NBC’S ‘Days of Our Lives' and Stars from Telemundo and mun2 join with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami To Give Back To The Community
Wed, 2011-02-09 11:23
 Habitat for Humanityof Greater Miami 3800 NW 22nd Avenue Miami, FL 33142 Phone (305) 634-3628 Fax (305) 638-4917 |
| Media Release Contact: Joseph McDaniels Office: (305) 607 - 1949 |
| NBC’S ‘DAYS OF OUR LIVES’ AND STARS FROM TELEMUNDO AND mun2 JOIN WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY Miami Site Marks the Third Building Project With ‘Days of our Lives’ Participation |
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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – January 25, 2011 – NBC’s “Days of our Lives” and stars from sister cable networks Telemundo and mun2 will unite to give back to the community when they participate in a building project with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami on Tuesday, February 22. The Miami effort is the third with the participation of “Days” cast members following other projects in Los Angeles and Philadelphia. |
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The venture to give back comes on the heels of the “Days” 45th anniversary and recent pickup for another two seasons. |
| About Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami is a Christian ministry which builds homes and communities in partnership with low-income families in need of a simple, decent place to live. Habitat for Humanity makes interest-free loans available for the purchase of these homes, and provides opportunities to all people of conscience to support its mission to break the cycle of poverty. Since its inception, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami has built more than 750 homes in Miami-Dade. For more information, please visit: www.miamihabitat.org. |
| About Telemundo: |
| Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. & Subsidiaries (“Telemundo”), a division of NBC Universal, is a world-class media company, leading the industry in the production and distribution of high-quality Spanish-language content across its multiplatform portfolio to U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. Telemundo’s multiple platforms include Telemundo, a Spanish-language television network featuring original productions, theatrical motion pictures, news and first-class sports events, reaching 94% of U.S. Hispanic viewers in 210 markets through its 14 owned-and-operated stations, 46 broadcast affiliates, and over 1,000 cable affiliates; mun2, is the lifestyle cable network for today's culture connectors (C2s) – bicultural Latinos. As the bilingual network that amplifies the Latinos experience, mun2 is uniquely American and reaches over 35 million U.S. TV households nationwide on digital and analog cable, satellite and free television; Telemundo Digital Media, which leverages Telemundo’s original content for distribution across digital and emerging platforms including mobile devices and www.telemundo.com and www.holamun2.com; and Telemundo International, the company’s international distribution arm which has positioned Telemundo as the second largest provider of Spanish-language content worldwide by syndicating content to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages. |
| About mun2: |
| mun2 (moon-dos) is the lifestyle cable network for today's culture connectors (C2s) -- bicultural Latinos 18-34. As the bilingual network that amplifies the Latinos’ experience, mun2 is culturally grounded and reflects the best of both worlds -- mun2 is uniquely American. From reality to music, on-air to digital, mun2 creates original content across a multi-screen platform. As the only nationally measured bilingual cable network by Nielsen NTI, mun2 has an increased distribution to over 35 million households, and is a part of the Telemundo Communications Group, a division of NBC Universal. |
| About “Days of our Lives”: |
| “Days of our Lives” is produced by Corday Productions Inc., in association with Sony Pictures Television. Executive producer Ken Corday is following in the tradition of his parents, Betty and Ted Corday, who co-created “Days of our Lives” and helmed the series for many years. Gary Tomlin is also executive producer. Dena Higley is the head writer and Christopher Whitesell is co-head writer. |
| MEDIA CONTACTS: |
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Kaiulani Simpson, NBC Entertainment Publicity, 818-777-3063, Kaiulani [dot] Simpson [at] nbcuni [dot] com Joseph McDaniels, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami, 305-634-3628 x223, Joseph [dot] McDaniels [at] miamihabitat [dot] org Debbie Lazo, Telemundo Media Relations, 818-622-4066, Debbie [dot] Lazo [at] nbcuni [dot] com |
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