Radio streaming cont. “Music is one of the strongest cultural bonds that unite Latinos, a hyperconnected and community-driven group who significantly over-index on overall mobile usage,” said Jesus Lara, EVP, Digital Media of SBS “Our LaMusica app will fuel the vibrant and deep-rooted relationship Latinos have with artists and music, and give our audience a rich and personalized mobile radio experience. LaMusica was built by Latinos, for Latinos.” Key app features include: • Exclusive content: Live stream all SBS radio stations including the most popular Latin radio stations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico - La Mega (WSKQ) in New York City, El Zol (WXDJ) in Miami, La Raza (KLAX) in Los Angeles, and La Mega (WMEG) in Puerto Rico, among others. • Personalized radio experience: Users can create their own algorithmic playlists based on artist, song or genre preferences. LaMusica takes radio personalization further via the “My Radio / Mi Radio” feature. • Curated playlists: Over 100 expertlycurated playlists based on Latin and other music genres, an extended list of mood & activity playlists, and select playlists crafted by today’s top DJs and other influencers. • Robust library: Catalogue of over 23 million songs. • Unmatched genre variety: Extensive Latin genre playlists, including current, classic, roots, and top 40, and decade specific playlists among others. • Share with Friends - Share your favorite stations or playlists with your friends across major social media networks. • Immersive visual interface: Intuitive and visually stunning interface allows users to easily follow and organize their preferred stations, playlists and DJs, while experiencing an endless visual stream of their favorite artists. The ad-supported LaMusica app offers a multitude of creative and dynamic opportunities for advertising partners, including video and rich media ads, sponsorship of stations and zones, branded custom stations, geo-targeted push notification and ad delivery capabilities, audio ads with companion banners, and much more. Given the highly scalable nature of the app, Spanish Broadcasting plans to add incremental functionality and release updates to the initial <strong>version</strong> of LaMusica. More information about the LaMusica app and its many features can be found on http://www.lamusica.com/. Artist Support for LaMusica The launch of the LaMusica app has quickly generated tremendous industry and artist excitement: • ”SBS is once again at the cutting edge in creatively serving the needs of an enormous market with LaMusica, their new beautiful, user-friendly mobile app. It’s a winner!!” – Marc Anthony •”VIVA LaMusica! SBS is to be congratulated for building a music service that authentically connects with Latinos via a thoroughly engaging and user-friendly smartphone app. They have raised the bar, once again.” – Enrique Iglesias • ”We are in an exciting time in music where fans can consume music in more ways than ever before. SBS’ La Musica is important because it’s the first music streaming service to focus on our culture and music. It’s an incredible accomplishment and well overdue”. – Juanes • ”Everyone involved in Latino Music – the artists, the labels, the managers, the promoters, and most especially the fans, welcome the arrival of this new digital smartphone app. LaMusica is sure to be a huge success with Latinos, everywhere!” – Ricky Martin • ”Finally! A music service that clearly understands our culture and is dedicated to serving MILLIONS of aficionados of nuestra musica! Get ready!” – Gerardo Ortiz • ”My Congratulations to a great visionary and friend, Raul Alarcon, on his new venture. As always I wish him well!” – Shakira • ”Congrats to all the good people at SBS for giving us LaMusica – a novel way to both see and hear music.” – Romeo Santos SOURCE: Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. TruConnect cont. de llamadas locales y llamadas de larga distancia tradicional. Los clientes pueden inscribirse para obtener una cuenta y añadir minutos adicionales en cualquiera de los tres puntos de venta TruConnect ubicados en Huntington Park, Chula Vista o Panorama City. “Con el servicio de llamadas internacionales Mega Minutos, los clientes TruConnect pueden mantenerse en contacto con sus seres queridos en el extranjero. Ya no tienen que marcar 30 dígitos para hacer una llamada internacional. Llamar al extranjero es ahora tan fácil como hacer una llamada en los EE.UU. Al igual que TruConnect, Call Mexico, El Salvador, or Anywhere in The World With no PIN Associated! LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29, 2015 / PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- TruConnect, one of the nation’s fastest growing providers of no-contract wireless voice, text and data services, announces the latest addition to its product line, Mega Minutos international calling. Consumers who sign up for Mega Minutos will enjoy hassle-free PIN-less overseas calling. As an introductory offer, consumers receive $2.00 worth of free minutes to any country of their choice. Mega Minutos uses a direct international dial system, in which consumers can place an international call without using a long associated PIN number. Customers can assign a direct U.S. phone number for family and friends overseas, making dialing as easy as calling within the U.S. “We partnered with Lunex Telecom on Mega Minutos international calling because it’s a natural extension to our existing products that focus on providing simple, easy, and affordable communications solutions,” said Frank Del Col, president of TruConnect. When customers make a call, the system recognizes their phone number allowing them to bypass the traditional PIN dialing process. Customers simply dial the number and connect to their international call, just like they would with traditional local and long distance nos esforzamos en hacer que el mundo de las telecomunicaciones sea sencillo, fácil y asequible”, dijo Aric Johnson, vicepresidente de ventas y distribución de Lunex. El servicio Mega Minutos es proporcionado por Lunex Telecom, proveedor de telecomunicaciones internacionales autorizado por la FCC con sede en Atlanta, Georgia. Lunex es un líder en la innovación de planes de llamadas sin PIN que está reemplazando con gran dinamismo las tradicionales tarjetas de llamadas internacionales. FUENTE TruConnect - .truconnect.com TruConnect Launches Mega Minutos International Calling In Partnership With Lunex Telecom service. Customers can sign up for an account and add additional minutes by visiting any of the three TruConnect retail locations in Huntington Park, Chula Vista, or Panorama City. “With Mega Minutos international calling service, TruConnect customers can stay in touch with their loved ones overseas. No more dialing 30 digits to make an international call. Calling overseas is as easy as making a call in the US. Like TruConnect, we strive to make the world of telecommunication simple, easy, and affordable,” said Aric Johnson, VP of Sales & Distribution of Lunex. Mega Minutos is provided by Lunex Telecom, an FCC licensed international telecom provider based in Atlanta, Georgia. Lunex is a leader in innovation for PIN-less calling plans, which is aggressively replacing traditional international calling cards. 24 | www.conexionflorida.com
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