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Cine Sony Television reaches carriage agreement with Comcast´s Xfinity TV

Maribel Ramos-Weiner| October 24, 2013

Superna Kalle, SVP, Networks and general manager, Sony Movie Channel, Cine Sony Television and geTV

Cine Sony Television, Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) network delivering a premium Hollywood entertainment experience in Spanish for the fast-growing U.S. Hispanic market, announced a distribution agreement to expand its blockbuster programming to Comcast’s Xfinity TV cable service. Beginning this Tuesday, October 22, Xfinity TV customers will have access to Cine Sony Television’s offering of Hollywood films, music and TV series, uncensored. Cine Sony Television is available on Xfinity’s broadly available Latino TV package. The agreement between Comcast and Cine Sony expands the network’s Hollywood entertainment experience to subscribers of the Xfinity television lineup for the first time, and select Cine Sony TV films will be available on Xfinity On Demand and online at {Xfinity.com/tv}. “We are committed to providing quality entertainment to the broadest range of TV viewers who would like more Spanish-language Hollywood content. With this multi-year Comcast deal we are now able to reach a significant amount of viewers who make up this vibrant market and drive box-office success,” said Superna Kalle, SVP, Networks and general manager, Sony Movie Channel, Cine Sony Television and geTV.“We are excited to add Cine Sony to our Xfinity Latino channel line-up. We are always looking to bring the best content available to our Latino video offering, like Cine Sony’s Hollywood movies dubbed into Spanish. It’s a new and high quality channel that reinforces our commitment to Latino customers,” said Rubén Mendiola, VP and GM of Multicultural Services at Comcast.