Dish México, S. de R. L. de C.V. operates a subscription satellite television service in

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. Since 2022 it has been wholly owned by MVS Comunicaciones. Prior to that acquisition it was owned jointly by

MVS Comunicaciones Grupo MVS (MVS) is a Mexican media conglomerate. The company owns MASTV, MVS Radio operator of four national radio networks, MVS Televisión operator and distributor of seven pay television networks, E-Go wireless broadband internet and Dis ...

(51%) and

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(in turn a subsidiary of

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) (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

, 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 TNT,

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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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TV Azteca Televisión Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., commonly known as TV Azteca, 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 so ...

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

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local stations signals free of charge. On 16 June 2013, Dish announced that it would add the national free-to-air television channels, including Televisa ( Las Estrellas, Canal 5 and Gala TV) and TV Azteca (

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and Azteca Trece), due to the telecommunications reform enacted in June 2013, in which all satellite TV companies are forced to transmit television signals that have 50% coverage national territory or more. The broadcast of these channels was made official since 11 September 2013.

References

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