Noticias ECO (''Empresa de Comunicaciones Orbitales, S.A. de C.V.'', lit. Orbital Communications Company), also known as ECO News, was a Mexican

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, which broadcast from 1 September 1988 to 1 May 2001. It was the first 24-hour news channel in Spanish and was owned by

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. It closed due to low profits. Its signal covered the

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and

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via satellite, with correspondents in 32 countries.I CILE - La televisión (El sistema de noticias Eco) Félix Cortés Camarillo
/ref> Some of the other Televisa networks, such as

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and Canal de las Estrellas, included or simulcast ECO newscasts. In 2010, Canal de la Ciudad, which had been airing programs targeted toward Mexico City, was relaunched as FOROtv with a full slate of news and opinion programs. This marks the first time since ECO's closure that Televisa has operated a mainly-news channel.

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Televisa pay television networks Television channels and stations established in 1988 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2001 24-hour television news channels in Mexico Defunct television channels in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-station-stub