TV-to-DVD Trend Continues Into Spanish Language Mainstay //// Xenon Pictures announces the Release on DVD of Rubi, the Critically Acclaimed, Top Rated Telenovela that Ruled the Airwaves in the U.S. and Latin America

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 8, 2005

Adding to a string of successful releases on DVD, which included the # 1 Mexican Soap Opera of all times “Amor Real” and the acclaimed “A Day without a Mexican”, Xenon Pictures, Inc. has announced the release on June 7th of RUBI, the addictive primetime Spanish soap opera that ruled the airwaves and kept everyone wondering to the big finale … was she a vixen or a heroine? For photos or more information: http://www.marcellapr.com

Set in the white sandy beaches of Cancun, Mexico, the story of passion, desire, greed and murder will be presented on 3- double discs DVD with over 700 minutes and will include English subtitles in addition to a photo gallery, interviews, outtakes, bloopers, musical video and trailers.

RUBI will be available on DVD full screen format for sale at $ 24.99. S.R.P.

“The release of RUBI on DVD is the perfect follow-up to the commercial success of Amor Real,” says Stephen Housden, Vice President and C.O.O. of Xenon Pictures, Inc. “Without a doubt novelas have changed TV history in the US. We are proud of our partnership with Televisa Home Entertainment to continue offering the very best on DVD for the Spanish speaking consumer.”

Telenovelas have transcended language barriers and territorial borders. The Latin American phenomenon has been the subject of many interesting articles in the press recently. They are often dubbed or subtitled for non-Spanish speaking viewers, attracting a diverse audience that range in the billions from the United States to Russia, Argentina to China, Afghanistan to Greece. Each series runs an average of six months with plots that touches on social issues, love, wickedness and the triumph of good over evil.

Starring Barbara Mori, Eduardo Santamaria, Jaqueline Bracamontes and Sebastian Rulli, RUBI has all the ingredients of a Hollywood script, from passion to greed, desire, treachery and murder. It is the story of a girl, blessed with beauty instead of money that is determined to use her looks and malice in order to marry a wealthy man who can offer her the life of luxury she is after at the expense of everyone around her.

While on the air in the United States, RUBI, became one of the favorite girls that everyone loved to hate. It was crowned as the # 2 telenovela of all times (second to Amor Real) and sparked an avalanche of controversy and hundreds of online postings worldwide.

Other titles now available on DVD are: Amor Real (Adela Noriega/Fernando Colunga/Mauricio Islas), Juan Pablo II, Testigo de Esperanza (John Paul II, Witness of Hope), La Usurpadora (Gabriela Spanic/Fernando Coluna/Libertad Lamarque), Niña … Amada Mia (Karyme Lozano/ Sergio Goyri), El Manantial (Adela Noriega/Mauricio Islas) Abrazame Muy Fuerte (Aracely Arambula/Fernando Colunga/Victoria Ruffo, Cesar Evora), among many classics.

Xenon Pictures, Inc has also announced their plans to release shortly on DVD the uncensored version of the controversial movie “MI VERDAD” (My Truth), directed and produced by Juan Osorio, one of Mexico’s most successful entertainment executives.

About Xenon Pictures Inc.:

Xenon Pictures, Inc., is the exclusive U.S. distributor for Mexican production powerhouse Grupo Televisa under the Televisa Home Entertainment label. Established in 1986 and based in Santa Monica California, Xenon Pictures, Inc is the leading distributor of Urban, Spanish language, and alternative programming in the United States. Xenon Pictures, Inc. is distributed in the U.S. by Visual Entertainment, a division of Universal Music Video and Distribution.

For more information please contact:

marcella c. public relations

Tel: 310-472-5244

http://www.marcellapr.com

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TV-to-DVD Trend Continues Into Spanish Language Mainstay //// Xenon Pictures announces the Release on DVD of Rubi, the Critically Acclaimed, Top Rated Telenovela that Ruled the Airwaves in the U.S. and Latin America

Do You Speak "Socceranto"? Soccer Gets Its Own International Language

London, UK (PRWEB) June 14, 2006

The 32 countries competing in the World Cup speak 18 official languages between them–not including the local dialects many participants actually speak.

So, how are officials, players and managers meant to communicate? The answer is to adopt a shared international language. So argue the inventors of just such a language in a book published on Lulu (http://www.lulu.com), a website that lets anyone publish their own book.

“Socceranto: Birth Of A Language” (http://www.lulu.com/socceranto) is part dictionary and part phrasebook. It is the work of an international team of fans led by an Argentinian-American student and an English schoolboy.

“Things are all very well when, say, Ecuador plays Costa Rica or Ghana meets the USA”, says Ted Freedman, 16, the England fan who co-edited the book. “But what about when Japan plays Brazil or Ukraine meets Saudi Arabia?”

The name “Socceranto” comes from the word “soccer”–a 19th-century offshoot of the term, “Association Football”–and Esperanto, the language invented in 1887 by Ludwig Zamenhof, that is the best-known previous attempt to invent an international language.

