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The following is a list of Spanish-language television networks in the United States. As of 2016 the largest Hispanic/Latino television audiences in the U.S. are in California (Los Angeles, Bakersfield, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco area), New York (New York City), Washington D.C., Florida (Miami area, Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg area), Texas (Houston, Dallas, Austin, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley), Illinois (Chicago), Georgia (Atlanta), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Colorado (Denver), Utah (Salt Lake City), Ohio (Cleveland, Columbus), Indiana (Indianapolis), Massachusetts (Boston), Connecticut (Hartford), Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul), Wisconsin (Milwaukee), Louisiana (New Orleans), Tennessee (Nashville), North Carolina (Raleigh/Durham), Virginia (Richmond), Nevada (Las Vegas), and Arizona (Phoenix).^[1]

Major networks

TV network	Founded	Owner	% of U.S. households reached	# of households viewable	# of Full-power affiliates	# of Low-power/Class-A affiliates and transmitters
Univision	1987^[2]	TelevisaUnivision	49%	94,100,000^[3]	62	26
Estrella TV	2009	Estrella Media (owned by HPS Investment Partners)	46%	64,232,000	38	29
Telemundo	1984^[4]	NBCUniversal	61.6%	192,476,422	54	46
UniMás	2002^[5]	TelevisaUnivision	43%	59,600,000^[6]	35	24

Specialty networks

Title	Year est.	Owner	Notes
3ABN Latino	2003	Three Angels Broadcasting Network
América Tevé	1995	America CV Network
CNN en Español	1997	Warner Bros. Discovery
Cine Mexicano	2005	Olympusat Inc.
Discovery en Español	1998	Warner Bros. Discovery
Discovery Familia	2007	Warner Bros. Discovery
Esperanza TV	2003	Hope Channel
Galavisión	1979	TelevisaUnivision
Gran Cine	2008	Olympusat Inc.
HITN	1983
HTV	1995	Warner Bros. Discovery
Inmigrante TV	2010
LATV	2007^[7]		Bilingual English/Spanish
Mega TV	2006	Spanish Broadcasting System
MTV Tres	1998	Paramount Global
MiCasa Network
Mira TV
Multimedios		Grupo Multimedios
Nuestra Visión	2017	América Móvil^[8]
Sorpresa	2003	Olympusat Inc.
TBN Enlace USA	2002	Trinity Broadcasting Network
Tele N	2014	Olympusat Inc.
Telefe	2000	Paramount Global^[9]
TeleXitos	2012	NBCUniversal^[10]
TeLe-Romántica	2012
Teveo	2013	America CV Network
Ultra HD Plex	2012^[11]	Olympusat Inc.	12 Spanish-language premium channels
Universo	2015	NBCUniversal^[10]	Began as GEMS Television in 1993 and Mun2 in 2005
Vision Latina	2022	Iglesia Universal
V-me	2007	V-Me Media
WAPA America	2004^[7]	Hemisphere Media Group

Defunct networks

Title	Year est.	Year ceased	Notes
América CV	2007	2015	Began as CaribeVisiòn in 2007; rebranded CV Network in 2009
Azteca América	2001	2022	Azteca name and branding was licensed from TV Azteca and Grupo Salinas.
GEMS Television	1993	2001	Currently Universo
Hispanic Television Network	2000	2003
LAT TV	2006	2008
La Familia	1994	2015
La Familia Cosmovision	1979	2014
MundoFox	2012	2015	Became MundoMax in 2015
MundoMax	2015	2016
NuvoTV	2004	2015
NetSpan	1984	1987	Became Telemundo circa 1987
Spanish International Network	1962	1987	Became Univision circa 1987
Soi TV	2011	2013
TeleFutura	2002	2013	became UniMás on January 7, 2013
TuVisión	2007	2009
VasalloVision	2009	2012

