Mail Goes Digital with Informed Delivery

November 8, 2018

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Whether it is a card from Grandma, a bill, or a special surprise package, the U.S. Postal Service has a feature that allows you to see what is coming to your mailbox — anytime, anywhere — even while traveling. Informed Delivery is on the cutting edge of communication trends by helping people manage their mail and make the most of it. So before you head over the river or through the woods for holiday time this year, be sure to sign up and see for yourself.

Participating users can digitally preview their mail through email notification, online dashboard or mobile app. Users also have the ability to interact with digital content, such as special offers and related links, directly from Informed Delivery notifications.

Signing up is easy. Simply go to informeddelivery.usps.com and follow the prompts for verification. This process provides security measures to keep your mail and physical address private.

And there’s more…

Starting early 2019, the Postal Service expects to begin offering an additional Informed Delivery option that will allow customers to sign for deliveries for some packages with an electronic signature. This enhancement will add convenience for customers who aren’t always home to sign for their deliveries.

Best of all, Informed Delivery is free, with no cost to sign up and no additional charges for any of the added enhancements of this valuable tool. More than 13 million users already enjoy the benefits and rewards this feature every day.

All postage stamps are available for purchase at Post Offices locations, online at usps.com and by toll-free phone order at 1-800 STAMP-24.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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The Home Depot Foundation Increases Commitment to $500 Million for Veteran Causes

November 8, 2018

ATLANTA, Nov. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Today, The Home Depot Foundation is announcing an increased commitment of a half billion dollars to veteran causes by 2025.

The expanded commitment to veterans comes as company volunteers, known as Team Depot, completed more than 100,000 volunteer hours during the Foundation’s seven-week Celebration of Service campaign. As an added tribute to veterans, volunteer associates traded in the iconic Home Depot orange and wore military green at hundreds of projects during this year’s campaign.

“The Home Depot Foundation has been supporting veteran causes since 2011 and recently completed its commitment to invest $250 million, but we’re not stopping there,” said Home Depot chairman, CEO and president Craig Menear. “We’re committing another $250 million by 2025 bringing our total investment to half a billion.”

Through partnerships with national and local nonprofits, the foundation completed its quarter billion-dollar commitment two years early, resulting in improvements to more than 40,000 veterans’ homes and facilities since the original pledge was made. The organization will continue to work with nonprofits including Volunteers of America, Semper Fi Fund and Gary Sinise Foundation and many others, to end veteran homelessness, perform critical home repairs for senior veterans and serve critically wounded veterans.

“Giving back to our nation’s heroes is a part of our DNA at The Home Depot,” said Shannon Gerber, executive director at The Home Depot Foundation. “We’re proud to partner with the best nonprofits in the nation to solve veteran issues and serve our servicemen and women who dedicated their lives to our country and sacrificed so much.”

As the foundation wraps its eighth annual Celebration of Service campaign on Veterans Day weekend, the organization is inviting the community to wear military green and join together to serve veterans. On November 8 and 9, volunteers can serve with Team Depot at projects across the country. The foundation is also recording and distributing personalized voicemails for veterans, which can be left by dialing (770) 615-8985. Visit your local Home Depot or www.ServeVeterans.com to learn about ways to participate.

About The Home Depot Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap and support communities impacted by natural disasters. Since 2011, the Foundation has invested a quarter of a billion dollars in veteran-related causes and improved more than 40,000 veteran homes and facilities in 2,500 cities. In 2018, the Foundation committed an additional $50 million dollars to train 20,000 skilled tradespeople over the next 10 years starting with separating military members and veterans, at-risk youth and residents of Atlanta’s Westside community.

To learn more about The Home Depot Foundation and see Team Depot in action, visit thd.co/community and follow us on Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram @teamdepot and on Facebook at facebook.com/teamdepot.

