HISPASAT is
collaborating with the ATRESMEDIA Foundation in
broadcasting the FAN3 channel for hospitalised
kids
31 January 2019
HISPASAT, has renewed
its agreement with the ATRESMEDIA Foundation to
collaborate in broadcasting the FAN3 television
channel via satellite, dedicated to hospitalised
children. This initiative forms part of the
Foundation's “Humanising Children’s Hospitals”
Programme.
The Spanish operator is
helping to broadcast the channel to more than
180 hospitals from all the autonomous
communities which currently benefit from this
initiative. This way, hospitalised children can
access 13 hours of uninterrupted,
commercial-free programming, free of charge,
from Mondays to Sundays from 9:00 a.m. until
10:00 p.m. All its contents are supervised by
the Spanish Paediatric Association (AEP) and the
Official Association of Psychologists (COP).
FAN3 is the first
television channel designed specifically for
hospitalised children. The channel brings
together entertainment contents –series,
animated shows- with informative pieces that
help children understand the processes they are
experiencing and to become familiar with their
disease and the hospital environment, in a
pleasant manner tailored to their language.
The agreement forms part of
HISPASAT's Corporate Social Responsibility
policy and its commitment to help people and
communities to develop. At the same time, the
project helps to provide healthcare information
for these children.
The company actively
participates in various initiatives that can
contribute to helping people with special needs
or in vulnerable situations, such as
hospitalised children.
For Elena Pisonero,
president of HISPASAT “it is a source of pride
for us that satellite technology can form part
of a project like this, bringing multimedia
contents to hospitalised children that help them
to have fun, learn and lead a normal daily life
to the extent possible, taking their
circumstances into account”.
For the director of the
ATRESMEDIA Foundation, Carmen Bieger, “it is a
privilege to rely on a partner like HISPASAT.
Thanks to their support, the hospitals can enjoy
FAN3 programming and help the time in the
hospital be as pleasant and entertaining as
possible for the kids and their family members”