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| Type | Terrestrial televisionnetwork |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TV Azteca |
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| History | |
| Launched | 1 September 1968; 56 years ago (1968-09-01) |
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| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 1.1 |
Azteca Uno (previouslyAzteca Trece),[1] is a Mexican national broadcast television network owned byTV Azteca, with more than 100 transmitters across the country. Azteca Uno broadcasts on virtual channel 1. Azteca Uno programming is available in Mexico on satellite viaSky andDish Network, as well as all Mexican cable systems, and some Azteca Uno programming were seen in the United States onAzteca América.
Azteca Trece took its historic channel number (13) from XHDF-TV, which signed on in 1968 on channel 13. It was owned by Francisco Aguirre'sOrganización Radio Centro through concessionaire Corporación Mexicana de Radio y Televisión, S.A. de C.V. The station had fewer resources compared to its Mexico City competitors,Telesistema Mexicano andTelevisión Independiente de México, and relied on foreign films and series, supplied primarily byEurovision, to fill out its broadcast day.[2]
In 1972, due to debts owed to the state-ownedSociedad Mexicana de Crédito Industrial (Mexican Industrial Credit Society or SOMEX), XHDF and concessionaire Corporación Mexicana de Radio y Televisión were nationalized.
The first director of the government-owned Canal 13 was Antonio Menéndez González, and after his death, he was succeeded byEnrique González Pedrero, senator of the state of Tabasco from thePRI. Corporación Mexicana de Radio y Televisión, along with another state-owned enterprise, Tele-Radio Nacional, began receiving new television concessions as part of a national expansion of the Mexico City station into a national television network.
One of the first orders of business for Canal 13 was a relocation. On July 14, 1976, Canal 13's new facilities in theAjusco area of Mexico City were formally inaugurated by PresidentLuis Echeverría. The event was attended by various figures from the political and business sectors of the country, including Secretary of the InteriorMario Moya Palencia and Secretary of Communications and TransportationEugenio Méndez Docurro, as well asEmilio Azcárraga Milmo, Romulo O'Farrill andMiguel Aleman Velasco, who served as directors ofTelevisa.
In 1983, the Mexican government reorganized its broadcast holdings. The result was the creation of the Mexican Television Institute, which changed its name toImevisión in 1985. Imevisión comprised not only Canal 13, now known asRed Nacional 13, but the former Televisión de la República Mexicana, with itschannel 22 station, and a new network known asRed Nacional 7 and broadcast in Mexico City by the brand-newXHIMT-TV channel 7.
During the Imevisión years, Red Nacional 13 continued to broadcast commercial programming, although it featured some programs with a cultural focus, such asTemas de Garibay,Entre Amigos with Alejandro Aura, and several programs with journalist Jorge Saldaña.
In 1990, Imevisión collapsed the 7 and 13 national networks into one, retaining the stronger channel 13 branding. At this time, the first of two attempts to privatize Imevisión was made, meeting with no bidders.
In 1993, the administration ofCarlos Salinas de Gortari auctioned off Imevisión and some other government-owned media ventures in various packages. Radio Televisión del Centro, headed by electronics store ownerRicardo Salinas Pliego, bought all of the TV stations. The result was the creation of Televisión Azteca, which took its name from the holding company created for the largest of the packages: the Red Nacional 13, including XHDF.
Azteca Uno is the home of most of TV Azteca's domestic output, especiallytelenovelas, entertainment programs, and news.
Azteca Uno features two entertainment programs on its weekday schedule. Its morning show,Venga la Alegría, airs from 8:55 to noon and competes against similar offerings fromLas Estrellas andImagen Televisión. An afternoon show,Ventaneando, is more focused on entertainment news, and airs at 1pm.
Azteca Uno airs three editions ofHechos, Azteca's primary newscast, in the morning, at lunchtime and at 10pm. All three beat Televisa's competing newscasts in the ratings in September 2016.[3]
The network also operates an international version of Azteca Trece asAZ Mundo (formerly Azteca 13 Internacional), reaching 13 countries in North, Central and South America. On July 15, 2004, theCRTC in Canada denied a request for Azteca 13 Internacional to be broadcast via digital cable and satellite.[4] However, a second subsequent request was approved on January 20, 2006.[5] On September 15, 2015, Azteca 13 International was renamed AZ Mundo.[6] The channel is available in Canada onRogers Digital Cable,Vidéotron &Bell Fibe TV. On June 5, 2023, the channel would be relaunched again asAzteca Internacional.[7]
Azteca Uno is available on 91 of its own transmitters as well as on a subchannel of 13Azteca 7 transmitters.[8][9] The latter only carry Azteca Uno in standard definition.
As part of the national virtual channel realignment of October 2016, Azteca Trece, including in Mexico City, moved from channel 13 to channel 1. The move allowed it to leapfrogLas Estrellas, its primary competitor, which remained on channel 2; it also ultimately led to the rename of the network as Azteca Uno effective January 1, 2018.
