MIAMI, June 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With voters heading to the polls this Sunday to elect a new President of the Republic of Mexico, ONCE TV MÉXICO has announced plans today to provide extensive and comprehensive news coverage throughout the day. The election coverage will be anchored by the channel's leading broadcast journalists, including Adriana Pérez Canedo, Cristina Pacheco Guadalupe Contreras, Irma Pérez Lince, Omar Haddad, Fernanda Tapia, Miguel Conde and Ricardo Raphael.
As part of the special election coverage, which will also include results of the 500-member Chamber of Duties seats and 128 member seats in the Senate, ONCE TV MÉXICO will feature political commentary by analysts Ezra Shabot, Sergio Aguayo, Maria Amparo Casar, Lorenzo Meyer, Leonardo Curzio, José Antonio Crespo and Francisco Paoli Bolio.
Beginning at 5:00AM on July 1, 2012, ONCE TV MÉXICO kicks off its special coverage and will broadcast a special news report every hour. At 3:00PM, ONCE TV MÉXICO will air "Coverage with Cristina Pacheco," when Ms. Pacheco continues to analyze the results and takes questions from the audience.
ONCE TV MÉXICO's special election coverage will also include:
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"Comments on the Election Day," airing at 5:00PM and hosted by Adriana Pérez Canedo, Ricardo Raphael and Ezra Shabot, who will present the most important information of the presidential elections in Mexico.
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"Primer Plano," airing at 7:00PM and featuring a panel of analysts.
- Journalist Adriana Pérez Canedo closes the Mexican election coverage at 9:00PM, presenting the most relevant information of the day.
About ONCE TV MÉXICO
ONCE TV MÉXICO, owned by Instituto Politécnico Nacional, one of Mexico's most prestigious educational institutions, began broadcasting on March 2, 1959, when its flagship station became the first non-profit educational and cultural television station in Mexico. The family-friendly channel launched its international broadcast feed in 2004 offering 100% Mexican programming, bringing audiences closer to Mexico with its high quality and diverse program offering suitable for viewers of all ages. News programs feature segments from local Mexican communities in the United States in addition to timely reports from throughout Mexico and its talk shows are dedicated to issues that affect Mexicans all over the world.
ONCE TV MÉXICO is available in the United States on DirecTV channel 447 and is also available through Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, Charter, Grande Communications, Wave Division and San Bruno cable systems.
About ALTERNA'TV
An integral part of SATMEX, the leading satellite telecommunications provider in Latin America, ALTERNA'TV distributes eight carefully selected Spanish language signals originated in Latin America, each designed to bring indigenous Latin American programming to U.S. DTH operators and cable head-ends directly from the countries where the programming originates and enhance the cable head-ends Hispanic programming packages. ALTERNA'TVs programming offer ranges from documentary/cultural, arts, science, sports, news and political/social debates to movies, soap operas, music, children's programming and general entertainment.