At Vrio, giving back is vital to who we are

The program celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2017 and services over 9,300 schools, impacting 2.3 million students in 9 countries.

We use the latest technology available to DIRECTV as well as the educational content of our partners, Discovery en la Escuela, Torneos, National Geographic, Take Off Media y Disney, to enrich the education experience of primary and secondary school students.

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• More than 12,800 DIRECTV volunteers in 13 countries have completed close to 240 voluntary missions.
• Our employees work to rebuild, refurbish, and beautify schools, orphanages, senior centers, community-sports locations, and family homes across the region.
• Since the program was created in 2009, it has earned DIRECTV – and our employees – regional recognition as one of the leading companies in corporate volunteerism.

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Positive content can be an important agent for change. Recognizing the power of delivering relevant content that could serve for the benefit of our communities as a whole, is why we provide TV airtime to NGOs and foundations at no cost. More than 110 NGO’s, Agencies and Foundations have benefited from the program.

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Energy consumption and waste are key drivers of environmental concerns, so we are doing our part to reduce the environmental impact of our operations in the region.

• We are the first company in our industry to measure carbon footprint and reduce it by more than 29% with the energy consumption of set-top boxes.
• All of our set-top boxes are Energy Star certified under the Environmental Protection Agency program and the top-selling equipment in the region consumes 30% less electricity than the previous generation technology.
• Our Multi-room Viewing technology also helps reduce the energy consumption by centralizing all the DVR functions in one piece of equipment, lowering the energy requirements of the other units located in the home.
• To date, through our continuous environmental education and awareness efforts, we have been able to convert approximately 60% of our subscribers in Latin America to e-billing, greatly reducing the use of paper in our operations.

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We have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships and educational platforms benefiting, inspiring and promoting the new generation of film students in the region.

FACIUNI Becas Short Film Scholarship contest has become the largest and most competitive of its kind in the region, having already collected over 1,600 short films and awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars of local and international scholarship funds.

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FACIUNI (Festival Académico de Cine Universitario Internacional) is the annual film festival event showcasing DIRECTV CINEMA+ finalists’ work, Master Classes from the most renowned Latin American Directors and Producers in the industry, and content from the UNAOC Plural+ Festival.

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