Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel)
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Country | Mexico |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Avenida Chapultepec 28, Colonia Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 06720Mexico City,Mexico |
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Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to480ifor theSDTVfeed) |
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Owner | TelevisaUnivision |
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Launched | 10 May 1952; 71 years ago |
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Website | televisa |
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Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television(Except Tijuana and Matamoros) | Channel 5.1 (HD) |
Digital terrestrial television(Matamoros) | Channel 2.2 (HD) |
Digital terrestrial television(Tijuana) | Channel 6.1 (HD) |
Canal 5is a Mexican free-to-airtelevision networkowned byTelevisaUnivision.It traces its origins to the foundation of Channel 5 in Mexico City in 1952 (also known by its identification codeXHGC-TDT). Canal 5's program lineup is generally targeted at a younger audience and includes cartoons, foreign series and movies, along with a limited number of sporting events such asNFLgames, bo xing, theFIFA World Cupand theOlympic Games.
Canal 5 is mainly aimed at children and youth audiences, although in late hours it usually includes a more general concept with television series and reality shows. Over the decades among its programming, it includes many series purchased from networks such asNickelodeonandCartoon Network,among others; while the series aimed at the general public often come fromParamount Network,Fox Broadcasting Company,Warner Bros.(now known asWarner Bros. Discovery),Sony Group Corporation,ViacomCBS(nowParamount Global),MTV,NBCUniversal,Lionsgate,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayeramong others. The channel also broadcasts series produced by the companyTelevisaUnivision,which owns the channel. In programming, its main national competitor in open television has historically beenAzteca 7ofTV Azteca.
History
[edit]On May 10, 1952,XHGC-TVcame to the air for the first time. It was Mexico City's third television station, owned byGuillermo González Camarena,an inventor who created the first color television system. In 1955, XHGC was one of three stations that formedTelesistema Mexicano.González Camarena remained the general manager of XHGC until his death in 1965.
In 1963, XHGC became the first station in Mexico to broadcast in color. By request of Guillermo González Camarena, XHGC began targeting an audience of children and youth, with the first color telecast beingParaíso infantil(Children's Paradise). Over the years, Canal 5 has retained this programming focus, with a schedule incorporating foreign series and sports programs.
At the end of the 1980s, the then-vice president of Televisa, Alejandro Burillo Azcárraga, spearheaded drastic changes in the branding of the company's television networks. XHGC had branded as Canal 5 for years, using various logos with the number 5. However, as the network's various repeaters were not all on channel 5, the network began branding by the XHGC callsign. The landmarkEnergía Visual(Visual Energy) campaign, designed by Agustín Corona and Pablo Jato, featured idents with wildly varied logos and designs—a first for Mexican television. The campaign was designed to back the channel's youthful image.
In the 1990s, Canal 5 began branding with its channel number again. During this period,Alejandro González Iñárritu,who had also been involved with Televisa's radio stationXEW-FM(WFM), was involved in the creation of some of the network's promotional campaigns. Additionally, in 1994, Televisa obtained a concession for 62 additional television transmitters nationwide, most of which form a key link in the Canal 5 network today.
1999 saw the beginning of a shift in content providers for Canal 5, which had long been the exclusive Mexican rightsholder toDisneyprograms such asChip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers,DuckTalesand a Mexican version ofDisney Club.In 1999, these rights began to migrate to Televisión Azteca andAzteca 7.Instead, the network began relying more on WarnerMedia (including Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network), PBS Kids, Universal, Sony, Fox, and Viacom (including Paramount and Nickelodeon) programs.
Today, Canal 5 carries children's programs, films and international series, as well as sporting events includingUEFA Champions League,UEFA Europa LeagueandFIFA World Cupmatches, a limited number ofLiga MXfixtures and international matches involving the Mexico national team, and select NFL and NHL games. Canal 5 also features some of Televisa's productions, such asEl Chavo AnimadoandMujeres Asesinas 3by Pedro Torres.
In recent years, Canal 5's Twitter page started posting strange and disturbing posts typically between 3-7 am, only to be deleted after said date. Since then, the posts have been investigated and widely shared and talked about in the Mexican media. Infobae México, a Mexican news site, contacted one of the collaborators of Channel 5. However, they claimed they did not know the disturbing posts.[1]
English infomercials
[edit]It is quite possible that the first moderninfomercialseries to run in North America was onSan Diego-area television stationXETV,which during the 1970s ran a one-hour program every Sunday consisting of advertisements for local homes for sale. As the station was licensed by the Mexican government to the city ofTijuana,but broadcast all of its programs in English for the U.S. market until 2017 (when it became a pure Spanish-language outlet for Canal 5), the FCC limit at that time of a maximum of 18 minutes of commercials in an hour did not apply to the station.
Transmitters
[edit]Canal 5 is carried on 66 of its own transmitters plus another 32 transmitters shared withLas Estrellasand one transmitter that carries a Televisa local service, Las Estrellas and Canal 5; these 31 transmitters do not carry Canal 5 in HD.[2][3]It holds the rights to virtual channel 5 nationwide and broadcasts on it in almost all areas, with a handful of notable exceptions along the US-Mexico border.
