MVS Comunicaciones (MVS) is a Mexican

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. The company owns

MASTV MASTV was a Mexican wireless television company. The company belonged to MVS Comunicaciones. The company offered service to 11 cities in Mexico; Mexico City, Guadalajara, Leon, Mérida, Monterrey, Pachuca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Toluca, ...

MVS Radio {{primary sources, date=December 2011 MVS Radio are a group of four international Spanish-language radio networks owned by the mass media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones. The group of radio networks consists of Exa FM, La Mejor, FM Globo and MVS No ...

operator of four national

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s, MVS Televisión operator and distributor of seven pay television networks, E-Go wireless broadband internet and 51% of

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Pay television

Dish México

The main MVS

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service is

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and MVS.

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owns 49% and MVS owns 51% of Dish México. All of Dish México's channels programming are dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or originally Spanish language. Dish does not beam

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network locals due to a dispute between Dish and Televisa. Televisa wants to charge Dish México per subscriber for its feeds of free over the air Televisa networks. Dish, however, leases an HD receiver with a terrestrial antenna input which when connected to an over the air antenna picks up

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local stations signals free of charge.

MASTV

MVS also owns

, a wireless cable

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company. The wireless cable company offered 17 channels to 11 cities in Mexico;

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

Leon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

, Mérida,

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

Pachuca Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whic ...

, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi,

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...

Tuxtla Gutierrez Tuxtla may refer to: ;Cities and towns *Tuxtla Gutiérrez, capital of the Mexican state of Chiapas *San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz *Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz *Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas ;Other *Los Tuxtlas, region of Veracruz *Sierra de los Tuxtlas, moun ...

, and

Villahermosa Villahermosa ( , ; "Beautiful Village") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Tabasco, and serves as the Municipalities of Mexico, municipal seat (governing county) of the state. Located in Southeast Mexico, Villahermosa is an ...

. The system started operations on September 1, 1989 as MVS Multivisión in Mexico City. It later expanded to 10 other markets across Mexico. In 2002, MVS Multivision changed its name to MASTV. Finally, after the acquisition by Dish, MASTV ceased operations in July 2014

MVS Televisión

MVS owns MVS Televisión that operates and distributes seven pay television networks; 52MX, a general entertainment network,

Exa TV Exa TV is a Mexican 24/7 nonstop music video cable television network owned by MVS Comunicaciones. The cable network was launched in Mexico in 2005. In Mexico it is available through MASTV wireless cable television and Dish Mexico. The music vid ...

, a music video network,

Multicinema Multicinema (also known as MC) is a Mexican movie programming cable television network owned by MVS Comunicaciones. The cable network was launched along with the wireless cable television company MVS Multivision, now called MASTV in Mexico City ...

, an American movie network,

Multipremier Multipremier (also known as MP) is a Mexican love and drama movie cable television network owned by MVS Comunicaciones. At midnight Monday to Saturday the channel transmits softcore porn movies. The channel is available on MASTV wireless cable t ...

, an international movie network,

Cinelatino Cinelatino is a Spanish-language movie channel based in Mexico and is owned by MVS Comunicaciones & Hemisphere Media Group (83.8% owned by InterMedia Partners). It is available throughout Latin America as well as the United States and Canada, via ...

, a Spanish-speaking world movie network, Viva Sports, a sports network, and distributes Antena 3 Internacional in

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, a

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pay TV network. From 1991 until July 31, 2012, MVS owned and operated the children-oriented channel ZAZ. All seven television networks are available through

and

MVS Radio

MVS Radio operates 4 international radio networks owned by MVS Comunicaciones. These networks are

Exa FM {{primary sources, date=December 2011 MVS Radio are a group of four international Spanish-language radio networks owned by the mass media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones. The group of radio networks consists of Exa FM, La Mejor, FM Globo and MVS No ...

La Mejor {{primary sources, date=December 2011 MVS Radio are a group of four international Spanish-language radio networks owned by the mass media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones. The group of radio networks consists of Exa FM, La Mejor, FM Globo and MVS No ...

, Noticias MVS, and

FM Globo {{primary sources, date=December 2011 MVS Radio are a group of four international Spanish-language radio networks owned by the mass media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones. The group of radio networks consists of Exa FM, La Mejor, FM Globo and MVS No ...

. These networks broadcast in various countries including Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and the United States. All MVS owned radio networks are available on Dish México.

Internet

MVS offers

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via microwaves called E-Go with the use of a USB modem. The service is available in Mexico City,

, and

Education

In 2018, MVS bought the Universidad Tecnológica Americana (Uteca), a private university located in

Avenida de los Insurgentes Avenida de los Insurgentes ( en, Avenue of the Insurgents), sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City, with a length of on a north-south axis across the city. Insurgentes has its origins in what was during the ...

and

Viaducto Miguel Alemán Viaducto Miguel Alemán is a crosstown freeway, opened in September 1950, that runs east-west across central Mexico City. In the center of the road is a river encased in cement to control flooding. Metro Viaducto is named after this road. The en ...

References

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External links

MVS Comunicaciones official website

MVS Televisión official website

MVS Radio official website

Companies based in Mexico City Television broadcasting companies of Mexico