A Más

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A Más
Country Mexico
Programming
Picture format 480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner TV Azteca
Sister channels
History
Launched20 March 2017;7 years ago (2017-03-20)
Links
Website www.amastv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
54 Azteca 7 transmitters

A Más (originally "a+" from 2017 to 2021) (stylized: a más+) is a national television network in Mexico operated by TV Azteca. It launched in five cities on 20 March 2017, and it expanded to 34 additional cities on April 7, 2017.

Contents

A Más is broadcast as the second digital subchannel (usually 7.2) of the Azteca 7 transmitters in each area. It was originally launched to provide increased regional programming.

History

Regional programming on TV Azteca prior to a+

From the privatization of Imevisión in 1993, the new Televisión Azteca immediately began seeking alliances with content partners to provide local and regional news and programming for air on its networks. In 1995, TV Azteca took on Síntesis, a successful local newscast in Tijuana, as a partner after Síntesis had been forced off of its previous broadcast home. [1] In the state of Veracruz, it set up Veravisión, [2] and it also established local news and programming operations in other cities including Mérida and San Luis Potosí. [3] While many of these produced few programs outside of local news and were later subsumed into TV Azteca itself, Azteca Noreste, the division in Monterrey, remained a high-volume program producer, airing local Info 7 newscasts seven days a week in the morning and early afternoon as well as locally produced entertainment and sports shows. [4]

Launch of a+

Former a+ logo Logo a+ (canal).svg
Former a+ logo

a+ was announced on March 13, 2017, coinciding with the relaunch of Proyecto 40 as adn40 that same day. On March 8, the Federal Telecommunications Institute approved the change in program identity, as well as multiplexing of additional transmitters to provide the a+ service. [3]

The service began operation in five cities—Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Toluca and León—while expansion to 21 additional cities was initially planned by the end of the second quarter of 2017 and a third expansion phase slated for the second half of the year, [5] 35 transmitters serving 34 cities were authorized for the service on March 22, 2017, with programs beginning on April 7, 2017; in August 2017, TV Azteca was further cleared to add a+ to 11 Azteca 7 transmitters, mainly in northeastern Mexico. The goal of the channel is to be a national service with programming tailored to the viewing preferences and needs of each local area. [6] Programming for the a+ channels was developed in consultation with local businessmen and influencers in each area, through focus groups headed by Ninfa Salinas, sister of TV Azteca director general Benjamín Salinas. [6]

Efrén Páez, an economic analyst with Mediatelecom, told Expansión that "although there have always been local stations, public and private, none of them have had the capital and resources of TV Azteca". [6]

On December 13, 2017, the IFT deemed that with coverage of 60% of the population of Mexico, carriage of a+ should be made mandatory for satellite providers. [7]

2021 relaunch

The network relaunched and changed its name from a+ to A Más, in part because of its increased national-level identity. [8]

Programming

a+ initially featured a program schedule including a mix of national and regional programs. [6] The base national program schedule that is "100% blockable" for locally produced programs in the different cities where it is broadcast. [5] All a+ areas at launched offer a 9pm local newscast and 10pm local sports program. Depending on the size of the city, local production would vary across the different a+ channels. [5]

a+ also carries non-local programs, such as music videos from Exa TV and cartoons from Mondo TV, as well as rebroadcasts of some of TV Azteca's more popular shows, including Venga la alegría and Ventaneando . [5] This content became the primary focus of the channel as early as 2018. [8]

Transmitters

a+ is available on 54 transmitters. In each of them, it is available as the second subchannel (usually 7.2) of the Azteca 7 transmitter. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] In Tijuana, Mexicali and Ciudad Juárez, Azteca 7 does not have virtual channel 7 and so it is carried as virtual channel 20.2, 21.2 and 20.2, respectively.