In 2018, the concessions of all primary Canal 5 repeaters wholly owned by Televisa were consolidated in the concessionaire Radio Televisión, S.A. de C.V. as part of a reorganization of Televisa's concessionaires.
RF | VC | Call sign | Location | ERP | Concessionaire |
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35 | 5 | XHAG-TDT | Aguascalientes, Ags. Calvillo, Ags. Jalpa, Zac. Nochistlán, Zac. |
240 kW 17 kW[4] 23 kW[5] 29 kW[6] |
Radio Televisión |
17 | 5 | XHENJ-TDT | Ensenada, BC | 38 kW | Radio Televisión |
18 | 5 | XHMEX-TDT | Mexicali,BC | 200 kW | Radio Televisión |
23 | 6 | XETV-TDT | Tijuana,BC | 200 kW | Radio Televisión |
30 | 5 | XHCBC-TDT | Cd. Constitución,BCS | 200 kW | Televimex |
29 | 5 | XHLPB-TDT | La Paz,BCS | 26 kW | Radio Televisión |
27 | 5 | XHSJT-TDT | San José del Cabo,BCS | 30 kW | Televimex |
22 | 5 | XHAN-TDT | Campeche,Camp. | 28 kW | Radio Televisión |
22 | 5 | XHCDC-TDT | Cd. del Carmen,Camp. | 31 kW | Televimex |
22 | 5 | XHCZC-TDT | Comitán de Dominguez,Chis. | 32 kW | Radio Televisión |
17 | 5 | XHSNC-TDT | San Cristobal de las Casas,Chis. | 30 kW | Radio Televisión |
34 | 5 | XHTAH-TDT | Tapachula,Chis. | 62 kW | Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XHTUA-TDT | Tuxtla Gutiérrez,Chis. | 45 kW | Televimex |
19 | 5 | XHCDE-TDT | Cd. Delicias,Chih. Cd. Camargo,Chih. |
20 kW 21 kW |
Radio Televisión |
33 | 5 | XHJUB-TDT | Cd. Juárez,Chih. | 200 kW | Radio Televisión |
24 | 5 | XHCHZ-TDT | Chihuahua,Chih. | 47 kW | Radio Televisión |
31 | 5 | XHGC-TDT | Mexico City(Pico Tres Padres,Mex) | 270 kW | Radio Televisión |
27 | 5 | XHCHW-TDT | Ciudad Acuña,Coah. | 50 kW | Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XHNOH-TDT | Nueva Rosita,Coah. | 42 kW | Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XHMLC-TDT | Monclova,Coah. | 50 kW | Radio Televisión |
31 | 5 | XHPNH-TDT | Piedras Negras,Coah. | 43 kW | Radio Televisión |
20 | 5 | XHSTC-TDT | Saltillo,Coah. | 45 kW | Radio Televisión |
35 | 5 | XELN-TDT | Torreón,Coah. | 150 kW | Radio Televisión |
17 | 5 | XHCC-TDT | Colima,Col. Manzanillo, Col. (RF 14) Cd. Guzmán, Jal. |
54 kW 30 kW[7] 15 kW[8] |
Radio Televisión |
21 | 5 | XHDUH-TDT | Durango, Dgo. | 94 kW | Radio Televisión |
24 | 5 | XHLEJ-TDT | León,Gto. Lagos de Moreno, Jal. |
180 kW 19 kW |
Radio Televisión |
23 | 5 | XHAL-TDT | Acapulco,Gro. | 15 kW | Radio Televisión |
34 | 5 | XHCHN-TDT | Chilpancingo,Gro. | 50 kW | Radio Televisión |
31 | 5 | XHIGN-TDT | Iguala,Gro. | 43 kW | Radio Televisión |
28 | 5 | XHIXG-TDT | IxtapaandZihuatanejo,Gro. | 40 kW | Radio Televisión |
19 | 5 | XHATU-TDT | Atotonilco El Alto, Jal. | 24 kW | Radio Televisión |
23 | 5 | XHAUM-TDT | Autlán de Navarro,Jal. | 43 kW | Radio Televisión |
22 | 5 | XHGUE-TDT | Guadalajara, Jal. | 150 kW | Radio Televisión |
35 | 5 | XHPVE-TDT | Puerto Vallarta,Jal. | 33 kW | Radio Televisión |
14 | 5 | XEX-TDT | Altzomoni,Mex. Tejupilco de Hidalgo, Mex. Tenancingo, Mex. Taxco, Gro. Pachuca, Hgo.(RF 43) Cuernavaca, Mor. San Martín Texmelucan, Pue. Tlaxcala, Tlax. |
236 kW 20 kW[9] 20 kW[10] 21 kW[11] 8 kW 45 kW[12] 20 kW[13] 30 kW[14] |
Radio Televisión |
36 | 5 | XHTOK-TDT | Toluca/Jocotitlán,Mex. | 280 kW | Radio Televisión |
21 | 5 | XHAPZ-TDT | Apatzingán,Mich. | 47 kW | Radio Televisión |
33 | 5 | XHLAC-TDT | Lazaro Cárdenas,Mich. | 25 kW | Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XHMOW-TDT | Cerro Burro, Mich. | 338 kW | Radio Televisión |
18 | 5 | XHFX-TDT | Morelia,Mich. | 47.2 kW | Radio Televisión |
25 | 5 | XHZAM-TDT | Zamora,Mich. | 32 kW | Radio Televisión |
33 | 5 | XHTFL-TDT | Tepic,Nay. | 55 kW | Radio Televisión |
31 | 5 | XET-TDT | Monterrey,NL | 200 kW | Radio Televisión |
19 | 5 | XHHHN-TDT | Huajuapan de León, Oax. Tehuacán, Pue. |
76 kW 36 kW[15] |
Radio Televisión |
35 | 5 | XHIH-TDT | Cerro Palma Sola, Oax. | 76 kW | Radio Televisión |
34 | 5 | XHOXO-TDT | Oaxaca, Oax. | 97 kW | Radio Televisión |