“Soccer,” adds Ignacio van Gelderen, 21, Freedman’s co-editor, “has become the most international game in the world and the most globalized industry.”

Socceranto draws most on six core languages–those of each of the seven nations to have won the World Cup to date: Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Argentina and Uruguay), Italian, French, German and English.

It bases Socceranto words on both the names of famous players and on soccer slang and jargon, while also coining some brand new words:

maradona: n. a goal scored with illegal use of the hand. [Derivation: Diego Maradona who scored for Argentina against England in the 1986 World Cup by using his hand.]

muller: n. goalscorer. [Derivation: Gerd Muller, the great German striker of the 1970s, who remains top scorer in World Cup history, with 14 goals.]

fliegenfanger: n. a useless goalkeeper. [Derivation: German for flycatcher and so slang for a poor goalkeeper.]

rono n. a (non-Brazilian) player of Brazilian flair or skill; an honorary Brazilian.

[Derivation: Names of Brazil stars, Ronaldinho and Ronaldo.]

“This is just the launch of a long-term project,” says van Gelderen. Or, as we say in Socceranto, it’s “early doors” (early in the game). We hope that Socceranto will develop in time into a richer, more international, more distinct and fully fledged language. “And that this World Cup will help.”

The books editors call on fans worldwide to help develop the language by contributing their own ideas to an online forum (http://www.lulu.com/soccerantodev).

SOCCERANTO WORDS AND SENTENCES EXAMPLES AND LISTS

FIVE TYPES OF KICK, PASS OR MOVE NAMED AFTER PLAYERS

ronaldinho: a no-look pass named after Brazils Ronaldinho, who is a master at finding a team-mate without apparently looking up.

kaka: a volley. Named after Kaka, the Brazil and AC Milan midfielder, famed for his superb volleying.]

zizou: a 360-degree, spin-turn. Named after Zinadine Zidane, alias Zizou, master of this kind of turn.

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Do You Speak "Socceranto"? Soccer Gets Its Own International Language

Spanish Language First Mobile Social Community Launches

Saratoga, CA (PRWEB) February 12, 2008

Silicon Valley based Comunidad M, Inc has joined forces with Los Angeles based company TribalGlu to launch the first ever Spanish speaking mobile social community. Tu Yo Ahora will first launch it’s direct to consumer WAP based mobile community through the carrier networks in Puerto Rico and later expanding into the rest of Latin America and US Hispanic markets.

End users will be able to login through monthly subscriptions using premium sms. Tu Yo Ahora will offer the end user a variety of services via the product’s mobile web interface in which they can come together through private or public chat rooms, create and view user profiles, access mobile content including music, videos and images, and upload videos, blogs and images.

Comunidad M’s Rebecca Albert says, “This is our way of bringing the Spanish speaking community together, not only by our language but through our interests, lifestyles and even by our native origin.

This would be their ‘MySpace’ for mobile. We are aware that there are other social mobile networks in Puerto Rico and the US, but those are in the English language”. With a base of 2 million subscribers in Puerto Rico, Comunidad M, feels that it can capture part of that audience. Puerto Rican mobile users will be able to communicate with their friends and loved ones, with instant videos, messages, blogs and images sent from their phone regardless of where they are.

TribalGlu COO Marty Keene says ‘This is a great opportunity for us to customise our product for the Spanish speaking market place and make the product available to a Hispanic culture that embraces mobile content and communication with great passion and excitement’ He added ‘Partnering with a company like Communidad M provides us with access to market places like Puerto Rico, Chile, Mexico and Argentina where they already have strong mobile business relationships as well as living and breathing the culture of the user and knowing what they want’

About ComunidadM

Comunidad M (CM) is a consortium of digital/new media specialists, with a concentration on gaming and video sharing applications. CM distributes through out Latin America, Spain and USA Hispanic markets. Founders Rebecca Albert and Efrain Saavedra have vast experience in the mobile industry, with distribution channels reaching over 1.5 billion cell phones worldwide.

About TribalGlu

TribalGlu, a subsidiary of Lateral Profiles Ltd. based out of New Zealand, has focused on building communities of passionate mobile users since 1999. Its primary activity focuses on bespoke software and development for companies in the communications sector, spearheading efforts at introducing TXTchat, SMS Voting, Text2Win sales promotions, and TV interaction services. It currently spans the globe with its operation capabilities and provides secure and effective corporate solutions to telecommunications advances.

TribalGlu community solutions have been prominently featured on carrier portals in the last few years including Vodafone Live, Bell Canada, Rogers AT&T (Canada), Optus, and Telstra (Australia). TribalGlu’s product infrastructure enables end users to seamlessly communicate via wireless technology on any wireless network, and on any mobile handset.

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Spanish Language First Mobile Social Community Launches

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Shepherdstown, WV (PRWEB) December 16, 2010

The Mendoza Intercultural Association (MIA) announces its 2011 schedule of Spanish for Grown-Ups sessions in Mendoza, the heart of Argentina

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