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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, Austin, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley), 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). [1]
TV network | Founded | Owner | % of U.S. households reached | # of households viewable | # of Full-power affiliates | # of Low-power/Class-A affiliates and transmitters |
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Univision | 1987 [2] | TelevisaUnivision | 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] | TelevisaUnivision | 43% | 59,600,000 [6] | 35 | 24 |
Title | Year est. | Owner | Notes |
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3ABN Latino | 2003 | Three Angels Broadcasting Network | |
América Tevé | 1995 | America CV Network | |
CNN en Español | 1997 | Warner Bros. Discovery | |
Cine Mexicano | 2005 | Olympusat Inc. | |
Discovery en Español | 1998 | Warner Bros. Discovery | |
Discovery Familia | 2007 | Warner Bros. Discovery | |
Esperanza TV | 2003 | Hope Channel | |
Galavisión | 1979 | TelevisaUnivision | |
Gran Cine | 2008 | Olympusat Inc. | |
HITN | 1983 | ||
HTV | 1995 | Warner Bros. Discovery | |
Inmigrante TV | 2010 | ||
LATV | 2007 [7] | Bilingual English/Spanish | |
Mega TV | 2006 | Spanish Broadcasting System | |
MTV Tres | 1998 | Paramount Global | |
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 | Paramount Global [9] | |
TeleXitos | 2012 | NBCUniversal [10] | |
TeLe-Romántica | 2012 | ||
Teveo | 2013 | America CV Network | |
Ultra HD Plex | 2012 [11] | Olympusat Inc. | 12 Spanish-language premium channels |
Universo | 2015 | NBCUniversal [10] | Began as GEMS Television in 1993 and Mun2 in 2005 |
Vision Latina | 2022 | Iglesia Universal | |
V-me | 2007 | V-Me Media | |
WAPA America | 2004 [7] | Hemisphere Media Group |
Title | Year est. | Year ceased | Notes |
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América CV | 2007 | 2015 | Began as CaribeVisiòn in 2007; rebranded CV Network in 2009 |
Azteca América | 2001 | 2022 | Azteca name and branding was licensed from TV Azteca and Grupo Salinas. |
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 | 2011 | 2013 | |
TeleFutura | 2002 | 2013 | became UniMás on January 7, 2013 |
TuVisión | 2007 | 2009 | |
VasalloVision | 2009 | 2012 |
María Elena Salinas, is an American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. Called the "Voice of Hispanic America" by The New York Times, Salinas is one of the most recognized Hispanic female journalists in the United States. She was the co-anchor of Noticiero Univision, the primary evening news broadcast on Univision, and the co-host of the news magazine program Aquí y Ahora.
UniMás is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The network's programming, which is aimed at Hispanic Americans in the 18–34 age range, includes telenovelas and other serialized drama series, sports, sitcoms, reruns of imported series previously aired on parent network Univision, reality and variety series, and theatrically released feature films.
KXLN-DT is a television station licensed to Rosenberg, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston-area outlet for the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Alvin-licensed UniMás station KFTH-DT. The two stations share studios near the Southwest Freeway on Houston's southwest side; KXLN-DT's transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.
WXFT-DT is a television station licensed to Aurora, Illinois, United States, serving as the Chicago-area outlet for the Spanish-language network UniMás. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Joliet-licensed Univision station WGBO-DT. The two stations share studios on Fairbanks Court in the Streeterville neighborhood. Through a channel sharing agreement with ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV, WXFT-DT transmits using WLS-TV's spectrum from an antenna atop the Willis Tower.
KSTR-DT is a television station licensed to Irving, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language UniMás network to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Garland-licensed Univision owned-and-operated station KUVN-DT. The two stations share studios on Bryan Street in downtown Dallas; KSTR-DT's transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas.
KFSF-DT is a television station licensed to Vallejo, California, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language UniMás network to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside San Francisco–licensed Univision outlet KDTV-DT. The two stations share studios on Zanker Road near the North San Jose Innovation District in San Jose; KFSF-DT's transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower in San Francisco.
