VivirLatino

Yesterday MTV Tr3 went live with much hype. The channel formally known as MTV Espanol promises to be the music canal with bilingual sabor, its own programming and its own VJ’s for Latinos like me, who speak English and Spanish and like our media that way.

The MTV shows “My Super Sweet 16″ and “Pimp My Ride” will be offered, along with “Quiero Mis Quinces,” a show about quinceañera parties, and “Pimpeando,” which shows off car culture. Subtitles will appear when Spanish is spoken.

While I have yet to see the offerings for myself (my cable co. doesn’t carry MTV Tr3), the offerings don’t sound that original. When I did watch MTV Espanol, it was to hear and watch some of my favorite Latino artists that I couldn’t see anywhere else, not to watch people act the reality tv fool.

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