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 Disney Channel Latin America,

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among others; while the series aimed at the general public often comes from major alliances like

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among others.

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 Las Estrellas ("The Stars"; previously El Canal de las Estrellas, or "The Channel of the Stars") is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of t ...

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 channel 13 and XEIMT-TV 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 '' American Ninja Warrior'', ''

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Sports

After its privatization, Azteca 7 began carrying

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basketball, though Televisa now holds these rights. Soccer rights on Azteca 7 includes the

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, as well as all official and

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es of the

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. Azteca 7 also carries

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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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transmitters. Except in the border cities of

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, Mexicali and

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References

External links

Azteca 7 website

TV Azteca website
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