Type | Cable/broadcast network |
---|---|
Country | Mexico |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | TelevisaUnivision |
History | |
Launched | 15 February 2010 |
Replaced | 4-TV (Free-to-air frequencies) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television (Mexico City) | Channel 4.1 |
Digital terrestrial television (Rest of the country) | Listings may vary |
N+ Foro is a broadcast news television channel owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is seen on most Mexican cable systems and full-time on two stations in Mexico, including XHTV-TDT in Mexico City, with selected programs airing on Televisa Regional and Televisa local stations. Foro is available on most Mexican cable and fiber-optic systems and the SKY Mexico satellite service, as well as on several national cable systems in the United States.
FOROtv launched on cable and satellite on February 15, 2010, and marked Televisa's return to the cable news business after operating the Noticias ECO service between 1988 and 2001. On August 30 of that year, it made its broadcast television debut when XHTV ditched its programming lineup aimed at Mexico City to carry FOROtv's programs.
On March 28, 2022, the channel was rebranded to simply Foro, and is now classed as an extension of TelevisaUnivision's "N+" banner of news programming. [1]
On September 13, 2024, Foro changes its name again, adding the logo of its production company N+, and from that day on it will be called N+ Foro.
Some of the programs on Foro currently include the following:
Foro carries some sports coverage which is overlaid with documentary and news review programming outside Mexico. This includes coverage of Formula 1, MLB, NHL, NBA, Sunday afternoon NFL games, and NASCAR.
Foro programming is carried full-time on Mexico City's XHTV-TDT.
In January 2018, Televisa was approved to put FOROtv as a digital subchannel of six of its regional stations, primarily in northern Mexico. [2] Another 18 stations (Guadalajara, Monterrey, San Luis Potosí, Morelia and Puebla, followed by Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Cuernavaca, León, Torreón, Toluca and Durango, then Acapulco, Coatzacoalcos, Culiacán, Mérida, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Saltillo and Xalapa) were added in early 2018. [3]
Foro's lack of full-time stations, however, was traditionally supplemented by its use by Televisa's local partners and most Televisa Regional stations. Most of these stations only took selected newscasts in key dayparts. With Televisa shedding many of its local affiliate partners, these relationships have come to an end.
The American version of the network departs from the main Foro schedule in late night to air domestically originated paid programming. This received voluminous criticism from American viewers, especially during breaking news situations when it overlays overnight breaking news coverage (in the past, paid programming also aired during the daytime, but this has since been discontinued). There are occasionally some technical issues during network programming, as TelevisaUnivision must air other content over the Mexican ad breaks, usually with looping promotional advertisements for Foro itself and other TelevisaUnivision American networks, along with domestic advertising.
The following stations, all but two Las Estrellas repeaters, carry Foro. As mentioned above, the network's flagship is XHTV-TDT in Mexico City, and in Ciudad Juárez, it is carried on the second subchannel of the Televisa local station, as that city's Las Estrellas repeater carries a secondary feed for viewers and pay-TV providers in El Paso, Texas with American-centric advertising and blackouts of programming claimed by American-side stations.
RF | VC | Call sign | Location | ERP | Concessionaire |
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34 | 2.2 | XHBM-TDT | Mexicali | 180 kW | Televimex |
22 | 19.2 | XHUAA-TDT | Tijuana | 200 kW | Televimex |
28 | 2.2 | XHLPT-TDT | La Paz | 26 kW | Televimex |
34 | 2.2 | XHCPA-TDT | Campeche | 28 kW | Televimex |
16 | 2.2 | XHSCC-TDT | San Cristobal de las Casas | 30 kW | Televimex |
21 | 8.2 | XHJCI-TDT | Cd. Juárez | 50 kW | Televisora de Occidente |
26 | 2.2 | XHFI-TDT | Chihuahua | 47 kW | Televimex |
15 | 4.1 | XHTV-TDT | Mexico City | 270 kW | Televimex |
20 | 2.2 | XHO-TDT | Torreón | 150 kW | Televimex |
16 | 2.2 | XHBZ-TDT | Colima Manzanillo Cd. Guzmán, Jal | 54 kW 30 kW 15 kW | Televimex |
21 | 2.2 | XHDI-TDT | Durango Santiago Papasquiaro, Dgo. (RF 17) | 94 kW | Televimex |
27 | 2.2 | XHLGT-TDT | León Guanajuato | 180 kW 20 kW [4] | Televimex |
22 | 2.2 | XHAP-TDT | Acapulco | 55 kW | Televimex |
20 | 2.2 | XHCK-TDT | Chilpancingo | 50 kW | Televimex |
32 | 2.2 | XHANT-TDT | Autlán de Navarro | 43 kW | Televimex |
24 | 2.2 | XHGA-TDT | Guadalajara | 150 kW | Televimex |
36 | 2.2 | XHTM-TDT | Altzomoni Tejupilco de Hidalgo Taxco, Gro. Pachuca, Hgo. (RF 39) Cuernavaca, Mor. San Martín Texmelucan, Pue. Tlaxcala, Tlax. | 236 kW 20 kW [5] 21 kW [6] 8 kW [7] 45 kW [8] 20 kW [9] 30 kW [10] | Televimex |
19 | 2.2 | XHTOL-TDT | Toluca/Jocotitlán | 45 kW | Televimex |
30 | 2.2 | XHURT-TDT | Cerro Burro, Mich. | 338 kW | Televimex |
29 | 2.2 | XHZMT-TDT | Zamora | 32 kW | Televimex |
28 | 2.2 | XHTEN-TDT | Tepic | 55 kW | Televimex |
23 | 2.2 | XHX-TDT | Monterrey Saltillo, Coah. Sabinas Hidalgo | 200 kW 45 kW [11] 4.8 kW | Televimex |
31 | 2.2 | XHHLO-TDT | Huajuapan de León Tehuacán, Pue | 76 kW 36 kW | Televimex |
29 | 2.2 | XHBN-TDT | Oaxaca | 97 kW | Televimex |
32 | 2.2 | XHZ-TDT | Querétaro (Cerro El Zamorano) Cerro El Cimatario Guanajuato, Gto. Irapuato-Celaya, Gto. San Miguel de Allende, Gto. | 180 kW 10 kW 20 kW 50 kW 65 kW | Televimex |
30 | 2.2 | XHCDV-TDT | Ciudad Valles | 18 kW | Televimex |
31 | 2.2 | XHSLA-TDT | San Luis Potosí | 210 kW | Televimex |
23 | 2.2 | XHBT-TDT | Culiacán | 155 kW | Televimex |
25 | 2.2 | XHBS-TDT | Los Mochis Cd. Obregón, Son (RF 30) | 110 kW 200 kW | Televimex |
25 | 2.2 | XHOW-TDT | Mazatlán | 118 kW | Televimex |
23 | 2.2 | XHHES-TDT | Hermosillo | 100 kW | Televimex |
17 | 2.2 | XHGO-TDT | Tampico | 180 kW | Televimex |
24 | 2.2 | XHCV-TDT | Coatzacoalcos | 60 kW | Televimex |
17 | 2.2 | XHAH-TDT | Las Lajas Nogales Orizaba | 430 kW 25 kW [12] 60 kW [13] | Televimex |
30 | 2.2 | XHTP-TDT | Mérida | 125 kW | Televisora Peninsular |
16 | 2.2 | XHBD-TDT | Zacatecas Aguascalientes, Ags. | 130 kW 10 kW [14] | Televimex |
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