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| Country | Honduras |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Honduras |
| Headquarters | Tegucigalpa |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9 480i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TV Azteca Honduras, S.A. (TV Azteca) |
| Key people | Benjamín Salinas Sada (vice-president of Televisión Azteca) |
| History | |
| Launched | September 1, 2013 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog UHF | Channel 60 |
TV Azteca Honduras is a Mexican-owned Honduran broadcast television channel owned by TV Azteca.
On September 5, 2013, CONATEL (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones: i.e.: National Telecommunications Commission) put television channel 60 and other channels up for sale, several of them with local coverage and one with full coverage. [1] TV Azteca offered 61 million lempiras for the acquisition of the 60 UHF signal and would be awarded a 15-year concession. [2]
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| Albavision Honduras | |
| R-Media (Grupo Continental) | |
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