{"id":45959,"date":"2016-06-02T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/hitn-tv-and-wipr-tv-present-la-llamarada-simulcast-in-puerto-rico-and-the-us\/"},"modified":"2016-06-02T19:26:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T23:26:05","slug":"hitn-tv-y-wipr-tv-presentan-la-llamarada-en-simultaneo-en-puerto-rico-y-ee-uu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/hitn-tv-y-wipr-tv-presentan-la-llamarada-en-simultaneo-en-puerto-rico-y-ee-uu\/","title":{"rendered":"HITN-TV and WIPR TV Present &#8216;La Llamarada,&#8217; Simulcast in Puerto Rico and the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BROOKLYN, New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 2, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <i>The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network <\/i>(HITN) and<i> the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation (WIPR)<\/i> announced the simulcast of the made-for-TV movie &#8216;<b><i>La Llamarada&#8217;<\/i><\/b> in early June, an initiative specifically targeting Spanish-speaking audiences in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg5634left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg5634left\" title=\"HITN Logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"HITN Logo\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20160314\/344200LOGO\"\/><\/div>\n<p><b>&#8216;<i>La Llamarada&#8217;<\/i><\/b> is a film inspired by the classic literature of Puerto Rican writer <span class=\"xn-person\">Enrique Laguerre<\/span>. HITN-TV and WIPR will present the world premiere of this historical epic on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 6<\/span> during primetime at <span class=\"xn-chron\">8:00 p.m.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are proud to present US audiences with the screen version of the classic Puerto Rican novel &#8216;<i>La Llamarada<\/i>,'&#8221; remarked <span class=\"xn-person\">Florentina Almonte<\/span>, Director of Programming at HITN-TV<i>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;<i>La Llamarada&#8217;<\/i><\/b> is the latest original production by the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation (WIPR)&#8217;s <i>Programa Dram\u00e1tico para Televisi\u00f3n <span class=\"xn-person\">Lucy Boscana<\/span><\/i>, a program that encourages cultural productions that highlight Puerto Rican history. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With this production WIPR strengthens its educational and cultural mission as a public broadcaster,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Cecille Blondet<\/span>, President of the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation. &#8220;The quality of our content is a priority in all we do, and &#8216;<b><i>La Llamarada&#8217;<\/i><\/b> is an excellent example. We are excited to share this production with Spanish-speaking audiences in <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> and beyond.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;<i>La Llamarada&#8217;<\/i><\/b> is widely considered the best representation in twentieth-century literature of the struggles of sugarcane workers in <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> in the 1930s. Playwright <span class=\"xn-person\">Roberto Ramos-Perea<\/span> adapted the screenplay for the production, which was filmed in HD format and features a cast of well-known actors and local talent. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<b><i>La Llamarada&#8217;<\/i><\/b> will air simultaneously on HITN-TV and WIPR TV on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Monday, June 6<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">8:00 pm, ET<\/span> \/ <span class=\"xn-chron\">5:00 PT<\/span> and on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Saturday, June 11<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">9:00 pm, ET<\/span> \/ <span class=\"xn-chron\">6:00 pm PT<\/span>. For a trailer of the film &#8216;<b><i>La Llamarada<\/i><\/b>&#8216; produced by WIPR TV go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/154903751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/154903751<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about <b><i>The Hispanic Information and Telecommunication Network (HITN, Inc.)<\/i><\/b><b> please visit: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitn.org\/en\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.hitn.org\/en\/about-us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>About WIPR<\/i><\/b>\u00a0The Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation (WIPR) was created in 1949 with the mission of promoting educational and cultural programming. It currently operates two radio stations: 940AM and Allegro 91.3FM; 2 television stations: WIPR (<span class=\"xn-location\">San Juan<\/span>) and WIPM (Mayag\u00fcez), to live streaming of its programming please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipr.pr\/tv\/envivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.wipr.pr\/tv\/envivo\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>About Programa Dram\u00e1tico para Televisi\u00f3n <span class=\"xn-person\">Lucy Boscana<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0Programa Dram\u00e1tico para Televisi\u00f3n <span class=\"xn-person\">Lucy Boscana<\/span> encourages the production of cultural programming based on Puerto Rican history as well as novels, musical comedies, miniseries and single episodes showcasing local talent and topics through workshops made possible by local state funding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b>What: <\/b><b>HITN-TV and WIPR Present &#8216;<i>La Llamarada<\/i>,&#8217; Si<\/b><b>mulcast in <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> and the US <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b>When: <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 2016<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b>Where: HITN-TV ( <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitn.org\/donde-ver-hitn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>www.hitn.org\/donde-ver-hitn<\/b><\/a><u><b>)<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160314\/344200LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160314\/344200LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BROOKLYN, New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 2, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <i>The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network <\/i>(HITN) and<i> the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation (WIPR)<\/i> announced the simulcast of the made-for-TV movie &#8216;<b><i>La Llamarada&#8217;<\/i><\/b> in early June, an initiative specifically targeting Spanish-speaking audiences in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg5634left&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}