List of Spanish-language television networks in the United States explained

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		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^[7]
Sorpresa	2003	Olympusat Inc.
TBN Enlace USA	2002	Trinity Broadcasting Network
Tele N	2014	Olympusat Inc.
Telefe	2000	Paramount Global^[8]
TeleXitos	2012	NBCUniversal^[9]
TeLe-Romántica	2012
Teveo	2013	America CV Network
Ultra HD Plex	2012^[10]	Olympusat Inc.	12 Spanish-language premium channels
Universo	2015	NBCUniversal	Began as GEMS Television in 1993 and Mun2 in 2005
Vision Latina	2022	Iglesia Universal
V-me	2007	V-Me Media
WAPA America	2004	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

See also

• List of Spanish-language newspapers published in the United States
• List of Spanish-language magazines in the United States

Bibliography

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• Book: America Rodriguez . Making Latino News: Race, Language, Class. Sage . 978-0-7619-1552-2 . 1999. (Includes discussion of Spanish language TV)
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• The President on Spanish-Language Television News . Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha . Christine Balarezo . . 95 . 2014 .
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• Latinos' Perceptions of Intergroup Relations in the United States: The Cultivation of Group-Based Attitudes and Beliefs from English- and Spanish-Language Television . Dana Mastro. etal. Journal of Social Issues . 71 . 2015.
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External links

• Hispanic Television Summit, annual industry conference in USA

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Television Market Universe Estimates: Hispanic or Latino TV Homes . September 2016 . Nielsen Company . Nielsen Company . .
2. Date at which the Spanish International Network (founded in 1962) was reorganized and became Univision.
3. News: Univision Network. Univision. Univision Corporate. 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. News: UniMás Network. Univision. Univision Corporate. June 30, 2016.
7. Web site: WHO WE ARE. May 1, 2019 .
8. Web site: News . Viacom, Inc. . New York . April 6, 2017 .
9. Web site: Comcast Corporation . Philadelphia . April 6, 2017 .
10. Web site: Los canales Ultra HD Plex de Olympusat celebran su quinto aniversario . Olympusat . May 18, 2017.