Las Estrellas

This article is about the Mexican television network. For the American Spanish-language network, see Estrella TV. For the Argentine telenovela, see Las Estrellas (TV series).

Las Estrellas (lit. 'The Stars') is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City.

Las Estrellas

Type	Terrestrial television network
Country	Mexico
Transmitters	see below
Headquarters	Avenida Chapultepec 28, Colonia Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 06720 Mexico City, Mexico
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	TelevisaUnivision
History
Launched	11 March 1951; 73 years ago (1951-03-11)
Founder	Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
Former names	Canal 2 (1951–1984) El Canal de las Estrellas (1985-2016)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television (Except Tijuana)	Channel 2.1
Digital terrestrial television (Tijuana)	Channel 19.1
Digital terrestrial television (Reynosa)	Channel 9.1

It is considered the most-watched television channel in Mexico and serves as Televisa's flagship channel. It is also the oldest national television network in Mexico, originating from station XEW-TV, the second-oldest station in the country, following XHTV-TDT (channel 4). Much of Las Estrellas' programming is broadcast in the U.S. on Univision, UniMás and Galavisión.^[1]

Its programming primarily consists of telenovelas, game shows, comedy shows, sports shows, and news broadcasts. On weekends, it features movies, reality shows, children's programming, special events (concerts, award shows), and occasionally, the final episodes of major telenovelas (simulcast on the main stations of the Televisa Regional network). Additionally, weekends include broadcasts of major Mexican soccer matches and, at times, boxing events.

History

Las Estrellas originated from XEW-TV, which began broadcasting on 11 March 1951. The channel was a sister station to the legendary XEW-AM radio station, owned by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, which was also the owner of the newly launched channel. It was the second commercial TV channel to be established in Mexico City, after XHTV channel 4, owned by the Novedades newspaper. XEW-TV's first transmission was a live, play-by-play, outside broadcast of a Mexican League match, with XEW radio veteran Pedro Septién on commentary duties. Other than live sports broadcasts, XEW-TV initially broadcast films from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, as its studios in Chapultepec 18 were still under construction. The studio complex, known as Televicentro, would be inaugurated in January 1952. Soon thereafter, the programming scope would be expanded to include live variety shows and television theatre showcases, in a style similar to XEW radio's similarly formatted shows.

XEW-TV would be a pioneer in Mexican television, and would establish many industry firsts. In 1962, the channel would become the flagship network of the newly merged Telesistema Mexicano, which also brought XHTV and XHGC under Azcárraga's hands, and, after merging with XHTM-TV and Televisión Independiente de México, many of these station's programs would move to XEW-TV. As a result, XEW-TV rapidly grew and became the country's most watched TV network, a position which was undisputed for many years, as Televisa held a monopoly on commercial TV in Mexico, which even went into heavily influencing the political landscape in the country. As a result, by 1985, and in preparation for the 1986 FIFA World Cup (in which Televisa was the host broadcaster), XEW-TV was renamed El Canal de las Estrellas, in reference to the station's line-up of actors, comedians and presenters. This was further reinforced with the launch of an image campaign song, sung by Lucía Méndez, in 1988.

After the death of Emilio Azcárraga Milmo in 1997, El Canal de las Estrellas suffered a massive restructuring of its programming. The biggest moment of the restructuring came in 1998, when 24 Horas, the Jacobo Zabludovsky-anchored newscast, long a propaganda mouthpiece of the Mexican political regime, was canceled. The station's brand identity was also replaced with a new logo created by Pablo Rovalo. After a period of ratings turmoil, viewership stabilized, but the channel had to contend now with a surgent XHDF, freshly privatized and bought under the auspicies of TV Azteca.

After years of decline, particularly after 2012, as accusations of political bias in favor of then-President Enrique Peña Nieto began to hamper the broadcaster's credibility, in 2016, the decision was made to relaunch entirely the station's branding and programming. On 22 August 2016, XEW-TV was renamed as Las Estrellas, and introduced many changes to its programming schedule, including shorter and snappier telenovelas and news programming, as well as dropping many long-running programming in favour of programming oriented to a younger audience.^[2] The changes generated a big ratings decline;^[3][4] as a result, by 2017, much of the new programming was canceled and the prime time telenovelas and news programming were relocated to pre-relaunch timeslots^[5] and viewership stabilized, specially, during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

Las Estrellas Internacional

Las Estrellas is available as a pay television network in Europe and Australia as Las Estrellas Europa^[7] and Las Estrellas Latinoamérica in Central and South America through Televisa Networks.^[8] Both feeds differ from the Las Estrellas programming, usually broadcasting shows weeks behind their original broadcast.

