List of Spanish-language television networks in the United States

The following is a list of Spanish-language television networks in the United States. As of 2026, 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), Michigan (Detroit) 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	TelevisaUnivision	49%	94,100,000^[2]	62	26
Estrella TV	2009	MediaCo (owned by HPS Investment Partners & Standard General)	46%	64,232,000	38	29
Telemundo	1984	NBCUniversal	61.6%	192,476,422	54	46

Specialty networks

Title	Launch date	Owner	Notes
3ABN Latino	2003	Three Angels Broadcasting Network
24 Horas	1997	Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)	Available in Puerto Rico on ABC affiliated station WORA
América Tevé	1995	America CV Network
Antena 3 Internacional	1996	Atresmedia	The international version of the spanish channel
Almavision	2002	Almavision Hispanic Network
América Internacional		Plural TV
Aplauso	2019	Olympusat Inc.
Atrescine	2018	Atresmedia
Atreseries	2015	Atresmedia	The international version of the spanish channel of the same name. The international version launched before the spanish channel
Bandamax	1996	TelevisaUnivision
Beat Box	2016	Megacable
BeIN Sports en Español	2012	beIN Media Group
BeIN Sports Xtra en Español	2019	beIN Media Group	Available on OTA affiliates
Canal 6	1968	Grupo Multimedios
Canal 22 Internacional	2004	Secretariat of Culture
Canal Once	1959	Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Canal SUR	1992	SUR, LLC
Caracol Internacional	2003
CentroAmerica TV	2004	Hemisphere Media Group
CGTN Spanish	2007	China Central Television
CNN en Español	1997	Warner Bros. Discovery
Cinema Dinamita	2013	América Móvil
Cinemáx	2001	Warner Bros. Discovery	Spanish-language premium television channel that broadcasts movies dubbed in spanish
Cine Estelar	2012	Carlos Vasallo
Cinelatino	1993	MVS Comunicaciones
Cine Mexicano	2005	Olympusat Inc.
Cine Nostalgia	2011	Carlos Vasallo
Clan	2005	Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)
Cubamax TV			Available on Dish Network channel 851
Cubaplay+	2011	Olympusat Inc.
Cubavisión International	1986	ICRT
Daystar Español	2025	Daystar Television Network
De Película	1991	TelevisaUnivision	Movie channel that has a classic version
De Película Clásico	1994	TelevisaUnivision	Classic version of De Película
Discovery en Español	1998	Warner Bros. Discovery
Discovery Familia	2007	Warner Bros. Discovery
Dominican View		Supercanal, S.A.
Ecuador TV International	2007
Ecuavisa International
EJTV	2000	TBN Enlace USA
El Trece Internacional	2009	Artear	International feed of El Trece
ESNE TV	2002	El Sembrador Ministries
Estrella News	2021	Estrella TV	Available on Estrella TV affiliates
ESPN Deportes	2004	The Walt Disney Company
Esperanza TV	2003	Hope Channel
EWTN Español	2023	EWTN
Fox Deportes	1997	Fox Corporation
Galavisión	1979	TelevisaUnivision
Gran Cine	2008	Olympusat Inc.
HBO Latino	2000	Warner Bros. Discovery	Spanish-language premium television channel
HITN	1983	Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network
History en Español	2004	The Walt Disney Company(50%) Hearst Communications(50%)(A&E Networks)
Hogar de HGTV	2020	Warner Bros. Discovery
¡Hola! TV		Atresmedia
HTV	1995	Warner Bros. Discovery
Ingles Para Todos	2018	2042 Media
Inmigrante TV	2010	Manuel Solis
La 1	1956	Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)
La 2	1966	Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)
Las Estrellas Internacional	1988	TelevisaUnivision
LATV	2007^[3]	LATV Networks	Bilingual English/Spanish
Maríavisión	1993
Mexicanal	2005	Castalia Communications, Innokap
Meganoticias MX	1990	Megacable
Mega TV	2006	Spanish Broadcasting System
MTV Tres	1998	Paramount Skydance
MiCasa Network
Milenio Televisión	2008	Grupo Multimedios
