DC's Media Innovator Champions Digital Broadcast with Launch of 8 Channel International Tier on COX

DC's Media Innovator Champions Digital Broadcast with Launch of 8 Channel International Tier on COX

FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Public TV station MHz Networks launched a channel portfolio of eight 24/7 international channels in the Washington DC area on COX. The channels, MHz 1 through MHz 8 comprise France 24 (in English), Russia Today (in English), Japan's NHK World (in English), Russian World (with English subtitles), Nigerian Television Authority (in English), Dutch BVN (in Dutch and some English features), Taiwan's Mac TV (in English) and MHz Worldview, MHz's flagship channel featuring the best international programs in one channel. MHz Networks provides 8 out of COX' 12 international digital channels, available to COX digital cable subscribers.

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The wide-ranging MHz portfolio gives Washington area residents access to a whole new level of information and perspectives on world events, along with entertaining, enlightening and globally informative programs that far exceed mainstream American media's international coverage. Each of the MHz channels offers a fresh viewpoint and choice of favorite and must-see programs -- from news broadcasts, weekly news magazines, political debates, and business information to cooking, fashion shows, foreign films and dramas. "Regular MHz viewers should be pleased to see that we've opened up a whole new world of international programming. We're particularly happy that COX has chosen to take all 8 of our program streams," says Frederick Thomas, General Manager of MHz Networks and Executive Vice President.

Pioneering a portfolio of 8 distinguished international channels, MHz Networks shows that in today's brave new world of digital broadcast, size matters little. 'The little station that could' evolved from a small public TV station on the outskirts of the DC area into Washington's premier international media source, providing programs that satisfy the interests of today's increasingly connected, globally-oriented audiences. MHz Networks' innovation in optimizing digital technology to initiate an 8-channel tier of international programming points a direction for other TV broadcasters, demonstrating what is possible by capitalizing on resources and core competences.

About MHz Networks: MHz Networks is an independent, non-commercial television network, dedicated to bringing globally-minded program streams to the US. Delivering the widest range of world opinion, MHz has evolved as a leader in international programming and an advocate for active outreach. For over a decade, MHz Networks has connected the foreign-born with their homelands and made Americans part of a larger world. MHz aims to encourage dialogue between cultures and has won several awards for its own productions. (http://www.mhznetworks.org/; http://www.mhzworldview.tv/)

   Contact:   Nicolette Kuba-Hurd   Marketing Director MHz Networks   8101 A Lee Highway   Falls Church, VA 22042   703 - 770 7135  

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Source: MHz Networks

CONTACT: Nicolette Kuba-Hurd, Marketing Director of MHz Networks,
+1-703-770-7135

Web site: http://www.mhznetworks.org/
http://www.mhzworldview.tv/

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Profile: International Entertainment