Azteca 7 (also called El Siete) is a Mexican network owned by

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, with more than 100 main transmitters all over Mexico. Azteca 7 is available on all cable and satellite systems. A substantial portion of their purchased programming includes many series purchased from networks such as

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History

Imevisión's channel 7

To bring a channel 7 to Mexico City, which had channels 2, 4, 5, 8, 11 and 13, a channel shuffle had to be made. This channel shuffle converted Televisa's station XHTM-TV channel 8 to channel 9. Two Puebla stations, XEX-TV channel 7 and XEQ-TV channel 9, moved to channels 8 and 10; XEQ took on the XHTM callsign that was discontinued in Mexico City. In Toluca, channel 7 ( XHGEM-TV) was moved to channel 12, and XHTOL-TV moved from channel 9 to 10.

XHIMT-TV XHIMT-TDT (virtual channel 7) is the flagship station and namesake of Mexico's Azteca 7 network, located in Mexico City. History XHIMT came to air on May 15, 1985, as part of Imevisión's relaunch of the Televisión de la República Mexicana n ...

took to the air on May 15, 1985, as the third of three Mexico City stations operated by public broadcaster

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, sister to

XHDF-TV XHDF-TDT, virtual channel 1 (UHF digital channel 25), is the flagship station of the Azteca Uno television network in Mexico City, Mexico. Azteca Uno can be seen in most major cities in Mexico through TV Azteca's owned-and-operated transmitter n ...

channel 13 and

XEIMT-TV XEIMT-TDT, known as Canal 22, is a television station located in Mexico City. Broadcasting on channel 22, XEIMT is owned by Televisión Metropolitana, S.A. de C.V., and operated by the Secretariat of Culture. It is one of Mexico's principal pu ...

channel 22, and the flagship station of a second Imevisión national network which featured 99 repeater stations serving 72% of the population."Aimed At Working Class: Mexico To Get New TV Network." United Press International, May 16, 1985

/ref> The new ''Red Nacional 7'' (7 National Network) was positioned as targeting the working class and rural areas, while ''Red Nacional 13'', based from XHDF, targeted a more middle- and upper-class audience.

TV Azteca's channel 7

However, financial mismanagement, economic troubles and other issues quickly signaled trouble for Imevisión. In 1990, XEIMT and XHIMT were converted into relays of XHDF, and the next year, the government of Mexico announced it was selling XHIMT and XHDF to the private sector. The sale of these two networks in 1993 formed the new TV Azteca network. By October 1993, XHIMT was operating independently under Azteca as ''Tú Visión''. The programming of Azteca 7 since then has largely consisted of children's programs, sports, foreign series and movies, serving as a competitor to Televisa's Canal 5 (Mexico), Canal 5.

Programs

Foreign shows aired on Azteca 7 include ''

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'', '' Elementary'', and '' Hawaii Five-0''.

Sports

After its privatization, Azteca 7 began carrying NBA basketball, though Televisa now holds these rights. Soccer rights on Azteca 7 includes the Liga MX, as well as all official and friendly matches of the Mexico national soccer team. Azteca 7 also carries NFL games, boxing (''Box Azteca'') and

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(''Lucha Azteca'').

Azteca 7 transmitters

Azteca 7 has 89 full-power transmitters that broadcast its programming; it also is carried, albeit in SD, as a subchannel of 14 additional

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References

External links

Azteca 7 website

TV Azteca website
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