Mira TV
Multimedios Televisión		Grupo Multimedios
Nat Geo Mundo	2011	The Walt Disney Company	Spanish-Language version of National Geographic
Newsmax en Español	2024	Newsmax Media
NTN24	2008	RCN Televisión
Nuestra Visión	2017	América Móvil^[4]
N+ Foro	2010	TelevisaUnivision	Univision’s news network
Novelisima	2021
Pasiones	2008	Hemisphere Media Group
Perú Mágico	2004	Movistar TV (Media Networks Latin America)
Playboy TV en Español		Aylo	PPV
PX Sports	2011
Real Madrid TV	1999	Real Madrid CF
RCN Novelas	2009	RCN Televisión
RCN Nuestra Tele	2003	RCN Televisión
Semillitas	2007	SOMOSTV
¡Sorpresa!	2003	Olympusat Inc.
Sony Cine	2012	Sony Pictures Television	Spanish-language version of Sony Movies
Star TVE	2015	Radiotelevisión Española
Starz Encore Español	2011	Lionsgate Television (Starz Inc.)
Super Canal	2000	Supercanal, S.A.
SUR Perú	2005	SUR, LLC
Tarima	2013	SPLEX One
TBN Enlace USA	2002	Trinity Broadcasting Network
TC Internacional	2021	Comunica EP, CAEC Televisión
TDV	2007	V-Me Media
TeleCentro	2008	Albavisión
Teledeporte	1994	Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)
TeleFórmula	2000	Radio Fórmula
Tele El Salvador		Supercanal, S.A.
Telemicro Internacional	2016	Hemisphere Media Group
Tele N	2014	Olympusat Inc.
Telefe Internacional	2000	Paramount Skydance^[5]
TeleHit	1993	TelevisaUnivision
TeleHit Música	1993	TelevisaUnivision
TeleXitos	2012	NBCUniversal^[6]
Teleritmo		Grupo Multimedios
TeLe-Romántica	2012
Telesur	2005	SiBCI
Telemicro Internacional	2016	Hemisphere Media Group
Televisión Dominicana	2000	Hemisphere Media Group
Tele Vida Abundante	1985	Centro Christiano Vida Abundante
Teveo	2013	America CV Network
Todo Noticias	1993	Clarín Group
TUDN	2012	TelevisaUnivision	Univision’s sports network
TV Chile	1989	Televisión Nacional de Chile
TVE Internacional	1989	Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)	International feed of TVE
TV Perú Internacional	2017	Ministerio de Cultura
TV Venezuela	2006		Also known as TVV
TyC Sports	1994	Torneos y Competencias/Clárin Group
Ultra HD Plex	2012^[7]	Olympusat Inc.	12 Spanish-language premium channels
UniMás	2013	TelevisaUnivision	Sister TV network to Univision
Universo	2015	NBCUniversal^[6]	Began as GEMS Television in 1993 and Mun2 in 2005
Univision Tlnovelas	2012	TelevisaUnivision
VePlus
Video Rola	1998	Megacable
Video Rola Plus	2014	Megacable
ViendoMovies	2006	SOMOSTV
Vision Latina	2022	Iglesia Universal
V-me	2007	V-Me Media
Vme Kids	2010	V-Me Media	V-me’s Kids channel
WAPA America	2004^[3]	Hemisphere Media Group (WAPA Media Group)
WAPA Deportes	2004	Hemisphere Media Group (WAPA Media Group)
Win+ Fútbol	2020	DirecTV, RCN Televisión	Sports channel owned by DirecTV And RCN Televisión

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.
↑ Univision. "Univision Network". Univision Corporate. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
1 2 "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.
1 2 "Comcast Corporation". Philadelphia. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
↑ "Los canales Ultra HD Plex de Olympusat celebran su quinto aniversario". Olympusat. Retrieved May 18, 2017.

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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] Univision. "Univision Network". Univision Corporate. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

[guide2014-3] 1 2 "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

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

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

[Comcast-6] 1 2 "Comcast Corporation". Philadelphia. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

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

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