34 | 5 | XHPIX-TDT | Pinotepa Nacional,Oax. | 46 kW | Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XEZ-TDT | Querétaro,Qro. (Cerro El Zamorano) Cerro El Cimatario, Qro. Guanajuato, Gto. Irapuato-Celaya,Gto. San Miguel de Allende,Gto. |
180 kW 10 kW 20 kW 50 kW 65 kW |
Radio Televisión |
27 | 5 | XHQRO-TDT | Cancún, Q. Roo Playa del Carmen,Q. Roo |
60 kW 20 kW[16] |
Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XHCQR-TDT | Chetumal, Q. Roo | 28 kW | Radio Televisión |
30 | 5 | XHVST-TDT | Ciudad Valles, SLP | 18 kW | Radio Televisión |
34 | 5 | XHSLT-TDT | San Luis Potosí, SLP | 210 kW | Radio Televisión |
24 | 5 | XHCUI-TDT | Culiacán, Sin. | 155 kW | Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XHLMI-TDT | Los Mochis, Sin. | 110 kW | Radio Televisión |
28 | 5 | XHMAF-TDT | Mazatlán, Sin. | 118 kW | Radio Televisión |
17 | 5 | XHCBO-TDT | Caborca, Son. | 37 kW | Radio Televisión |
36[17] | 5 | XHCDO-TDT | Ciudad Obregón,Son. | 200 kW | Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XHGUY-TDT | Guaymas,Son. | 46 kW | Radio Televisión |
29 | 5 | XHHMS-TDT | Hermosillo,Son. | 100 kW | Radio Televisión |
26 | 5 | XHNON-TDT | Nogales,Son. | 35 kW | Radio Televisión |
32 | 5 | XHVIZ-TDT | Villahermosa,Tab. | 125 kW | Televimex |
22 | 5 | XHCMU-TDT | Ciudad Mante,Tamps. | 27 kW | Radio Televisión |
36 | 5 | XHUT-TDT | Ciudad Victoria,Tamps. | 80 kW | Radio Televisión |
28 | 2.2 | XHTAM-TDT | Matamoros,Tamps. | 250 kW | Televimex |
25 | 5 | XHBR-TDT | Nuevo Laredo,Tamps. | 200 kW | Radio Televisión |
15 | 5 | XHD-TDT | Tampico,Tamps. | 180 kW | Radio Televisión |
27 | 5 | XHCOV-TDT | Coatzacoalcos,Ver. | 60 kW | Radio Televisión |
28 | 5 | XHAJ-TDT | Las Lajas Nogales Orizaba San Andrés Tuxtla(RF 39) |
430 kW 25 kW[18] 60 kW[19] 20 kW[20] |
Radio Televisión |
35 | 5 | XHMEN-TDT | Mérida, Yuc. | 125 kW | Radio Televisión |
23 | 5 | XHSMZ-TDT | Sombrerete, Zac. | 32 kW | Radio Televisión |
17[21] | 5 | XHBQ-TDT | Zacatecas, Zac. | 130 kW | Radio Televisión |
Network logos
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Mexico's Channel 5 bizarre videos on Twitter draw attention".The Mazatlán Post.2 April 2020.Retrieved8 June2020.
- ^Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones.Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT.Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2017-01-29. Technical information from theIFT Coverage Viewer.
- ^Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones.Listado de Canales Virtuales.Last modified December 21, 2021. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHAG Calvillo"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^RPC: Shadow XHAG Jalpa[permanent dead link]
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHAG Nochistlán"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHCC Manzanillo on RF 14"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHCC Cd. Guzmán"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XEX Tejupilco"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XEX Tenancingo"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XEX Taxco"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XEX Cuernavaca"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XEX San Martín Texmelucan"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XEX Tlaxcala"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHHHN Tehuacán, Pue"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHQRO Playa del Carmen"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Change of frequency for XHCDO-TDT"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHAJ Nogales"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHAJ Orizaba"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Shadow XHAJ San Andrés Tuxtla (RF 39)"(PDF).ift.org.mx.Retrieved5 April2018.
- ^"RPC: Change of frequency for XHBQ-TDT"(PDF).IFT.Archived(PDF)from the original on 3 February 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Canal 5atAnime News Network's encyclopedia