Music Choice Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month With On Demand Special Featuring Juanes, Tego Calderón and More!

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Music Choice kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month today with a month long music celebration. Now through October 14th, Music Choice will be celebrating music and culture by exposing the power of the “Latino Voice” with original content and customized video playlists from the hottest Latin artists today.

MC On Demand will air a special entitled: The Crossover. The show features interviews from some of the hottest artists on the scene including Juanes, Tego Calderón, Nelly Furtado, and Frankie J along with a panel of the industry’s most respected personalities including Elis Pacheco, Porfirio Piña, Tomas Cookman and Stefi Chacon. The show dissects and offers perspective on whether Latin music will ever consistently crossover on a mainstream level. To view the special starting September 17th, go to MC On Demand> Hispanic Heritage> Top Latino> The Crossover.

Also in the Hispanic Heritage folder on MC On Demand will be several video playlists featuring the top Latin videos of the Year! Highlights include a “Best of Juanes” video playlist as well as a sub folder titled “Next Up! Latino” which offers videos from the next generation of Latin stars like 3BallMTY, Farruko, Nayer, Leslie Grace, Eli Jas, Jalil Lopez and more!

MC will also feature the top Latin DJs from across the country spinning on its Musica Urbana music channel throughout Hispanic Heritage Month. MC will also feature Rancheras on its Mexicana music channel to celebrate Mexican Independence Day in addition to blocks of Classic Merengue and Salsa Dura on the Tropicales music channel. Hispanic Heritage Month branded artist facts on the MC Musica Urbana, Pop Latino, Mexicana, Tropicales & Romances Music Channels.

Rounding out the celebration will be the “Rep Your Flag” Sweepstakes. Consumers nationwide can enter for a chance to see Prince Royce LIVE in L.A. on Oct 29, 2012 at the Nokia Theater. Grand Prize winner will receive 2 plan tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation to the show to enjoy a night of dancing and Prince Royce! The sweepstakes will take place September 17-October 1, 2012 on Music Choice’s Facebook page. Details on how to enter can be found during that time period by logging onto www.facebook.com/musicchoice

For more information, log on to www.MusicChoice.com.

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About Music Choice:

Music Choice, the multi-platform video and music network, delivers its music programming to millions of consumers nationwide through their televisions, online and mobile devices. MC programs dozens of uninterrupted music channels; produces MC Originals that feature today’s hottest established and emerging artists; and offers thousands of music videos. MC is a partnership among subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Sony Corporation of America, EMI Music and several leading U.S. cable providers: Comcast Cable Communications, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable.

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