Salsa Singer Frankie Negron, World Championship Boxer Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin and NY1 Noticias Reporter Juan Manuel Benítez To Ride on Time Warner Cable Float
Time Warner Cable continued its support of New York City’s Hispanic community by sponsoring the annual Hispanic Day parade, held along Manhattan’s 5th Avenue on Sunday, October 14. Several prominent members of the Hispanic community were part of the Time Warner Cable float. Salsa singer Frankie Negron performed live, and was joined by boxing champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin and NY1 Noticias reporter Juan Manuel Benítez.
“We are very proud to have sponsored the Hispanic Day parade, which attracted more than one million spectators on a beautiful day in New York City,” said Alessandra Otero-Reiss, Time Warner Cable’s Vice President of Multicultural Marketing, East Region. “We’re passionate about helping our customers enjoy their communities better and we are happy to support cultural events around New York City.”
Best known for music that combines the salsa influences of his Puerto Rican heritage and the rock and roll roots of his home state New Jersey, Frankie Negron has earned numerous Grammy Award nominations, Billboard Award nods and two Premio Lo Nuestro Awards for Song of the Year.
Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin is an undefeated, Cuban-Americanboxer and the No. 1 ranked WBO middleweight contender. Fighting out of New York City, Quillin gets his first world title shot on Saturday, October 20 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, airing live on SHOWTIME®.
Juan Manuel Benítez is a NY1 Noticias reporter and host of Pura Política, a weekly talk-show on local, national and international politics. Benítez has covered assignments from Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba, and the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 2004. Benítez was born and raised in Badajoz, Spain.
Time Warner Cable’s “Enjoy Better” campaign includes the sponsorship of events throughout New York City to celebrate the city’s rich diversity. Events that the company has sponsored this year include the NYC Heritage of Pride, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, Puerto Rican Day Parade, Colombian Day Parade, Ecuadorian Parade and the Dominican Parade.
Time Warner Cable offers a channel lineup of more than 350 digital channels in English and Spanish, including over 175 channels in HD, allowing customers to enjoy all their favorite movies, sports, telenovelas, and children’s shows. To learn more, visit http://www.twc.com/espanol.
NY1 Noticias is Time Warner Cable’s exclusive, 24-hour, local Spanish-language news station. Time Warner Cable customers can watch NY1 Noticias on Channel 95 and 801 or online at http://www.ny1noticias.com.
Time Warner Cable’s New York City service area includes Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn, Mt. Vernon, NY, as well as Bergen and Hudson Counties in New Jersey.
About Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is among the largest providers of video, high‐speed data and voice services in the United States, connecting more than 15 million customers to entertainment, information and each other. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers data, video and voice services to businesses of all sizes, cell tower backhaul services to wireless carriers and, through its NaviSite subsidiary, managed and outsourced information technology solutions and cloud services. Time Warner Cable Media, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions. More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com, www.twcbc.com, www.navisite.com, and www.twcmedia.com.
About NY1 Noticias
NY1 Noticias, a part of Time Warner Cable’s Local News Division, is New York City’s only 24-hour Spanish language local news channel, serving New York City’s five boroughs and parts of Westchester and New Jersey with its coverage of weather, local news, politics, sports and arts throughout the five boroughs. Noticias, a part of Time Warner Cable’s NYC Region available on channel 95 and channel 801 on Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey cable systems, and 194 of Cablevision Systems of New York City. Viewers have access to NY1 Noticias’ news content, feature segments and special programs with NY1 Video On Demand on channel 1111 of Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey. NY1 Noticias is also available on the World Wide Web at http://ny1noticias.com.