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This month on Ismael Cala’s podcast: Intuition, your inner child, the threshold of deservingness and cryptocurrencies

November 7, 2018

Juanpi Dolande, Luz María Doria, Vicente Passariello, Alain Aguirre and Pablo Alonso will be the guests. The podcast is available each week for free on the platform http://www.revolverpodcasts.com/shows/dmente-positivo-con-ismael-cala/

MIAMI, Nov. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Ismael Cala, life and business strategist, lecturer and author of eight bestsellers on themes of leadership and emotional intelligence, is presenting in November four new programs on his podcast dMENTE Positivo, a space devoted to awakening awareness and personal growth.

November will feature the following guests and themes:

Tuesday, November 6 : Guest: Juanpi Dolande. Intuition, so often obscured beneath an esoteric veil, is that little inner voice that is always warning us about something or someone. Panamanian Juanpi Dolande is an impressive young man, who has shown that our limitations are in our own minds.

Tuesday, November 13 : Guest: Luz María Doria. Where have you left your inner child? We take this opportunity to share a moment with Colombian journalist and author, Luz María Doria, who has just released her most recent book, Tu momento estelar (‘Your stellar moment’). Luz María Doria is Vice President and executive producer of the program Despierta América (‘Wake up, America’) on Univision.

Tuesday, November 20 : Guest: Vicente Passariello. Has anyone ever asked you what you were worth? Not your physical value, but rather the value you assign to yourself from your own threshold of deservingness, which does a pretty good job of defining your own self-esteem. Vicente Passariello is an author and motivational coach, expert in neurolinguistic programming and engineering persuasion.

Tuesday, November 27 : Guests: Special program on Blockchain Banking with Alain Aguirre and Pablo Alonso. There’s nothing better than getting out of a rut and learning something new! That’s why we’ll be making the most of our visit to Puebla (Mexico) to find out a little more about the ever so new world of cryptocurrencies and new technologies. Don’t think of all this as something that has nothing to do with you! Remember, we’re living in a VUCA world (that is, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous), and if you want to be trained as a good leader, you have to adapt to new paradigms and learn about technological advances.

Ismael Cala, Lorena Susso and Moe Morales will be bringing us four programs in November brimming with information and recommendations on the podcast dMENTE Positivo, distributed for free on the platform reVolver: http://www.revolverpodcasts.com/shows/dmente-positivo-con-ismael-cala/

At the same time, it’s also available for download on Apple, Podcast, Google Play, Spotify.

ABOUT ISMAEL CALA

A life and business strategist, for five years he hosted CALA on prime time on CNN en Español. A businessman and social entrepreneur, Cala is the author of eight bestsellers on themes of leadership, entrepreneurship and personal development, including El poder de escuchar (‘The power of listening’), and “Despierta with Cala”(‘Wake up with Cala’). Cala was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1969, and holds a degree in Art History from Oriente University. He is the co-author of the book “Beat the Curve,” with Brian Tracy. He graduated from the School of Communication at York University in Toronto, and has a degree in Television Production from Seneca College. He is President and founder of the Cala Enterprises Corporation and the Ismael Cala Foundation.

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Fintech Appoints Trey Williams as Chief Operating Officer

November 7, 2018

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Financial Information Technologies, LLC (Fintech) announced today that they have selected Trey Williams for the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, Trey brings 30+ years of technology and hospitality experience, and will work alongside Fintech’s executive team to grow operational strategies, and maximize performance functionality to drive sustainable long-term growth for all Fintech stakeholders. Aligned with the company mission, Trey’s contributions will further solidify Fintech’s position as the leader in data, analytics, and technology for the beverage alcohol industry.

“We are so pleased that Trey has joined our team as COO,” said Fintech’s President, Tad Phelps, “Fintech is experiencing tremendous growth, and with Trey’s industry knowledge and proven successes, we know we have found the perfect fit. I’m confident that his leadership will support our continued mission to provide our clients with superior products and services designed to better their beverage alcohol operations.”

Before joining Fintech, Trey held the position of Vice President of North America and Global Accounts for the Hospitality Division at NCR. He drove and maintained significant revenue growth worldwide, while strengthening and leading an operations team that supported this success. Prior to his time with NCR, Trey spent 25 years as a leader in the technology industry with Radiant Systems, Siebel Systems, and Accenture.

