starMedia Launches New Entertainment News Channel

starMedia Launches New Entertainment News Channel

starMedia EntertaiNEWS is First of Three New Featured Channels Debuting this Year

MIAMI, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spanish-language starMedia Portal announced the launch of starMedia EntertaiNEWS (www.us.starmedia.com/entretenimiento/entertainews), a new online channel which taps starMedia's extensive content resources to bring Spanish-speakers throughout the US the most current and broadest array of global entertainment news and programming.

"As a subsidiary of one of the world's leading media organizations, starMedia accesses an extraordinary variety of content. That allows us to continue developing and introducing a new generation of services and resources for our users and advertisers," noted starMedia COO Juan Jose Nunez. "starMedia EntertaiNEWS is the first of a series of new offerings we look forward to launching over the next few months."

The new channel, developed together with C3 Entertainment, recaps the week's most important entertainment news and also provides comprehensive information about concerts, movies, theater and other cultural events. Visitors to starMedia EntertaiNEWS may additionally opt to watch movie previews and other video clips; peruse celebrity photos-of-the-week; and, receive exclusive reports from around the entertainment world.

Toyota has taken the lead in sponsoring the new channel's weekly headliner show: a highly entertaining, fun and at times irreverent 5-minute, news Webisodio, or Webcast. The fast-paced video capsule features the hottest acts from across the entertainment world, snippets of top box office trailers, exclusive interviews and the spiciest insider celebrity news and gossip.

"starMedia continues to affirm its market leadership position by introducing diverse and relevant content for its US Hispanic audience," added Nunez. "We're totally committed to empowering our users with information and entertainment they value."

About starMedia.com

starMedia.com is a free-to-web global service connecting more than 24 million Spanish-speakers through the Internet as well as providing them with the most relevant and extensive information and services. starMedia has local operations in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Spain and throughout the United States (Los Angeles, Miami and New York); and, is wholly owned by Orange (www.orange.es), a subsidiary of the France Telecom Group (NYSE:FTE).

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Source: starMedia.com

CONTACT: Enrique Carrillo for starMedia, +1-305-532-8877,
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Web site:

http://www.us.starmedia.com/entretenimiento/entertainews
http://www.orange.es/

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