The European feed was known as Galavisión until 2005 and started broadcasting in late 1988.^[9]

In Canada, XEW-TDT and the Las Estrellas schedule is available in full on Rogers Cable (limited to the Greater Toronto Area) and Bell Fibe TV as an eligible foreign service.

Network logos

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  1951 logo
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  1968 logo
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  1988 logo
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  2007 logo
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  2014 logo
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  2016 logo

Programming

Main articles: List of programs broadcast by TelevisaUnivision networks and List of TelevisaUnivision telenovelas

Weekday programming in the afternoon and prime time consists of telenovelas. Las Estrellas airs sports programming and sports specials like the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. Morning and afternoon programming consists of news, sports, talk shows, and variety shows. Night time programming is filled with a news program and Univision-produced shows. Examples of shows produced by Las Estrellas are Recuerda y Gana, Hoy, El Juego de las Estrellas, and Cuéntamelo ya. The network also produces and airs the Premios TVyNovelas, sponsored by the Televisa-owned magazine of the same name and considered the highest honor in the domestic Mexican television industry.

Repeaters

The following is a list of all full-time Las Estrellas repeaters:

RF	VC	Call sign	Location	ERP	Concessionaire
26	2	XHEBC-TDT	Ensenada	38 kW	Televimex
34	2	XHBM-TDT	Mexicali	180 kW	Televimex
22	19	XHUAA-TDT	Tijuana	200 kW	Televimex
27	2	XHSJT-TDT	San José del Cabo Cabo San Lucas	30 kW 27 kW[10]	Televimex
30	2	XHCBC-TDT	Cd. Constitución	10 kW	Televimex
26	2	XHGWT-TDT	Guerrero Negro	30 kW	Televimex
28	2	XHLPT-TDT	La Paz	26 kW	Televimex
34	2	XHCPA-TDT	Campeche	28 kW	Televimex
22	2	XHCDC-TDT	Ciudad del Carmen	31 kW[11]	Televimex
21	2	XHEFT-TDT	Escárcega	18 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHWVT-TDT	Tonalá Arriaga	20 kW 18 kW[12]	Televimex
34	2	XHCIC-TDT	Cintalapa de Figueroa		Televimex
23	2	XHCMZ-TDT	Comitán de Dominguez	32 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHHUC-TDT	Huixtla	40 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHOCC-TDT	Ocosingo	39 kW	Televimex
16	2	XHSCC-TDT	San Cristobal de las Casas	30 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHAA-TDT	Tapachula	62 kW	Televimex
29	2	XHTUA-TDT	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	45 kW	Televimex
28	2	XHVAC-TDT	Venustiano Carranza	22 kW	Televimex
26	2	XHVFC-TDT	Villaflores	20 kW	Televimex
36	2	XHCHC-TDT	Cd. Camargo	24 kW	Televimex
46	2	XHCCH-TDT	Cd. Cuauhtémoc	26 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHDEH-TDT	Cd. Delicias	20 kW	Televimex
33	2	XHBU-TDT	Cd. Jiménez	11 kW	Televimex
29	2	XEPM-TDT	Cd. Juárez	50 kW	Televimex
29	2	XHMAC-TDT	Cd. Madera	14 kW	Televimex
24	2	XHFI-TDT	Chihuahua Cd. Cuauhtémoc	47 kW 26 kW[13]	Televimex
26	2	XHHPT-TDT	Hidalgo del Parral	24 kW	Televimex
27	2	XHNCG-TDT	Nuevo Casas Grandes	34 kW	Televimex
15	2	XHOCH-TDT	Ojinaga	23 kW	Televimex
35	2	XHBVT-TDT	San Buenaventura	25 kW	Televimex
34	2	XHSAC-TDT	Santa Barbara	23 kW	Televimex
32	2	XEW-TDT	Mexico City (Pico Tres Padres, Mexico)	270 kW	Televimex
35	2	XHWDT-TDT	Allende	40 kW	Televimex
34	2	XHAMC-TDT	Ciudad Acuña	50 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHRDC-TDT	Nueva Rosita	42 kW	Televimex
35	2	XHMOT-TDT	Monclova	50 kW	Televimex
22	2	XHPAC-TDT	Parras de la Fuente	62 kW	Televimex
30	2	XHPNT-TDT	Piedras Negras	43 kW	Televimex
20[14]	2	XHO-TDT	Torreón	150 kW	Televimex
16	2	XHBZ-TDT	Colima Manzanillo Cd. Guzmán, Jal.	54 kW 30 kW[15] 15 kW[16]	Televimex
23	2	XHTEC-TDT	Tecomán/Armería	33 kW	Televimex
21	2	XHDI-TDT	Durango Santiago Papasquiaro, Dgo.	94 kW	Televimex
27	2	XHLGT-TDT	León Guanajuato	180 kW 20 kW[17]	Televimex
22	2	XHACZ-TDT	Acapulco	15 kW	Televimex
20	2	XHCK-TDT	Chilpancingo	50 kW	Televimex
26	2	XHIGG-TDT	Iguala	43 kW	Televimex
34	2	XHTGG-TDT	Tecpan de Galeana	24 kW	Televimex
27	2	XHIZG-TDT	Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo	40 kW	Televimex
