SIRIUS Satellite Radio Announces Comprehensive Coverage of 2008 Papal Visit and Entravision Names Young CFO

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City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 03/03/2008 - Media entertainment industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced recently that it will offer listeners nationwide unprecedented access when His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI embarks on his first pastoral visit to the United States from April 15-20, 2008. SIRIUS' The Catholic Channel (channel 159) will be the flagship for coverage of the first visit to the U.S. by a Pope since 1999, providing hourly updates with the latest news and information on the Pope's activities during his visit, live coverage of all the major events, and more. SIRIUS, in addition to The Catholic Channel coverage, will dedicate multiple channels to the Pope's visit, to provide listeners with simultaneous access to Papal events, commentary, and rare archival recordings of Masses and speeches from historic Papal visits -- which will include, among others, Pope John Paul II's 1995 address to the United Nations General Assembly.


Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CNK) said its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 18 cents. The movie theater operator said the dividend is payable March 14 to shareholders of record March 6. Cinemark Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate in the motion picture exhibition industry in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. It operates 392 theatres and 4,430 screens in the United States and Latin America. Cinemark Holdings is based in Plano, Texas.

Entravision Communications Corp. (NYSE: EVC) named Christopher T. Young as chief financial officer, the Spanish-language media company said Thursday. Young replaces John DeLorenzo, 49, who is returning to the East Coast to "pursue other interests." The appointment will become effective around the middle of April. Young, 39, has worked at the company's outdoor division since 2000, first as CFO and then as president of the unit.

EPIC Corporation (OTC: EPIO) announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a television station in Northern California. EPIC's objective is to have a direct satellite link to market its original sports and entertainment programming potentially reaching over 4,000 independent stations nationwide that have a market for original and affordable programming. The company has received its booking, management and managers license for boxing and martial arts events.

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