TV Azteca

TV Azteca, is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa.^[1][2] As of 2017, it competes in Mexico with Televisa.

TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V.

Company type	Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable
Traded as	BMV: AZTECACPO BMAD: XTZA
Industry	Mass media
Predecessor	Imevisión (1983-1993)
Founded	August 2, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-08-02)
Founder	Ricardo Salinas Pliego
Headquarters	Mexico City , Mexico
Key people	Benjamín Salinas Sada (CEO) Ricardo Salinas Pliego (President)
Products	Television broadcasting, radio and multimedia
Revenue	US$ 3900million (2012)
Net income	US$ 1850 million (2012)
Number of employees	6,000
Parent	Grupo Salinas
Website	www.tvazteca.com

It operates two television networks in Mexico: Azteca 7 and Azteca Uno. It also operates repeaters and affiliate stations in most major and minor cities.

History

Imevisión's Logo

In the 1990s, during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, several companies were privatized, including Imevisión (Spanish: Instituto Mexicano de Televisión; English Mexican Television Institute), which owned two channels (Red Nacional 7 and Red Nacional 13), which after its privatization, it would be renamed Televisión Azteca, S.A de C.V (except Canal 22 would pass under the power of Conaculta).^[3]