TELEMUNDO VIEWERS VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE STAR
AT 2005 BILLBOARD LATIN MUSIC AWARDS

MIAMI, FL – April 7 – Telemundo is urging viewers to make their vote count by visiting www.telemundo.com between now and April 21 at 5pm (4pm/c) and voting for their favorite Latin star. The “Viewer’s Choice Award” will be announced at this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards which is set to take place Thursday, April 28th at 7PM in the Miami Arena.

TThe “Viewer’s Choice Award” is based solely on fans’ votes compiled on Telemundo’s website, www.telemundo.com. Visitors to the site will have a selection of 48 artists to pick from. The page also contains up-to-date news and information on the event, as well as biographies and pictures of the finalists and performing artists for this year’s awards show. Performers announced to date for this year’s Awards show include Marco Antonio Solis, Juanes, Thalia, Juan Luis Guerra, Olga Tañon, Conjunto Primavera, Franco de Vita, Aleks Syntek, AB Quintanilla III and Daddy Yankee. Tickets to the event are now available through Ticketmaster and the Miami Arena Box Office.

Telemundo, a U.S. Spanish-language television network, is the essential entertainment, news and sports source for Hispanics. Broadcasting unique national and local programming for the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, Telemundo reaches 92% of U.S. Hispanic viewers in 118 markets through its 15 owned-and-operated stations, 36 broadcast affiliates and nearly 684 cable affiliates. Telemundo is wholly owned by NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.

Now in its 111th year, Billboard is the world's premier music industry publication and a diverse digital, events and brand-licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video and digital entertainment issues and trends. Billboard is the flagship property for the Billboard Information Group, which also consists of Billboard.biz, Billboard.com, Entertainment Law Weekly, Billboard Chart Alert, Billboard Information Network (BIN), Billboard Directories, Billboard Licensing & Events and Billboard Radio Monitor. The Group is a unit of VNU Business Media, a worldwide media company that provides specialized publications, electronically delivered data, expositions and marketing services and is owned by VNU Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Netherlands-based VNU, an international publishing and information company.