{"id":49185,"date":"2016-11-07T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-nine-months-into-partnership-hitn-brings-highlights-high-five-bilingue-magazine-to-life-through-video-community-events-and-online-games\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T18:43:13","slug":"tras-nueves-meses-de-alianza-hitn-lanza-highlights-high-five-bilingue-la-revista-a-traves-de-video-eventos-comunitarios-y-juegos-en-linea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/tras-nueves-meses-de-alianza-hitn-lanza-highlights-high-five-bilingue-la-revista-a-traves-de-video-eventos-comunitarios-y-juegos-en-linea\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Months into Partnership, HITN Brings Highlights High Five Biling\u00fce\u2122 Magazine to Life Through Video, Community Events, and Online Games"},"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]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BROOKLYN, N.Y.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 7, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (<b>HITN<\/b>), the first non-commercial, Spanish-language media company that delivers educational programming to more than\u00a042\u00a0million homes nationwide on satellite and cable and Highlights for Children, the leading family media brand and publisher of the most-read children&#8217;s magazines in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, announced their partnership last February to support Highlights High Five Biling\u00fce magazine. Over the last nine months, this iconic children&#8217;s brand and the nonprofit commercial-free broadcast network supporting Hispanic families across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> have collaborated on four videos, two online games, and several community events. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgd877left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd877left\" title=\"HITN Logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"HITN Logo\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20160314\/344200LOGO\"\/><\/div>\n<p>High Five Biling\u00fce was launched in the fall of 2014 to assist Hispanic families as they encourage their younger children (ages 2 to 6) in Spanish bilingual language development. The magazine, which is published monthly, features a range of read-along stories and poems, crafts, games, and puzzles in Spanish and in English to help children become confident speakers, readers, and writers in both languages. The magazine provides a free online audio edition read by native Spanish and English speakers, and the partnership with <b>HITN<\/b> supports and encourages the creation of additional multi-media content, including games and videos. Parents and kids can access High Five Biling\u00fce content from the <b>HITN <\/b>website or follow the direct link <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitn.org\/highlights\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.hitn.org\/highlights<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Ed Greene<\/span>, Vice President of Partnerships and Community Development for <b>HITN<\/b>, says, &#8220;High Five Biling\u00fce is a perfect complement to our <b>HITN<\/b> Learning Interstitials on-air, which offers bilingual content geared toward children ages 2 to 6. Our partnership with High Five Biling\u00fce allows us to reach those children at an even younger age so they get an early start, to better prepare them for learning in both languages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>HITN<\/b>&#8216;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Erica Branch-Ridley<\/span>, Vice President and Executive Producer for creative development and production added, &#8220;We are so enthusiastic about ensuring that the stories from High Five Biling\u00fce are brought to life, in order to capture the hearts and creative minds of a whole new generation of dual-language learners. We are thrilled to be able to bring the pages of the magazine onto multimedia platforms that will engage both parents and kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We knew our recently launched magazine was reaching many families and classrooms through our own efforts, but we also wanted to partner with organizations to help bring High Five Biling\u00fce and its content to more families,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Beth Allen<\/span>, Vice President of Partnerships and Business Development, Highlights for Children. &#8220;When we met with <b>HITN<\/b>, we were excited to partner with a like-minded, mission-driven broadcast network dedicated to Spanish speakers. We look forward to making an enhanced contribution to education and community growth through our alliance with <b>HITN<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So far, the partnership between <b>HITN<\/b> and High Five Biling\u00fce has resulted in the creation of hands-on, bilingual, museum-based &#8220;Family Day Events&#8221;; four videos; and two interactive web games developed by <b>HITN<\/b> and based on High Five Biling\u00fce content. <\/p>\n<p>For more information about <b>The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN, Inc.), <\/b>please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.hitn.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>About Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc.<br \/><\/b><b>HITN <\/b>is the first non-commercial, Spanish-language media company delivering educational programming to more than\u00a042\u00a0million homes nationwide on satellite and cable focusing on health, financial literacy, and education, with a mission to advance the educational, socioeconomic and cultural aspirations of\u00a0Hispanics who live in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. For more information, log in to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.HITN.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Highlights for Children, Inc.<br \/><\/b>Devoted to Fun with a Purpose\u2122, family media brand Highlights for Children, Inc. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.highlights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.highlights.com<\/a>) has helped children become their best selves for generations. In addition to the flagship magazine for children 6\u201312, Highlights&#8217; other offerings include Highlights High Five\u2122 magazine for children ages 2 to 6; High Five Biling\u00fce\u2122, an English\/Spanish version of High Five magazine, for children ages 2 to 6; Highlights Hello\u2122 magazine for children ages 0 to 2 and their parents; a children&#8217;s book company (Boyds Mills Press); puzzle-book clubs; and a variety of digital products.\u00a0<\/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<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BROOKLYN, N.Y.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 7, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (<b>HITN<\/b>), the first non-commercial, Spanish-language media company that delivers educational programming to more than\u00a042\u00a0million homes nationwide on satellite and cable and Highlights for Children, the leading family media brand and publisher of the most-read children&#8217;s magazines in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, announced their partnership last February to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-familia-y-vida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49185","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=49185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}