Trey stated, “I feel extremely privileged to be joining such a talented team that shares in my unwavering passion and dedication for providing cutting-edge business solutions and exceptional customer service, and I am looking forward to being a part of their continued growth and success.”

Trey has two sons, Noah (19) and Luke (17), and he will be relocating to the Tampa Bay area from Dallas, Texas, where he has lived for the past 15 years. He is a graduate of Georgia State University, and founded and served on the board for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Georgia and the Southlake Texas Youth Sports Organization.

About Fintech

Fintech, the leading solutions provider for beverage alcohol management, and regulatory information resource, offers a OneSource® solution with a suite of profit-building products and services for alcohol distributors and retailers.

With decades of industry experience offering unwavering dependability and trust, Fintech empowers users with information to increase margins and maximize operating efficiencies within their beverage alcohol category. By anticipating client needs, nurturing relationships, and growing partnerships within the industry, Fintech continues to deliver cutting-edge, strategic solutions that range from purchase order management, reconciliation, and data reporting, to pricing and promotion communication, payment compliance adherence, and regulatory resource connectivity.

Working with more than 3,600 alcohol distributors nationwide, Fintech links distributors to alcohol retailers, and manages data transformation for over 525,000 relationships, adding thousands of connections every month. For more information on how Fintech can better your business, visit our website and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Contact: Misha Hart, 800.572.0854 x 3827, [email protected]
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Cinelatino to Air the Exclusive U.S. Television Premiere of the World’s Most “Egg-cellent” Animated Movie “Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos” (Huevos: Little Rooster’s Egg-cellent Adventure)

November 7, 2018

MIAMI, Nov. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Cinelatino, the leading Spanish-language movie network in the U.S., will celebrate Thanksgiving Day with the exclusive U.S. television premiere of the highest-grossing Latino film of 2015, Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos (“Huevos: Little Rooster’s Egg-cellent Adventure”). The third installment in the blockbuster Huevos animated film franchise, the 3D computer generated film will premiere on Thursday, November 22 at 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT, with back-to-back repetitions at 9:00pm ET and 11:00pm ET as the headline of the network’s special Thanksgiving Day programming.

Released in Mexico in August of 2015, Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos quickly became the highest grossing animated film to have been produced in Mexico and the industry’s seventh of all time, spending three weeks as the #1 movie in the box-office. Its success only fortified when it shocked the world as the first animated Mexican film to premiere theatrically in the United States, opening at #9 and becoming a surprise box-office success.

The record breaking film tells the story of Toto, (voiced by Bruno Bichir), a small rooster who was born the runt of the litter. But, when an evil rancher threatens to destroy his home and his family, Toto must go from a timid young “chicken” to a brave and scrappy rooster. Toto and his friends (voices include: Angelica Vale, Maite Perroni, Omar Chaparro, Ninel Conde, and Carlos Espejel) must band together on an “Eggs-traordinary” adventure that will prove that big surprises can come from little packages.

“Thanksgiving is a day where families in the U.S. get together and give thanks for all their blessings. Our viewers are our family and we couldn’t think of a better way to thank them for being so loyal to our network than by airing this incredibly hilarious, heart-warming film for the whole family to enjoy,” said James M. McNamara, Vice Chairman of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., Cinelatino’s parent company. “Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos is one of Pantelion Films’ highest grossing movies of all time and the highest-grossing Spanish-language animated film ever released in the U.S., and we have no doubt that our viewers will love every second of this “egg-citing” film.”

Since the creation of their Huevocartoon site in 2002, the Riva Palacio brothers have been able to brilliantly showcase the essence of Mexican comedy through their kid-friendly series, films, TV specials, advertisements and even video games, full of double-entendres, which have become a beloved part of Mexican culture. The anthropomorphized eggs, satirizing various sociocultural aspects in a humoristic and irreverent manner, have gained a cult following of over half a billion viewers online and has resulted in three blockbuster hits.

“The Huevocartoon brand is a staple in Mexican culture,” said Carolina Bilbao, VP of Programming and Development for Cinelatino. “From their early days as an internet series, Huevos took the comedy scene by storm and captivated millions with their raw and edgy shorts and did not skip a beat when crossing over into the feature film world. As the leading Spanish-language movie network in the U.S., we are thrilled to present our viewers with such a monumental hit that we know they will love.”

