Azteca América
Former American Spanish-language free-to-air television network / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Azteca América (Spanish pronunciation: [asˈteka], sometimes shortened to Azteca) was an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by INNOVATE Corp., which acquired the network from the Azteca International Corporation subsidiary of TV Azteca.[3]
Type | Former Spanish language free-to-air television network |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | |
Affiliates | List of affiliates |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish-language |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) (formatted to downconverted widescreen in many markets) |
Ownership | |
Owner | TV Azteca (2000-2014) INNOVATE Corp. (2014-2023; Azteca name & branding licensed from TV Azteca) |
History | |
Founded | February 8, 2000 (2000-02-08) |
Launched | July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28) |
Founder | Ricardo Salinas Pliego |
Closed | December 31, 2022 (2022-12-31) (1 year, 7 months and 6 days) |
Former names | Azteca (2014–2015) |
Headquartered in New York City,[4] the network's programming was aimed at the Hispanic and Latin American communities in the United States[3] and had access to programming from TV Azteca's three television national networks in Mexico, including a library with over 200,000 hours of original programming and news content from local bureaus in 32 Mexican states.[5][6] Its programming consisted of a mix of telenovelas, drama series, news programming, and reality and variety series.[7]
Azteca was available on pay television (primarily carried on dedicated Spanish language programming tiers, except in some markets with a free-the-air affiliate),[8] with local stations in over 60 markets[9] with large Hispanic and Latin American populations (reaching 89% of the Hispanic population in the U.S.[10] The network's former flagship station KAZA-TV in Los Angeles (until January 2018) was the highest-rated station in Azteca's portfolio.[11]
Azteca América ceased all operations on December 31, 2022.