Channel Mexico 22 to Broadcast Mexican Presidential Candidate Debates Live in the United States, the First of Which Will be Held Tomorrow, April 25

Channel Mexico 22 to Broadcast Mexican Presidential Candidate Debates Live in the United States, the First of Which Will be Held Tomorrow, April 25

MEXICO CITY, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Alterna'TV, one of the largest channel distributors for Latin American television in the United States, and Channel Mexico 22, Mexico's cultural channel, will transmit the Mexican presidential candidate debates live, the first of which will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, April 25, at 6:30 PM Pacific time, 8:30 PM Central time and 9:30 PM Eastern time.

Participating candidates in the first debate include: Felipe Calderon, candidate for the National Action Party (PAN); Roberto Madrazo, candidate for the Alliance for Mexico (PRI and the Green Ecological Party); Patricia Mercado, candidate for the Social Democrat and Farmers' Alternate Party; and Roberto Campa, candidate for the New Alliance Party.

Set-up on stage for the presidential candidates' debate will include five chairs or podiums, despite the fact that the candidate for the Coalition for Everyone's Welfare (PRD, PT and Convergence), Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will not participate in the debate.

The second debate, which Channel Mexico 22 will also broadcast live in the United States, is scheduled for Tuesday, June 6. As of today, all five candidates have confirmed their participation in this debate.

About MEXICO 22

Channel Mexico 22 is currently distributed through DirecTV PARA TODOS packages on a national level, and through Comcast's CableLatino and CharterLatino in select Hispanic markets. The channel gathers all of Mexico's artistic and cultural expressions in one single site: our roots, our origins, our traditions ... Channel Mexico 22, a signal that draws closer to you day by day! Please visit our website at http://www.22.mx.tv/ to learn more about MEXICO 22.

About ALTERNA'TV

ALTERNA'TV distributes channels that have been carefully selected as the leaders in their country of origin, such as: ONCE MEXICO, MEXICO 22, ECUAVISA INTERNACIONAL, NDTV THE DOMINICAN CHANNEL, CB TELEVISION MICHOACAN, LATINOAMERICA TELEVISION, MEXICANAL, AYM SPORTS and TEVE-DE-MENTE. ALTERNA'TV channels offer programming in different genres that include documentaries, art and culture, news, music, children's programming, cooking and entertainment in general. Please visit our website at http://www.alternatv.com.mx/ or call U.S. toll-free 1-877-728-6391, ext. 820 to learn more about ALTERNA'TV.

Source: ALTERNA'TV

CONTACT: Maricela Hernandez, Alterna'TV, +011-52-55-2629-5820, or
1-877-728-6391, ext. 820 or Sales, Mark Henderson, Castalia Communications
+1-770-396-7850

Web site: http://www.alternatv.com.mx/
http://www.22.mx.tv/

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