34	2	XHTWH-TDT	Tulancingo	45 kW	Televimex
36	2	XHATJ-TDT	Atotonilco El Alto	24 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHANT-TDT	Autlán de Navarro	43 kW	Televimex
24	2	XHGA-TDT	Guadalajara Metropolitan Area	150 kW	Televimex
25	2	XHLBU-TDT	La Barca	22 kW	Televimex
36	2	XHPVT-TDT	Puerto Vallarta	33 kW	Televimex
36	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[18] 21 kW[19] 8 kW[20] 45 kW[21] 20 kW[22] 30 kW[23]	Televimex
19	2	XHTOL-TDT	Toluca/Jocotitlán	45 kW	Televimex
25	2	XHAPN-TDT	Apatzingán	47 kW	Televimex
21	2	XHCHM-TDT	Ciudad Hidalgo	14 kW	Televimex
30	2	XHLBT-TDT	Lazaro Cárdenas	25 kW	Televimex
31	2	XHLRM-TDT	Los Reyes	22 kW	Televimex
16	2	XHKW-TDT	Morelia	47.2 kW	Jose Humberto y Loucille Martínez Morales
30	2	XHURT-TDT	Cerro Burro, Mich.	338 kW	Televimex
14	2	XHSAM-TDT	Sahuayo de Morelos-Jiquilpan	20 kW	Televimex
29	2	XHZMT-TDT	Zamora	32 kW	Televimex
36	2	XHZIM-TDT	Zinapécuaro	30 kW	Televimex
25	2	XHZMM-TDT	Zitácuaro	10 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHACN-TDT	Acaponeta and Tecuala	15 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHIMN-TDT	Islas Marias	1.3 kW	Televimex
18	2	XHSEN-TDT	Santiago Ixcuintla	17 kW	Televimex
28	2	XHTEN-TDT	Tepic	55 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHX-TDT	Monterrey Saltillo, Coah. Sabinas Hidalgo	200 kW 45 kW[24] 4.8 kW	Televimex
31	2	XHHLO-TDT	Huajuapan de León Tehuacán, Pue.	76 kW 36 kW[25]	Televimex
21	2	XHPAO-TDT	Cerro Palma Sola, Oax.	76 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHMIO-TDT	Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz	18 kW	Televimex
29	2	XHBN-TDT	Oaxaca	97 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHPNO-TDT	Pinotepa Nacional	46 kW	Televimex
36	2	XHPAT-TDT	Puerto Ángel	24 kW	Televimex
31	2	XHPET-TDT	Puerto Escondido	21 kW	Televimex
20	2	XHZAP-TDT	Zacatlán	20 kW	Televimex
32	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
21	2	XHCCN-TDT	Cancún Playa del Carmen	60 kW 20 kW[26]	Televimex
27	2	XHCHF-TDT	Chetumal	28 kW	Televimex
30	2	XHCOQ-TDT	Cozumel	60 kW	Televimex
30	2	XHCDV-TDT	Ciudad Valles	18 kW	Televimex
29	2	XHMTS-TDT	Matehuala	27 kW	Televimex
31	2	XHSLA-TDT	San Luis Potosí	210 kW	Televimex
29	2	XHTAT-TDT	Tamazunchale	40 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHBT-TDT	Culiacán	155 kW	Televimex
25/30	2	XHBS-TDT	Los Mochis Cd. Obregón, Son.(RF 30)[27]	110 kW 200 kW	Televimex
25	2	XHOW-TDT	Mazatlán	118 kW	Televimex
17	2	XHAPT-TDT	Agua Prieta	25 kW	Televimex
35	2	XHSVT-TDT	Caborca	37 kW	Televimex
34	2	XHCNS-TDT	Cananea	32 kW	Televimex
20	2	XHGST-TDT	Guaymas	46 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHHES-TDT	Hermosillo	100 kW	Televimex
21	2	XHMST-TDT	Magdalena de Kino	24 kW	Televimex
27	2	XHBF-TDT	Navojoa	65 kW	Televisora de Navojoa
17	2	XHNOS-TDT	Nogales	35 kW	Televimex
22	2	XHPDT-TDT	Puerto Peñasco	32 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHLRT-TDT	San Luis Río Colorado	55 kW	Televimex
27	2	XHFRT-TDT	Frontera	18 kW	Televimex
31	2	XHUBT-TDT	La Venta	3 kW	Televimex
30	2	XHTET-TDT	Tenosique Palenque, Chis.	28 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHVIZ-TDT	Villahermosa	125 kW	Televimex
34	2	XHMBT-TDT	Ciudad Mante	27 kW	Televimex
31	2	XHTK-TDT	Ciudad Victoria	80 kW	Televimex
30	2	XHLUT-TDT	La Rosita-Villagrán	35 kW	Televimex
29	2	XHLAR-TDT	Nuevo Laredo	200 kW	Televimex
19	9	XERV-TDT	Reynosa	300 kW	Televisora de Occidente
28	2	XHTAM-TDT	Reynosa	265 kW	Televimex
25	2	XHSFT-TDT	San Fernando	15 kW	Televimex
32	2	XHSZT-TDT	Soto la Marina	20 kW	Televimex
17	2	XHGO-TDT	Tampico	180 kW	Televimex
18	2	XHCRT-TDT	Cerro Azul	28 kW	Televimex
24	2	XHCV-TDT	Coatzacoalcos	60 kW	Televimex
24	2	XHFM-TDT	Veracruz		Televisora de Occidente
17	2	XHAH-TDT	Las Lajas Nogales Orizaba	430 kW 25 kW[28] 60 kW[29]	Televimex
35	2	XHATV-TDT	San Andrés Tuxtla, Ver.	22 kW	Televimex
30	2	XHTP-TDT	Mérida	125 kW	Televisora Peninsular
32	2	XHVTT-TDT	Valladolid Tizimín	60 kW 28 kW[30]	Televimex
22	2	XHJZT-TDT	Jalpa	25 kW	Televimex
23	2	XHNOZ-TDT	Nochistlan	32 kW	Televimex
18	2	XHSOZ-TDT	Sombrerete	32 kW	Televimex
25	2	XHTLZ-TDT	Tlaltenango Calvillo, Ags.	22 kW 17 kW[31]	Televimex
22	2	XHVAZ-TDT	Valparaiso	22 kW	Televimex
16	2	XHBD-TDT	Zacatecas Aguascalientes, Ags.	130 kW 10 kW[32]	Televimex