References

^ Nielsen Company (September 2016). "Local Television Market Universe Estimates: Hispanic or Latino TV Homes" – via Television Bureau of Advertising, Inc.
^ Date at which the Spanish International Network (founded in 1962) was reorganized and became Univision.
^ Univision. "Univision Network". Univision Corporate. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
^ NetSpan (founded in 1984) was reorganized and became Telemundo continental U.S. network.
^ UniMás was originally launched as Telefutura in January 2002, before rebranding under its current name in January 2013.
^ Univision. "UniMás Network". Univision Corporate. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Guide to Hispanic Networks", Broadcasting & Cable, vol. 144, pp. 14–20, October 2, 2014, ISSN 1068-6827, Special Report in Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
^ "WHO WE ARE". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
^ "News". New York: Viacom, Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Comcast Corporation". Philadelphia. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
^ "Los canales Ultra HD Plex de Olympusat celebran su quinto aniversario". Olympusat. Retrieved May 18, 2017.

Bibliography

"Spanish-Language TV Undergoing Growth Spurt", The New York Times, September 10, 1986
Steve Beale (December 1986), "New Ownership Transforms Spanish-language TV", Hispanic Business, ISSN 0199-0349
"Media Business: Spanish-Language TV Grows Up", The New York Times, July 7, 1988
Federico A. Subervi-Velez (1994). "Mass Communication and Hispanics: Television". Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Sociology. Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press. pp. 334+. ISBN 1558851011 – via Google Books.
America Rodriguez (1997). "Creating an Audience and Remapping a Nation: A Brief History of U.S. Spanish Language Broadcasting, 1930—1980". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 16: 357–374. doi:10.1080/10509209709361470.
Margaret A. Blanchard, ed. (2013) [1998]. "Hispanic Media". History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-91749-4.
America Rodriguez (1999). Making Latino News: Race, Language, Class. Sage. ISBN 978-0-7619-1552-2. (Includes discussion of Spanish language TV)
Alan Albarran, ed. (2009). Handbook of Spanish Language Media. Routledge.
Rocío Rivadeneyra (2011). "Gender and Race Portrayals on Spanish-Language Television". Sex Roles. 65.
"Guide to Hispanic Networks" (PDF), Broadcasting & Cable, October 1, 2012, ISSN 1068-6827, Special Report in Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
"Spate of Rebranding for Spanish-Language TV", The New York Times, December 2, 2012
Dale Kunkel; et al. (2013). "Food Marketing to Children on U.S. Spanish-Language Television". Journal of Health Communication. 18.
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha; Christine Balarezo (2014). "The President on Spanish-Language Television News". Social Science Quarterly. 95.
Charles M. Tatum, ed. (2014). "Spanish-Language Television". Encyclopedia of Latino Culture. ABC-CLIO. pp. 835–848. ISBN 978-1-4408-0099-3.
Dana Mastro; et al. (2015). "Latinos' Perceptions of Intergroup Relations in the United States: The Cultivation of Group-Based Attitudes and Beliefs from English- and Spanish-Language Television". Journal of Social Issues. 71.
Kenton T. Wilkinson (2016). Spanish-Language Television in the United States: Fifty Years of Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-68859-4.

External links

Hispanic Television Summit, annual industry conference in USA

[1] Nielsen Company (September 2016). "Local Television Market Universe Estimates: Hispanic or Latino TV Homes" – via Television Bureau of Advertising, Inc.

[2] Date at which the Spanish International Network (founded in 1962) was reorganized and became Univision.

[3] Univision. "Univision Network". Univision Corporate. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

[4] NetSpan (founded in 1984) was reorganized and became Telemundo continental U.S. network.

[5] UniMás was originally launched as Telefutura in January 2002, before rebranding under its current name in January 2013.

[6] Univision. "UniMás Network". Univision Corporate. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

[guide2014-7] "Guide to Hispanic Networks", Broadcasting & Cable, vol. 144, pp. 14–20, October 2, 2014, ISSN 1068-6827, Special Report in Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable

[8] "WHO WE ARE". Retrieved May 1, 2019.

[9] "News". New York: Viacom, Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

[Comcast-10] "Comcast Corporation". Philadelphia. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

[11] "Los canales Ultra HD Plex de Olympusat celebran su quinto aniversario". Olympusat. Retrieved May 18, 2017.

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