WUTF-TV is a television station licensed to Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language UniMás network to the Boston area. It is owned by Entravision Communications, which provides certain services to Marlborough-licensed Univision-owned station WUNI under a joint sales agreement (JSA) with TelevisaUnivision. WUTF-TV's studios are located on 4th Avenue, and its transmitter is located on Cedar Street, both in Needham.
WVEA-TV is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision and UniMás networks to the Tampa Bay area. Owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision, WVEA-TV maintains studios in the Westlake Corporate Center office park in Tampa, and its transmitter is located on an antenna farm in Riverview, Florida.
KRNS-CD is a low-power, Class A television station in Reno, Nevada, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network UniMás. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Univision affiliate KREN-TV. The two stations share studios on Wells Avenue in Reno; KRNS-CD's transmitter is located on Slide Mountain between SR 431 and I-580/US 395/US 395 ALT in unincorporated Washoe County.
KTFD-TV is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network UniMás. It is owned by Entravision Communications, which provides certain services to Boulder-licensed Univision-owned station KCEC under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with TelevisaUnivision. The two stations share studios on Mile High Stadium West Circle in Denver; KTFD-TV's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden.
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TelevisaUnivision is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico City that owns American Spanish language broadcast network Univision and free-to-air channels in Mexico such as Las Estrellas, Canal 5, Foro, and NU9VE alongside a collection of specialty television channels and production studios. 45% of the company is held by the Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company Grupo Televisa, which was a major programming partner for Univision until the company sold their content assets to Univision in 2022.
Telemundo is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It provides content nationally with programming syndicated worldwide to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.
Univision is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes telenovelas and other drama series, sports, sitcoms, reality and variety series, news programming, and imported Spanish-language feature films. Univision is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and has its major studios, production facilities, and business operations based in Doral, Florida.
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Estrella TV is an American Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by the Estrella Media subsidiary of HPS Investment Partners, LLC. The network primarily features programs, the vast majority of which are produced by the network itself, aimed at Hispanic and Latino American audiences – featuring a mix of entertainment series, reality television series, drama series, news, sports, and imported Mexican-produced feature films.
MundoMax was an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network that was owned by RCN Televisión. The network broadcast programs aimed at Hispanic and Latino American audiences throughout the United States – featuring a mix of telenovelas and other serialized dramas, reality television series, game shows, and feature films.
TUDN is an American Spanish language sports channel. Owned by TelevisaUnivision, it is an extension of the company's sports division of the same name, with TUDN the acronym of TelevisaUnivision Deportes Network. It launched on April 7, 2012, along with Univision Tlnovelas and FOROtv.
TUDN is a sports programming division of Univision, a Spanish language broadcast television network owned by TelevisaUnivision, that is responsible for the production of televised coverage of sports events and magazine programs that air on the parent Univision network and sister network UniMás, and cable channels Galavisión and TUDN TV channel. The division's premier sports properties are its broadcast rights to Liga MX, select matches involving the Mexico and United States men's national soccer teams, tournament matches from the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa América. The division's headquarters are at TelevisaUnivision's South Florida headquarters in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida.
The Hispanic Television Summit is an annual conference for those in the business of television and video for Hispanic viewers in the United States, and worldwide. The Hispanic Television Summit is presented by two business publications for the television industry, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News, and is produced by Joe Schramm and Rafael Eli of Schramm Marketing Group. It is held each Autumn in New York City. Topics focus on trends in the US Hispanic market related to brand advertising, consumer marketing, Media buying, video content creation, content acquisition and distribution, and the effects of those trends on the Hispanic television and video industry. The full-day event features multiple keynote and panel discussions, networking breaks, and the awards luncheon. The awards luncheon is the highlight of the event, where three or four executives, businesses or organizations are recognized for their achievements and leadership within the Hispanic television and video industry.
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