Dish México, S. de R. L. de C.V. is a Mexican-owned company that operates a subscription satellite television service in

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nationwide. S. de R. L. de C.V. stands for Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada de Capital Variable, a form of

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. It is owned by

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(51%) and Dish Network Corporation (49%).

History

On 1 December 2008, Dish México began to operate in Mexico, after an agreement between Dish Network Corporation (a spinoff from former parent company EchoStar, which was founded by Charlie Ergen as a satellite television equipment distributor in 1980) and the Mexican media conglomerate

. Dish Network owns 49% and MVS owns 51% of Dish México. In January 2011, Dish México added six HD channels

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, Fox Sports en Español,

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and

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. In April 2011, Dish México added three new channels: Fox, Nat Geo, and

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. All of Dish México's channels programming are dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or originally Spanish language.

Broadcast networks

Dish México could not transmit

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network locals due to a dispute between Dish México and Televisa. The fight was produced when Televisa wanted to charge Dish México per subscriber for its feeds of free over-the-air Televisa network channels; including some restricted channel. Dish México decided to distribute an HD receiver with a terrestrial antenna input which when connected to an over the air antenna picks up digital local stations signals free of charge. On June 16, 2013, Dish showed a TV commercial where they announced that it would add the national free-to-air television channels, including Televisa ( Las Estrellas, Canal 5 and

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) and TV Azteca (

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and Azteca Trece), thanks to the telecommunications reform enacted in June 2013, in which all satellite TV companies are forced to transmit television signals that have 50 percent coverage national territory or more.Dish ofrecerá canales de Tv Azteca y Televisa
/ref> The broadcast of these channels was made official since September 11, 2013.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dish Mexico MVS Comunicaciones Direct broadcast satellite services High-definition television