V-me Announces Extensive Election Coverage

NEW YORK, January 23: The U.S. Hispanic network V-me
will roll out extensive prime-time coverage and analysis of the 2008
presidential election, featuring live updates from the channel’s news team.

V-me’s election coverage explores the results and offers
in-depth analysis of the critical issues and how these resonate with voters,
particularly in the Hispanic community, the fastest-growing segment of the U.S.
electorate.

The prime-time election coverage will kick off on Super
Tuesday on February 5. The PARTICIPA 2008 team will provide live prime-time
coverage from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. with up-to-the-minute election updates.
Broadcasting from V-me’s PARTICIPA 2008 news headquarters, award-winning
journalist Jorge Gestoso and a team of political experts will provide in-depth
analysis on the issues and voter trends while reporting on the electoral count
and official results.

As the candidates are selected at the national party
conventions, V-me’s PARTICIPA 2008 team will broadcast live from the floor of
the Democratic and Republican conventions covering all the highlights and the
day’s news. On Election Day, V-me ‘s PARTICIPA 2008 team will present live
prime-time coverage of the final hours as U.S. voters determine who will be the
nation’s next president.

Throughout the entire election season, V-me’s Noticias team will provide late-breaking news with its live
hourly newsbreaks in prime time. V-me’s flagship public-affairs program Viva
Voz
will present special reports and
analysis from Washington on its Thursday program, Viva Voz Desde
Washington
. Each week at 10 p.m. Viva
Voz Desde Washington
will be exclusively
devoted to a discussion and analysis of the big issues facing America’s voters,
inside and outside the Hispanic community. V-me will talk with top experts on
subjects such as social values, domestic spending priorities, foreign affairs,
education, healthcare and religion and race in politics. V-me will also
incorporate regional coverage and views into all of its election coverage.

On VmeTV.com, visitors will be able to comment on the
issues, suggest topics for discussion, vote on polls, watch highlights of Viva
Voz
specials and follow breaking news of
the national campaigns.

—By Irene Lew