Cinelatino is distributed by the largest cable, satellite and telecommunications providers in the country. Cinelatino is a subsidiary of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., the only publicly traded, pure-play U.S. Hispanic TV/cable networks and content platform. For more information, viewers can visit www.cinelatino.com.

About Cinelatino: Cinelatino is a subsidiary of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. (HMTV), the only publicly traded pure-play U.S. media company targeting the high growth U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets with leading broadcast and cable television and digital content platforms. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Hemisphere owns and operates five leading U.S. Hispanic cable networks, two Latin American cable networks, and the leading broadcast television network in Puerto Rico, and has ownership interests in Canal 1, the #3 national broadcast television network in Colombia, Pantaya, a Spanish-language OTT service in the U.S., and other digital assets.

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Scotiabank named 2018 Bank of The Year by LatinFinance

November 6, 2018

TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Scotiabank is proud to have been named 2018 Bank of the Year by LatinFinance for excellence in retail, commercial and investment banking services for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Scotiabank is the first Canadian bank to ever receive the Bank of the Year award from LatinFinance. The Bank was recognized for its, “overall strategy, volume and diversity of transactions; innovation and foresight; execution quality and success of transactions; role in particularly complex, innovative or large deals over the years; and quantity of transactions worked on over the year, and compared to previous years,” according to LatinFinance.

“We are honoured to have been recognized by LatinFinance as the 2018 Bank of the Year and would like to thank our customers for their loyalty and our employees for their hard work and dedication to providing an excellent customer experience,” said Ignacio (Nacho) Deschamps, Group Head of International Banking and Digital Transformation at Scotiabank. “This award recognizes Scotiabank for our long history in Latin America as well as our new acquisitions that add scale in the important markets we serve, especially in the Pacific Alliance countries.”

The Bank of the Year is chosen by an editorial panel that reviews financial data and research, considers quantitative and qualitative factors, and weighs analyst opinion. Winners will be honoured at an Awards Ceremony in New York City on December 4, 2018 to celebrate LatinFinance’s 30th anniversary.

LatinFinance is the leading source of intelligence on the financial markets and economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, and has covered banking and capital markets in the region for more than 25 years. It also provides detailed transaction pipelines, underwriting and advisory league tables, polls and awards.

About Scotiabank

Scotiabank is Canada’s international bank and a leading financial services provider in the Americas. We are dedicated to helping our 25 million customers become better off through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of more than 96,000 employees and assets of $947 billion (as at July 31, 2018), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.

For media enquiries: Juan Iramain, VP, International Banking Communications, Scotiabank, (416) 866-4362, [email protected]

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NIH to fund national data collection on new mothers with disabilities

November 6, 2018

BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The National Institutes of Health will fund the collection of information from women with disabilities who give birth in the United States. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a survey of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administered by state health departments. PRAMS covers approximately 83 percent of U.S. births and includes information on mothers’ attitudes and experiences before, during and shortly after pregnancy. PRAMS data are widely used by researchers and state and local governments to evaluate the effectiveness of pregnancy initiatives and outcomes.

“It’s estimated that more than 1 million women of childbearing age in the United States have a disability,” said Alison Cernich, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), a component of NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). “But we really know very little about their pregnancy risks or even their basic experiences during or after pregnancy.”

NICHD research interests overlap with the focus of PRAMS, including pregnancy, breastfeeding, infant health care and contraception. Dr. Cernich explained that NCMRR’s efforts to include data on women with disabilities will contribute important information on the impact of disability on pregnancy and maternal and child health. It will provide $1.5 million to incorporate the disability survey as a supplement to the PRAMS questionnaire as part of data collection in 22 states. The survey will consist of 6 questions on functions, such as seeing, hearing, walking and self-care.

“The new data may help us better understand prenatal complications by disability type and severity, as well as the impact disability status may have on breastfeeding,” said NCMRR’s Dr. Cernich.

The supplemental disability survey is expected to be administered in 2019. Data are expected to be available by 2020.

