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of Televisa and carries its

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news network. FOROtv is available on various

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companies and

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satellite service, along with several providers in the United States as part of Televisa and Univision's partnership (albeit with local programming and sports replaced with American ads and recorded news blocks). It is the oldest TV station in Mexico and Latin America.History of Mexican TV (in Spanish)
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History

XHTV was Mexico's first television station and one of the building blocks of

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, which became

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in 1972. In 2001, XHTV began using the name 4TV with a program lineup targeted at the Mexico City area and the slogan "El Canal de la Ciudad" (The City Channel). On August 30, 2010 (sixty years after the channel was founded), the channel's name was changed to FOROtv (literally "Forum TV"), with most of Televisa's news programs moved here, such as '' Las Noticias por Adela'' (from XEQ), and with new news and talk programs being created. Prior to this, the channel, under the name of "Canal de la Ciudad" ("The City's Channel"), broadcast programs targeted at Mexico City's metro area, as well as reruns of American series and blocks of Mexican movies. Under this format, the channel seeks to emulate the success achieved by its predecessor ECO (which operated from 1988 to 2001). It competes in a crowded cable news space with such channels as

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and Azteca Noticias, Telefórmula, Efekto TV,

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, Excélsior TV, and Milenio Televisión, among others.

Digital television

Digital subchannels

The station's digital channel is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

XHTV, along with other Mexico City TV stations, shut off its analog signal on

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channel 4, on December 17, 2015, at 12:00 a.m., as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49, using

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to display XHTV's

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as 4 on digital television receivers. In October 2016, XHTV added shopping channel CJ Grand Shopping as subchannel 4.2; this channel was deleted in March 2019 and replaced in June with a new CV Shopping channel wholly owned by Televisa. On November 3, 2018, XHTV relocated from channel 49 to 15 to allow the 600 MHz band to be used for mobile services. It was the last station to repack in Mexico City.

Current programs

Original productions

Some of the programs on XHTV as ''Foro TV'' currently include the following: *''Las Noticias'' ("The News") *''Estrictamente Personal'' (''Strictly Personal'') *''Por las Mañanas'' (In the Mornings) *''Paralelo 23'' (" The 23rd Parallel", passes through central Mexico) *''A las Tres'' ("At 3:00 p.m.", anchored by Ana Paula Ordorica) *''Hora 21'' ("21st Hour"; airs at 9:00 p.m., anchored by Julio Patán) *''En Una Hora'' ("In One Hour") *''El Centro del Debate'' ("Debate Center") *''Agenda Pública'' ("The Public Agenda") *''Es La Hora De Opinar'' ("It's Time for Your Opinions") *''Fractal'' (

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) *''Noticias MX'' (

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report, anchored by Enrique Campos Suarez) *''Por el Planeta'' (

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news)

Sports Events

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'' (one live game per week) *''

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'' (certain matches in special cases) *''

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'' (only the final game) *''

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Previous programming

*'' Las Noticias por Adela'' *''El Mañanero'' *''Versus'' (daily sports news)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xhtv Television stations in Mexico City Television channels and stations established in 1950 Spanish-language television stations in Mexico