List of Mexican television networks
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All of the networks listed below operate a number of terrestrial TV stations. In addition, several of these networks are also aired on cable and satellite services.


Commercial

Six television networks in Mexico have more than 75% national coverage and are thus required to be carried by all pay TV providers and offered at no cost by the broadcaster. Additionally, these networks are also required to provide accessibility for the hearing impaired with the use of Closed Captioning and/or Mexican sign language. *
Azteca Uno Azteca Uno (previously Azteca Trece), is a Mexican national broadcast television network owned by TV Azteca, with more than 100 transmitters across the country. Azteca Uno broadcasts on virtual channel 1. Azteca Uno programming is available in ...
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TV Azteca TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two natio ...
) * ADN 40 (TV Azteca) *
Las Estrellas 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 ...
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Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
) * Imagen Televisión (
Grupo Imagen Grupo Imagen is a Mexican media conglomerate, part of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles. History Grupo Imagen traces its roots to the foundation of XEDA-AM in June 1936. This station was acquired by José Luis Fernández Soto in 1962, and in the same ...
) * Canal 5 (Televisa) *
Azteca 7 Azteca 7 (also called El Siete) is a Mexican network owned by TV Azteca, 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 include ...
(TV Azteca) * A+ (TV Azteca) ADN 40 and A+ have coverage primarily provided by subchannels.


Noncommercial

Of the many noncommercial services, there are only two national networks of retransmitters: *
Canal Once Once (Eleven; formerly Once TV México and Canal Once) is a Mexican educational broadcast television network owned by National Polytechnic Institute. The network's flagship station is XEIPN-TDT channel 11 in Mexico City. It broadcasts across ...
( Instituto Politécnico Nacional) *
Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano The ''Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano'' (Mexican State Public Broadcasting System, abbreviated SPR) until 2014, is an independent Mexican government agency. Its mission is to support the development of public broadcasting ...
(SPR) The digital SPR retransmitters offer Canal Once along with these important noncommercial television services: * Canal 22 * Canal Catorce * Ingenio TV * TV UNAM *
Canal del Congreso The Canal de Televisión del Congreso de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (''Television Channel of the Congress of the United Mexican States''), shortened to Canal del Congreso (''Congress Channel''), is a television channel in Mexico that broadcasts ...
In addition to the latter, Canal Judicial is also required to be carried by all pay TV providers and offered at no cost by the broadcaster, although there is no terrestrial station that broadcasts this network.


Regional or limited coverage commercial networks

There are some networks operating in Mexico which have limited coverage or primarily serve a region in particular.
Currently, there are three networks of this kind which have a significant coverage: * Canal 6 (Multimedios) *
Nu9ve Nueve (English: Nine) (stylized Nu9ve) is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The primary station and network namesake is Channel 9 of Mexico City (also known by its call sign XEQ-TDT), though the network has na ...
(Televisa) *Canal 13 (Albavisión México) Other regional/limited networks include: *El Canal de las Noticias (Intermedia) (Mexicali and the State of Chihuahua) *ABC Televisión (State of Chihuahua) *TV MAR (Los Cabos and La Paz in Baja California Sur and Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco) * Foro TV (Televisa) * Milenio Televisión (Multimedios) *
Teleritmo Teleritmo (alternately known as TLR) is a network of Spanish language television stations primarily concentrated in northeastern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The system is part of Grupo Multimedios. The flagship station of Teleritmo ...
(Multimedios) *CV Shopping *MVS TV


State-level broadcast television networks

Mexico also has government-run state television networks in 26 of its 32 federal units:


See also

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List of television stations in Mexico __NOTOC__ Mexico has 872 separately licensed television stations authorized by the Federal Telecommunications Institute. Commercial stations are primarily operated by Televisa, TV Azteca, Grupo Imagen, Grupo Multimedios and their affiliate pa ...
General: *
Television in Mexico Television is a popular form of entertainment in Mexico, with mass entertainment playing an important role in creating a national, unified culture. The ''telenovelas'' are very traditional in Mexico and are translated to many languages and seen al ...


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