About the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): NICHD conducts and supports research in the United States and throughout the world on fetal, infant and child development; maternal, child and family health; reproductive biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation. For more information, visit NICHD’s website.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation’s medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov

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13th Annual Latin American Cultural Week(s), November 13- 21, 2018 with Theater, Music, Dance, Film, Literature, & Visual Arts from 13 countries throughout New York City, in Support of the #MeToo #YoTambién Movement

November 6, 2018

NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Pan American Art Research (PAMAR), founded by Uruguayan pianist Polly Ferman, presents the 13th Annual Latin American Cultural Week (LACW), November 13- 21, 2018. In support of #MeToo and #YoTambién, we highlight women artists of the Americas. LACW 2018 includes Year 7 of Celebración de la Cultura Hispana in Washington Heights/Inwood and Shall We Tango NYC, performances, workshops, classes and lectures. LACW 2018 is a diverse and dynamic showcase of the culture of Latin America & Spain throughout New York City, with 33 presentations. PAMAR produces, co-produces, and/or co-promotes LACW events.

LACW highlights include November 13 @ 6:00pm – Opening Event – Tango, Song of the Soul and Andes Infinitos (Infinite Andes), with indigenous singer/guitarist/percussionist Maryta de Humahuaca, Consulate General of Argentina, 12 W 56th St, Manhattan. November 13-16, 5:00 -8:00pm – Workshop: Evocations. Visual Artist Annette Nancarrow’s Art and Life, Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace, Manhattan. November 15 @ 7:00pm – Quartetto Tomassini – In the Footsteps of Astor Piazzolla, New Stage Performance Space, 36 W 106 St, Manhattan. November 16 @ 6:30pm – Pianist Vladimir Petrov, Saint Peter’s Church/Iglesia de Sion, 619 Lexington Ave, Manhattan. November 17 @ 7:00pm – Tango Fado Duo: Daniel Binelli & Pedro Da Silva, New Stage Performance Space, 36 W 106 St, Manhattan. November 19 @ 7:00pm Venezuela’s Eddy Marcano Acoustic Quartet, Cornerstone, 178 Bennett Avenue, Manhattan. November 20 @ 6:00pm – Binelli- Ferman-Danielson, Consulate General of Argentina, 12 W 56th St, Manhattan. November 20, 7:00pm, Canciones de mi Tierra (Songs of My Land) Afro-Latin concert, New Stage Performance Space, 36 West 106 Street, Manhattan. November 20 @ 8:30pm – Cristina Morrison, Baroness of Jazz – Different Worlds, Guadalupe Inn, Brooklyn.

Calendar & Full Details: http://www.lacw.net/.

Collaborators include Consulate General of the Argentine Republic, El Diario, De Norte a Sur, ViceVersa Magazine, Iglesia de Sion/St. Peter’s Church, New Stage Theatre Company, New York Public Library, Il Concurso Internacional de Piano “Ciudad de Vigo”, Univisión, & Centro Cívico Cultural Dominicano. (List in formation.)

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March Of Dimes Database For Preterm Birth Research Will Accelerate Pace Of Discovery

November 6, 2018

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The March of Dimes Database for Preterm Birth Research, announced today in the journal Scientific Data, is already one of the most important innovative new tools for collaborative research on preterm birth, which affects 15 million babies worldwide each year. Now it’s ready to become an engine of discovery, March of Dimes says.

Launched in 2015 at the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center (PRC) at Stanford University School of Medicine — the first of what would become an international network of six PRCs – the Database integrates the work of researchers and clinicians from a broad range of disciplines into an open access site. The shared goal of these more than 200 scientists, physicians, engineers, statisticians, sociologists and other professionals is to foster innovation that will accelerate discoveries of the unknown causes of preterm birth and new ways to prevent it.

The March of Dimes Database for Preterm Birth Research is the backbone of that effort, says Marina Sirota, Ph.D., leader of the initiative for March of Dimes, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and member of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute at the University of California, San Francisco.

“Essentially, we’re creating a place for collaborative scientific discovery, through the ImmPort platform, where researchers from all over the world can start applying machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to the data coming out of the six March of Dimes PRCs,” Dr. Sirota says. “We believe our efforts will lead to breakthroughs to improve the health of moms and babies and end preterm birth.”

