Cisneros Group´s cl@se Educational Channel to Provide Educational Programming to Schools Throughout Costa Rica
The Cisneros Group of Companies today announced that its
educational channel cl@se has signed an agreement with the Ministry of
Education of Costa Rica and Cable Tica to distribute its educational
content at no cost throughout this Latin American nation.
According to the terms of the agreement cl@se, Latin America´s
premier educational entertainment channel will be available through
Cable Tica. cl@se´s programming is targeted at children and
adolescents from six to 18 years of age, as well as their teachers and
parents, the three most important groups for students.
"We are fully committed to improving the quality of life of the
people of Latin America, and I am convinced that education is the key
to achieving that goal," said Gustavo Cisneros, president of the
Cisneros Group of Companies. "That is why it is a great pleasure for
us to reach out to Costa Rican schools through this collaboration with
the Ministry of Education and Cable Tica," Mr. Cisneros added.
This agreement with the Ministry of Education of Costa Rica joins
other collaborative efforts between the Cisneros Group of Companies
and the Latin American nation including the programs Piensa En Arte
(Think Art) and AME (Professional Development for Educators) sponsored
by the Fundacion Cisneros.
"AME, cl@se and Think Art, may be said to provide the essential
elements of our Corporate Social Responsibility efforts in the field
of education, and we are determined to strengthen them every day,"
Cisneros ended.
About cl@se
cl@se, of the Cisneros Group of Companies, is the first
educational television channel available across Latin America which
offers, since 1996, the best in educational entertainment 24 hours a
day. cl@se´s programming targets three specific groups: children ages
6 to 18 years, teachers and parents, and covers a variety of themes,
such as such as foreign languages, science, culture, mathematics, and
adult continuing education. As part of its efforts to contribute to
education in Latin America, cl@se co-produces and airs cultural and
teacher training programs though an alliance with Fundacion Cisneros.
cl@se provides viewers with the necessary tools that allow the
learning process to become relevant and captivating, by building on
the power of entertainment to bring educational content into the home
and school. The channel currently reaches about one million homes in
Latin America.
About the Cisneros Group
The Cisneros Group of Companies is one of the largest privately
held media, entertainment, telecommunications and consumer products
organizations in the world. The Cisneros Group owns or holds interests
in companies ranging from broadcast television, television production,
and telecommunications to beverage businesses and travel resorts.
Through its diverse businesses and world-class partnerships, the
Cisneros Group of Companies delivers some of the top brands and
highest-quality services to the 550 million Spanish- and
Portuguese-speaking consumers in the Americas and Europe. The Cisneros
Group sells TV programming and other media content on five continents
and in over 90 countries. Among the companies that belong to the
Cisneros Group of Companies are Venevision, Venevision International,
Venevision Productions, Movida Communications, Inc., Cerveceria
Regional and Los Leones del Caracas.