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| Formerly | MVS DTH Holdings S. de R.L. de C.V. |
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| Company type | PrivateS. de R. L. de C.V. |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | 2008; 17 years ago (2008) |
| Headquarters | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Products | Direct broadcast satellite |
| Parent | MVS Comunicaciones (100%) |
| Website | www |
Dish México is a subscriptionsatellite television service inMexico.[1] Since 2022, it has been wholly owned byMVS Comunicaciones;[2] prior to then, it was owned jointly byMVS Comunicaciones andEchoStar.
On 1 December 2008, Dish México began to operate in Mexico, after an agreement betweenDish Network Corporation, a spinoff of EchoStar, and the Mexican media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones.[3]
In 2011, Dish México had 2.3 million subscribers.[4] Dish México also added six HD channels (TNT;Space;Fox Sports en Español;History Channel;Universal Channel andSony Entertainment Television) as well as three new channels (Fox;Nat Geo andNat Geo Wild).[citation needed] All of Dish México's channels programming are dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or originally Spanish language.[citation needed]
Satellite TV service provider Dish announced the integration of Televisa’s channels 2, 5 and 9, as well as TV Azteca’s 7 and 13, in compliance with the telecommunications reform.
In 2013, Dish México announced that it would add nationalfree-to-air television channels, includingTelevisa andTV Azteca, due to the telecommunications reform enacted in June 2013, in which all satellite TV companies are forced to transmit television signals that have 50% coverage national territory or more.[5][6] The broadcast of these channels was made official in 2016.[7]
In 2015, Dish Mexico was fined 43 million pesos ($USD 2.9 million) after its partnership withAmérica Móvil was found to be unauthorized by Mexico's telecommunications regulator;Federal Telecommunications Institute determined that the two companies failed to notify regulators of contracts in advance time.[8]