The March of Dimes Database for Preterm Birth Research currently contains information from 15 molecular studies, with aggregated genetic data from almost 25,000 patients, and molecular measurements on more than 8,000 samples. More data are being added every day. The creation of the Database is led by the Stanford PRC, and is a collaboration between all the March of Dimes PRCs and Northrop Grumman Corporation, a partner of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation at the National Institutes of Health.

“Enabling Precision Medicine in Neonatology: An Integrated Repository for Preterm Birth Research” by Marina Sirota, Atul Butte, et al, appears today in Scientific Data. It is available free online at https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.219

March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We support research, lead programs and provide education and advocacy so that every family can have the best possible start. Building on a successful 80-year legacy of impact and innovation, we stand up for every mom and every baby. Visit marchofdimes.org or nacersano.org for more information. Visit shareyourstory.org for comfort and support. Find us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

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TOKU premieres Japanese spine-chilling horror and action films

November 6, 2018

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — TOKU, the only 24/7 live and on-demand network that delivers the most popular and sought-after live-action titles and riveting cult classics from Asia dubbed into English, announced today the U.S. TV premiere of Hair Extensions, a spine-chilling horror film starring the late Ren Osugi, one of Japan’s most versatile actors.

On Saturday, Nov. 17 at 10 p.m. EST, TOKU will feature for the first time in the U.S. Hair Extensions, the terrifying story of a morgue attendant who sells hair pieces that hold a terrible secret. The hair comes from the corpse of a girl whose beautiful and voluminous black hair continues to grow, coming alive and killing those who use the extensions. Directed by Sion Sono, Hair Extensions features memorable performances from Ren Osugi, Chiaki Kuriyama and Megumi Sato.

“The U.S. premiere of Hair Extensions is a testament to our commitment to offering the very best in Asian-Pacific entertainment. Starring the unforgettable Ren Osugi, the film’s unique theme promises to keep audiences on their toes,” stated Jesús Piñango, Director of TV Content Strategy at Olympusat.

Adding even more excitement, starting Nov. 8, every Monday at 8 p.m. EST, TOKU will feature the Chinese drama Young Sherlock, the story of Di Ren Jie who, at the height of the Tang dynasty, stops an assassination attempt against Empress Wu’s life. Impressed by his bravery and quick thinking, the Empress orders him to investigate the incident. Directed by Lin Feng, Young Sherlock features an all-star cast led by Bosco Wong, Stephy Qi and Ma Tianyu.

In addition, TOKU will also feature the network premiere of the Japanese film Gachinko Running on Nov. 11 at 10 p.m. EST. Set in Kirikaze High, the story follows the constant battle for school supremacy between class cliques. When the balance is tipped by the new kids, all stakes are settled in a high-speed drift race. Directed by Akira Hirose, the film stars Hisashi Fukuda, Takeshi Hokumen and Joe Hyûga.

TOKU is owned and operated by Olympusat, Inc., and it’s currently available on Armstrong, AT&T U-verse, Cablevision Optimum, Claro TV, Comcast Xfinity and Hotwire Communications, or on-demand through Amazon Prime and watchtoku.com.

For more information on TOKU’s programming, please visit tokuhd.com.

About Olympusat, Inc. (www.olympusat.com)

Based in West Palm Beach, FL, Olympusat, Inc. is one of the largest independent media corporations specializing in ownership, distribution, production and technical services. The company has established itself as a leader in the Hispanic television and media space through its 60+ HD Spanish and English-language television networks, among them the top-rated Spanish-language movie channel Cine Mexicano, the popular Ultra HD Plex, and a distinctive religious channels and Specialty Suite representing some of the biggest networks in the industry. Recently Olympusat has launched VEMOX, the white label OTT TV Everywhere B2B solution, available for download in Apple Store (iOS), Google Play Store (Android), Apple TV, Xbox One, and Samsung Smart TVs.

Olympusat – Editorial Contact:
Jesús Piñango
561-249-5228
[email protected]

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