Dirección General @prende.mx, formerly known as ''Dirección General de Televisión Educativa'', is the producer of educational programs of the

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with origins dating back to 1968. Which are broadcast on the Edusat, an educational television network. Edusat is an

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of "education" and "satellite".

History

The

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implemented

Telesecundaria "Telesecundaria+" is a system of distance education programs for secondary education, secondary and high school students created by the Federal government of the United Mexican States, government of Mexico and available in rural areas of Mexico, t ...

in 1968 to provide

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to students in rural areas through broadcast television channels, such as

XHGC-TV XHGC-TDT (channel 5) is a television station in Mexico City. Owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision, it is the flagship of the Canal 5 network. History XHGC signed on May 10, 1952, broadcasting a Mother's Day event organized by the Excélsi ...

in Mexico City. With the launching of the Morelos II satellite, ''Telesecundaria'' began transmitting on one of its analog channels in 1988. In 1994, ''Telesecundaria'' began broadcasting in a digital format with the advent of the Solidaridad I satellite, and Edusat was born and began transmitting on six channels. The signal was moved to Solidaridad II in 2000. In 2008 Edusat services migrated to Satmex 5, by this time with signal power five times what it was during the Morelos II era and the number of channels increased to 10 with capacity for six more and a larger area of coverage. Today, Televisión Educativa resources are received by more than 36,000

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es located in Mexico and 1,000 in other areas of the continent. The technological component is managed by the

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(SCT) and Telecomunicaciones de México (Telecomm). Although the signal is available in all of the Americas (except for the eastern part of

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) Edusat services are only offered in Mexico,

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and certain regions of the

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. In early August 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Mexican government signing contracts with commercial TV broadcasters

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, and

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, the public TV broadcasters and 36 radio stations to air school student targeted programming over their networks. Each of the four commercial TV broadcasters will launch a new subchannel on their digital broadcasting multiplexes. Production and content for these programs was made by both the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) and

Canal Once Canal Once (channel 11) (stylised as canal once, formerly once and once tv) 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. I ...

. From 8am to 7pm every weekday from August 24, more than 4,550 television programs and 640 radio programs will be broadcast in 20 languages at primary and high school level.

Edusat

Edusat transmits 13 television services, seven of which it programs, in addition to three public radio stations:

Edusat-programmed

*11

(for secondary students) *12 (to teach teachers, was previously called "TV Docencia") *17 (for senior secondary students) *24 (for secondary students and adults) *26 Especiales (special events channel) *27 Telesecundaria+ (for secondary students) *30 (for learners of all ages) Ingenio TV is also available outside of the Edusat system on some terrestrial SPR multiplexes. Additionally, various educational television stations in Mexico, particularly university-run stations such as TV UNAM and

XHMNU-TDT XHMNU-TDT is an educational television station owned and operated by the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Programming on XHMNU generally consists of educational telecourse programs for UANL students, ...

in Monterrey, also air a selection of programming from Televisión Educativa. (a channel for Mexican citizens living in the United States) was on 21. (for university students) was on 22. Red de las Artes (an arts and culture channel) was on channel 23.

ILCE

(Latin American Educational Communication Institute) operates two Edusat channels: *15 Summa Saberes (educational channel for students) *18 Canal Internationale (

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science and culture channel, was previously called "Canal Iberoamerica") ILCE once also operated "Innova Conocimiento" on 13 and "Edusat Space" on 16.

Other educational television services

*21

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*23 Canal 22 *25

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 ...

*28 TV•unam Canal Cl@se () was on 22. UNAD ()'s TV service was also carried.

Radio

*12

Radio Educación Radio Educación is a cultural radio station in Mexico, based in Mexico City. Radio Educación broadcasts Spanish-language cultural and educational programming. The primary broadcast signal is XECPAE-AM (formerly XEEP-AM) 1060 kHz, broadcast ...

*15

Instituto Mexicano de la Radio The Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER; English: "Mexican Radio Institute") is a Mexican public broadcaster. It was founded in 1983 as a companion to the public TV broadcaster Imevisión, since privatized and known as TV Azteca. When Imevisió ...

*28 Radio UNAM

References

External links

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Learning through TV and Internet in Mexico
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