RFVCCall signLocation ERP
297 XHLGA-TDT Aguascalientes, Ags. 15.91 kW
207 XHENT-TDT Ensenada, BC 29.14 kW
2520 XHEXT-TDT Mexicali, BC 66.22 kW
2921 XHTIT-TDT Tijuana, BC 148.08 kW
257 XHPBC-TDT La Paz, BCS 29.63 kW
267 XHSJC-TDT San José del Cabo, BCS 13.5 kW
247 XHCAM-TDT Campeche, Camp. 20.46 kW
217 XHECH-TDT Chihuahua, Chih. 44.43 kW
3620 XHCJH-TDT Cd. Juárez, Chih. 52 kW
397 XHCSA-TDT San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chis.
Tuxtla Gutiérrez 		46.29 kW
58.47 kW
367 XHJU-TDT Tapachula 51.08 kW
247 XHIMT-TDT Mexico City 464.42 kW
277 XHMLA-TDT Monclova, Coah. 11.66 kW
327 XHPNG-TDT Piedras Negras, Coah. 16.33 kW
337 XHLLO-TDT Saltillo, Coah. 8.74 kW
437 XHGZP-TDT Torreón, Coah. 187.38 kW
407 XHCOL-TDT Colima, Col. 24.25 kW
507 XHTCO-TDT Tecomán, Col. 4.29 kW
327 XHDRG-TDT Durango, Dgo. 12.7 kW
41/147 XHCCG-TDT León, Gto. [note 1] 99.33 kW
457 XHACC-TDT Acapulco, Gro. 36.6 kW
287 XHCHL-TDT Chilpancingo, Gro. 17.58 kW
367 XHPHG-TDT Pachuca, Hgo. 3.97 kW
317 XHSFJ-TDT Guadalajara, Jal. 109.44 kW
237 XHPVJ-TDT Puerto Vallarta, Jal. 18.42 kW
357 XHLUC-TDT Toluca, Mex. 92.02 kW
327 XHBUR-TDT Morelia, Mich. 257.89 kW
237 XHRAM-TDT Zamora, Mich. 30.85 kW
437 XHCUV-TDT Cuernavaca, Mor. 238.21 kW
317 XHLBN-TDT Tepic, Nay. 23.970 kW
177 XHFN-TDT Monterrey, NL 342.070 kW
307 XHPSO-TDT Matías Romero, Oax.
(Cerro Palma Sola)		47.63 kW
277 XHOXX-TDT Oaxaca, Oax. 57.91 kW
407 XHTHP-TDT Tehuacán, Pue. 17.08 kW
347 XHQUE-TDT Querétaro, Qro. 298.85 kW
287 XHCCQ-TDT Cancún, Q. Roo 38.74 kW
267 XHCQO-TDT Chetumal, Q. Roo 8.52 kW
227 XHCLP-TDT San Luis Potosí, SLP 44.39 kW
357 XHDO-TDT Culiacán, Sin. 36.52 kW
317 XHMIS-TDT Los Mochis, Sin. 45.21 kW
317 XHDL-TDT Mazatlán, Sin. 38.52 kW
357 XHBK-TDT Cd. Obregón, Son. 45.75 kW
307 XHHO-TDT Hermosillo, Son. 39.43 kW
417 XHVIH-TDT Villahermosa, Tab. 18.88 kW
297 XHCDT-TDT Cd. Victoria, Tamps. 16.92 kW
337 XHOR-TDT Matamoros, Tamps. 116.96 kW
337 XHLAT-TDT Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. 119 kW
217 XHTAU-TDT Tampico, Tamps. 30.54 kW
457 XHCTZ-TDT Coatzacoalcos, Ver. 50.4 kW
327 XHSTE-TDT Santiago Tuxtla, Ver. 15.18 kW
337 XHCPE-TDT [note 2] Cofre de Perote, Ver. 239.16 kW
337 XHMEY-TDT Mérida, Yuc. 97.708 kW
487 XHIV-TDT Zacatecas, Zac. 40.76 kW

Notes

  1. ↑ XHCCG's primary transmitter is located in Celaya, but the production center is in León.
  2. ↑ XHCPE's transmitter is on Cofre de Perote, but TV Azteca's production center is in the port of Veracruz.

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References

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  2. ↑ "REGIONALIZACION DE TV AZTECA". Proceso. 8 October 1995. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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  4. ↑ Azteca Noreste program schedule Archived 2017-03-15 at the Wayback Machine , March 2017
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  7. ↑ "ACUERDO mediante el cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones actualiza las señales radiodifundidas con cobertura de 50% o más del territorio nacional en términos de los Lineamientos Generales en relación con lo dispuesto por la fracción I del artículo Octavo Transitorio del Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de los artículos 6o., 7o., 27, 28, 73, 78, 94 y 105 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de telecomunicaciones". Diario Oficial de la Federación . 20 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Canal 7.2 de TV Azteca estrena imagen y cambia su nombre". PRODU (in Spanish). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ↑ IFT: Multiprogramming Authorization – XHIMT-TDT (change from Azteca Noticias)
  10. ↑ IFT: Multiprogramming Authorization (other launch a+ stations)
  11. ↑ IFT: Multiprogramming Authorization (35 additional stations)
  12. ↑ IFT: Multiprogramming Authorization August 2017 (11 additional stations)
  13. ↑ IFT: Conversion of XHRAM, XHBUR and XHPHG 7.2 to A+ from ADN40
  14. ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2017-03-26. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
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