References

1. Hollywood Reporter: Univision books more Televisa Original Content. hollywoodreporter.com.
2. TIM, Televisa. "El Canal de las Estrellas es ahora... Las Estrellas". Televisa (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Crisis de rating en Televisa provoca salida de 'Esta Noche con Arath". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "Crisis de ratings en noticieros y telenovelas de Televisa acelera cambios en contenidos y programación". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
5. "López Dóriga, Brozo, Adela Micha… Recortes y cancelaciones, el "segundo gran cambio" de Televisa – Amedi". www.amedi.org.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
6. "Más audiencia: la pandemia reanima a las telenovelas mexicanas | Gente | Entretenimiento | El Universo". www.eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
7. Canal de las Estrellas Europa: Europe and Australia coverage Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
8. Canal de las Estrellas Latinoamerica: Latin America coverage Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
9. "La cadena mexicana Televisa emitirá próximamente, vía satélite, para España". El País. 5 October 1988. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
10. RPC: Shadow XHSJT Cabo San Lucas
11. RPC: Authorization for XHCDC-TDT
12. RPC: Shadow XHWVT Arriaga, Chis.
13. RPC: Shadow XHCHZ Cd. Cuauhtémoc
14. RPC: Change in Frequency XHO-TDT, from 46 to 20
15. RPC: Shadow XHBZ Manzanillo^{[permanent dead link‍]}
16. RPC: Shadow XHBZ Cd. Guzmán
17. RPC: Shadow XHLGT-TDT Guanajuato
18. RPC: Shadow XHTM Tejupilco
19. RPC: Shadow XHTM Taxco
20. RPC: Shadow XHTM Pachuca
21. RPC: Shadow XHTM Cuernavaca
22. RPC: Shadow XHTM San Martín Texmelucan
23. RPC: Shadow XHTM Tlaxcala
24. RPC: Shadow XHX
25. RPC: Shadow XHHLO Tehuacán, Pue.
26. RPC: Shadow XHCCN Playa del Carmen
27. RPC: XHBS-TDT, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
28. RPC: Shadow XHAH Nogales
29. RPC: Shadow XHAH Orizaba^{[permanent dead link‍]}
30. RPC: Shadow XHVTT Tizimín, Yuc.
31. RPC: Shadow XHTLZ Calvillo – RF 24
32. RPC: Shadow XHBD Aguascalientes

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)