks (Rocky Mountain and Pittsburgh), and minority
ownership interests in Root Sports Northwest and Game Show Network.
For more information on DIRECTV, visit www.directv.com.
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