Dish México
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| Company type | Private Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | México |
| Products | Direct broadcast satellite |
| Parent | MVS Comunicaciones 51% EchoStar Corporation 49% |
| Website | Dish México |
Dish México, S. de R. L. de C.V. is a Mexican-owned company that operates a subscription satellite television service in México nationwide.[1][2] S. de R. L. de C.V., stands for Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada de Capital Variable, a form of limited company.
On 1 December 2008, Dish México began to operate in México, after an agreement between EchoStar Corporation and the Mexican media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones. EchoStar owns 49% and MVS owns 51% of Dish México. On January 2011, Dish México added six HD channels TNT, Space, Fox Sports en Español, History Channel, Universal Channel and Sony Entertainment Television. On April 2011 Dish México added three new channels: Fox, Nat Geo, and Nat Geo Wild.[3] All of Dish México's channels programming are dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or originally Spanish language. Dish México does not beam Televisa or TV Azteca network locals due to a dispute between Dish México and Televisa. Televisa wants to charge Dish México per subscriber for its feeds of free over the air Televisa networks. Dish México, however, leases an HD receiver with a terrestrial antenna input which when connected to an over the air antenna picks up digital local stations signals free of charge. On 16 June 2013, Dish showed a TV commercial where presented the including of various channels of the free-to-air television channels, including Televisa (Canal de las Estrellas, Canal 5 and Gala TV) and Televisión Azteca (Azteca 7 y Azteca Trece), to the telecommunications reform enacted on June 2013, which refers to all satellite TV companies are obliged to transmit television signals that have 50 percent coverage national territory or more.[4][5] The broadcast of these channels was made official since 11 September 2013.
Mistake of relationship with his American counterpart
Note that Dish México is not owned in any part by the U.S. company DISH Network. This belief is a common mistake. Instead both Dish and Dish Mexico are owned at least in part by Echostar. Dish México licenses the use of the former DISH Network logo with an alliance with MVS Comunicaciones.
Channels
The following is a list of Dish México channels and packages on Echostar IV located at 77 degrees West Longitude.[6][7] Local digital channels 2 through 51 only can be seen with a leased HD receiver connected to a terrestrial antenna in cities with local television stations broadcasting in digital signal.[8][9]
References
- ^ Expansión Volume 40, Page 18 2009 "Gisela Vázquez, DISH México – La competencia en televisión satelital llegará a la Ciudad de México en las próximas semanas cuando Dish México inicie operaciones en el mayor mercado del país. Dish es una firma en la que participan la ..."
- ^ Boletín bursátil: Sección Mercado de capitales Page 211 2008 "Dish México (Formada por MVS Comunicaciones y Echostar ..."
- ^ Dish México
- ^ Dish ofrecerá señal de Televisa y Tv Azteca
- ^ Dish ofrecerá canales de Tv Azteca y Televisa
- ^ Echostar Satellite Services
- ^ Dish México Packages
- ^ Dish HD receiver with over the air locals availablilty
- ^ COFETEL: List of Mexican local channels broadcasting in digital