V-me Presents Latin GRAMMY Award Winners in Prime Time

V-me Presents Latin GRAMMY Award Winners in Prime Time

Top stars and new music featured on Estudio Billboard, Viva Voz and Sesiones

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Latin music fans looking for new music and new perspectives on their favorite artists turn to V-me - a new destination for intimate interviews, unplugged performances and concerts. Headlining V-me's primetime schedule are two of the network's original programs, Viva Voz and Estudio Billboard.

Every Tuesday at 10:00pm(ET) and Sunday at 8:00pm(ET) V-me's Estudio Billboard presents an innovative music/interview format, produced in collaboration with Billboard Magazine and hosted by Billboard's Leila Cobo, the ultimate Latin music insider. Multiple GRAMMY award winners and nominees highlight a first-season lineup of Juan Luis Guerra, Daddy Yankee, Mana, Juanes, Franco DeVita, Gloria Estefan, Laura Pausini, David Bisbal, Daniela Mercury, Emmanuel, Ricardo Montaner, Gloria Trevi and Jose Feliciano. In exclusive interviews, guests share fresh insights into their life and music, illustrated with performances of their favorite music -- from childhood favorites to new singles. Estudio Billboard is presented with English closed captioning for all music fans.

"Estudio Billboard is unique -- it offers a rare chance for artists to talk about their influences and the creative process rather than the latest gossip or CD," says host Leila Cobo. "Guests have been amazed to have a chance to talk for more than five minutes and share reflections about their lives and careers, and, of course, express themselves with music."

Top musical personalities can also be seen weeknights at 10:00 on V-me's original nightly interview program Viva Voz, a must-see forum for a variety of hosts, newsmakers and celebrities to cover issues from the Latino perspective. From Calle 13 on the art of the music video, to Aterciopelados and their take on feminism and rock, to Los Tigres del Norte's observations about life on the US-Mexican border, award-winning guests including Saul Hernandez (Jaguares/Caifanes), Ozomatli, Andrea Bocelli and Obie Bermudez speak openly on Viva Voz about topics that matter.

For performance fans, on November 17, V-me premieres its new weekly series, Sesiones, airing Saturday nights at 10:00pm(ET), featuring avant-garde concerts taped live at Mexico City's Poliforum Cultural Siqueiros. Hosted by Mexico's Rolling Stone and GQ contributor Alejandro Franco, Sesiones showcases new, alternative and indie rock bands from Europe, Mexico, and across the Americas, turning the spotlight on artists including this year's Latin GRAMMY- nominee, Kinky, plus Belanova, Placebo, Chetes, Delays, Dynamite, Programa Cero, Sizu Yantra, and more.

"V-me offers a total music package -- viewers see a different side of an artist on Viva Voz, get inside the music and hear impromptu performances on Estudio Billboard, and feel the rush of a live concert on Sesiones," said Guillermo Sierra, chief content officer and SVP, V-me. "Bringing this new mix of top talent, alternative music and innovative formats to U.S. Spanish TV reinforces V-me's promise to deliver more to viewers hungry for innovative quality television."

V-me is presented locally by public TV stations in many cities as a digital broadcast and on basic cable; and nationally on DISH Network Ch 9414 and DISHLatino Ch 846. Check your local listings or www.VmeTV.com for more information.

About V-me

V-me is a new national network, partnered with public TV, which engages America's Latino families in Spanish with a lively mix of original and exclusive programs including: kids, lifestyle, nature, science, history, current affairs, music, arts, and nightly movies. The 24-hour network, with broadcast and digital carriage reaching one-third of all U.S. Hispanic TV households, is America's largest Spanish digital channel and the fastest out- of-the-box sponsor-supported network in U.S. Hispanic media history. V-me is the first venture of the media production and distribution company, V-me Media Inc. To find out more visit www.VmeTV.com

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