Washington Post writer Arshad Mohammed wrote a piece on Friday about Verizon's plans to offer expanded programming through its Fios digital cable system. Mohammed reports that among the offerings will be "Viva TV, a channel under development that will offer Spanish-language content aimed at the Hispanic community. The article is available [here].
In January recent speech to industry platers, Corporation for Public Broadcasting president and CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison noted: "Today, over 45 million Americans live in homes that are Spanish-speaking. Just this week, CPB approved working toward a major development grant to support WNET's VIVA-TV, a 24-hour digital multicast channel due to launch in the fall of this year. We are excited about the possibility of bringing the highest quality television and online programming to Hispanic homes.What this can mean is new audiences for public TV." The full text of her speech is [here].
Minnesota Public Radio's The Current has a story on the channel [here].
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