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The following is a list of Spanish-language television networks in the United States. As of 2016 the largest Hispanic/Latino television audiences in the U.S. are in California (Los Angeles, Bakersfield, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco area), New York (New York City), Washington D.C., Florida (Miami area, Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg area), Texas (Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth, San Antonio), Illinois (Chicago), Georgia (Atlanta), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Colorado (Denver), Utah (Salt Lake City), Ohio (Cleveland, Columbus), Indiana (Indianapolis), Massachusetts (Boston), Connecticut (Hartford), Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul), Wisconsin (Milwaukee), Louisiana (New Orleans), Tennessee (Nashville), North Carolina (Raleigh/Durham), Virginia (Richmond), Nevada (Las Vegas), and Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson).[1]

Major networks

TV network Founded Owner % of U.S. households reached # of households viewable # of Full-power affiliates # of Low-power/Class-A affiliates and transmitters
Univision 1987[2] Univision Communications 49% 94,100,000[3] 62 26
Estrella TV 2009 Estrella Media (owned by HPS Investment Partners) 46% 64,232,000 38 29
Telemundo 1984[4] NBCUniversal 61.6% 192,476,422 54 46
UniMás 2002[5] Univision Communications 43% 59,600,000[6] 35 24
Azteca 2001 INNOVATE Corp. 32% 37,248,000 14 28

Specialty networks

Title Year est. Owner Notes
3ABN Latino 2003 Three Angels Broadcasting Network
América Tevé
CNN en Español 1997 WarnerMedia
Cine Mexicano 2005 Olympusat Inc.
Discovery en Español 1998 Discovery, Inc.
Discovery Familia 2007 Discovery, Inc.
Esperanza TV 2003 Hope Channel
Galavisión 1979 Univision Communications
Gran Cine 2008 Olympusat Inc.
HITN 1983
HTV 1995 WarnerMedia
Inmigrante TV 2010
LATV 2007[7] Bilingual English/Spanish
Mega TV 2006 Spanish Broadcasting System
MTV Tres 1998 ViacomCBS
MiCasa Network
Mira TV
Multimedios Grupo Multimedios
Nuestra Visión 2017 América Móvil[8]
Sorpresa 2003 Olympusat Inc.
TBN Enlace USA 2002 Trinity Broadcasting Network
Tele N 2014 Olympusat Inc.
Telefe 2000 ViacomCBS[9]
TeleXitos 2012 NBCUniversal[10]
TeLe-Romántica 2012
Teveo
Ultra HD Plex 2012[11] Olympusat Inc. 12 Spanish-language premium channels
Universo 2015 NBCUniversal[10] Began as GEMS Television in 1993
V-me 2007
WAPA America 2004[7]

Defunct networks

Title Year est. Year ceased Notes
América CV 2007 2015 Began as CaribeVisiòn in 2007; rebranded CV Network in 2009
GEMS Television 1993 2001 Currently Universo
Hispanic Television Network 2000 2003
LAT TV 2006 2008
La Familia 1994 2015
La Familia Cosmovision 1979 2014
MundoFox 2012 2015 Became MundoMax in 2015
MundoMax 2015 2016
NuvoTV 2004 2015
NetSpan 1984 1987 Became Telemundo circa 1987
Spanish International Network 1962 1987 Became Univision circa 1987
Soi TV
TeleFutura 2002 2013 became UniMás on January 7, 2013
TuVisión 2007 2009
VasalloVision 2009 2012

See also

References

  1. ^ Nielsen Company (September 2016). "Local Television Market Universe Estimates: Hispanic or Latino TV Homes" – via Television Bureau of Advertising, Inc.
  2. ^ Date at which the Spanish International Network (founded in 1962) was reorganized and became Univision.
  3. ^ Univision. "Univision Network". Univision Corporate. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  4. ^ NetSpan (founded in 1984) was reorganized and became Telemundo continental U.S. network.
  5. ^ UniMás was originally launched as Telefutura in January 2002, before rebranding under its current name in January 2013.
  6. ^ Univision. "UniMás Network". Univision Corporate. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Guide to Hispanic Networks", Broadcasting & Cable, 144, pp. 14–20, October 2, 2014, ISSN 1068-6827, Special Report in Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
  8. ^ "WHO WE ARE". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "News". New York: Viacom, Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Comcast Corporation". Philadelphia. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  11. ^ "Los canales Ultra HD Plex de Olympusat celebran su quinto aniversario". Olympusat. Retrieved May 18, 2017.

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