MIAMI, Nov. 12, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vme TV, the only national Spanish-language television network affiliated with public television stations, and BRB Internacional have partnered to bring U.S. Hispanic families five animation series for preschoolers as the start of a long-term venture to provide top-quality international hit shows for children.
Thanks to this accord with BRB Internacional, Vme TV and Vme Kids invite parents and their little ones to meet the star of "Bernard," a curious traveling polar bear who encounters funny and challenging situations in this award-winning animated series. Among other BRB children's productions that will be broadcast via Vme TV are "Mica," "Zoobabu," "Kambu," and "Filly Funtasía."
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Vme TV, a channel that truly emphasizes the quality of its productions for the pre-school target audience in a very important market for us in the new digital panorama, both for kids and their parents," said Emilie Pasquet, Sales Chief at BRB Internacional.
Widely regarded in the U.S. as the lead content provider for children's Spanish-language programming, Vme TV along with Vme Kids, its sister station providing 24/7 children's programming, delivers popular content that is not only educational and entertaining, but also enriching for its younger audiences. As part of the Vme TV morning block, series such as 'Exploradores Espaciales' and 'Cyberchase,' offer parents content that will provide a unique and didactic viewing experience for their preschool children, creating the framework for future learning and understanding.
"Vme TV is committed to providing children's programming that will not only keep them amused and interested, but will simultaneously encourage learning and teach them life lessons that will benefit them in the future," said Doris Vogelmann, Vme TV's vice-president of programming. "Vme TV will amplify its roster of unique children's programming thanks to this partnership with BRB Internacional."
Available in 43 markets and reaching more than 70 million households in the United States, Vme TV is available through Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH Network and AT&T U-verse among other local cable companies. To find your local channel or to learn more about Vme TV, visit www.vmetv.com or follow us on social media via www.facebook.com/vmetv or www.twitter.com/vmetv.
ABOUT VME TELEVISION
Vme TV (pronounced veh-meh), is the first national Spanish-language television network in association with public television stations. Reaching more than 70 million households in the United States, Vme TV is broadcast in 43 markets by PBS stations and is available on DIRECTV, DISH Network, AT&T U-verse, as well as major cable companies including Comcast. The 24-hour digital broadcast service is dedicated to entertain, educate and inspire families in Spanish with a contemporary mix of original productions, exclusive premieres, acquisitions, and popular public television programs specially adapted for Hispanics. To find your local channel or to learn more about Vme TV, visit www.vmetv.com or follow us on social media via www.facebook.com/vmetv or www.twitter.com/vmetv.
About Vme Kids:
Vme Kids, America's first 24-hour Spanish-language educational preschool network from Vme Media, Inc. currently reaches over 1 million households available on Comcast AT&T U-Verse, Verizon FiOS and Cablevision. Vme Kids combines the world's best curriculum-based children's shows in a fun-learning environment to help equip kids with the tools they need to build a life-long love for learning. To learn more about Vme Kids, visit http://www.vmetv.com/uploads/vme_kids/index.html or follow us on social media via https://www.facebook.com/vmekids or https://twitter.com/vmekids.
ABOUT BRB INTERNACIONAL:
An international company with over 40 years of experience in high-quality content production, distribution and licensing. In animation, its works have traveled around the globe, with such characters as David The Gnome, Dogtanian and WillyFog having become classics. Currently, BRB is producing successful, brand-producing series through its creative studio, Screen 21 – including Talking Tom and Friends, InvizimalsTM, Filly Funtasia, Mica and Bernard -- that incorporate the latest in both design and technology. Meanwhile, it has managed to situate itself at the forefront of the audiovisual sector in New Technologies and Digital Media: BRB has become one of the leading aggregator partners for cartoons on a world level on YouTube and has launched its own multi-platform webpage and different apps for Smartphones and SmartTVs among other innovations. Likewise, it is immersed in various cartoon film projects such as SuperBernard and Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds.
In the area of licensing, it manages an ample catalogue on a global level that includes all the properties of Cartoon Network in Spain and Portugal, the Sony Computer Entertainment brand InvizimalsTMfor the Iberian peninsula and Greece, Pac-ManTM from 41 Entertainment, Geronimo Stilton from Atlantyca Entertainment and The Hive from Space Entertainment throughout the Iberian peninsula.
And its Real Image Division works on developing different formats: series and mini-series, musicals, programs for television, etc. For more information: brb.es, youtube.com/BRBInternacional, facebook.com/BRBInternacional, twitter.com/brbint, brbplay.com