XHTV-TDT

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XHTV-TDT (channel 4 virtual channel 49 digital), founded in 1950 by Romulo O'Farril, is a flagship TV station of Televisa and FOROtv. Although FOROtv does not have any full-time affiliates, most Televisa local stations around the republic select some FOROtv programming for their broadcasting. FOROtv is available on various cable television companies and SKY México satellite service, along with several providers in the United States as part of Televisa and Univision's partnership (albeit with local programming and sports replaced with American ads and recorded news blocks). It is the oldest TV station in Mexico and Latin America.^[1]

Digital television

Digital subchannels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	Callsign	Network	Programming
4.1	1080i	16:9	XHTV-HD	Televisa	Main XHTV-TDT Programming
4.2	480i	4:3	XHTV-SD	CJ Grand Shopping	Shopping channel operated by Televisa in conjunction with CJ Group

Analog-to-digital conversion

XHTV and other television stations in Mexico City was discontinued regular programming on its analog signals, over VHF channel 4, on December 17, 2015 at 12:00 a.m., as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49, using PSIP to display XHTV's virtual channel as 4 on digital television receivers. In 2016, XHTV added shopping channel CJ Grand Shopping as subchannel 4.2.

History

On August 30, 2010 (sixty years after the channel was founded), the channel's name was changed to FOROtv (literally "Forum TV"), with most of Televisa's news programs moved here, such as Las Noticias por Adela (from XEQ), and with new news and talk programs being created. Prior to this, the channel, under the name of Canal de la Ciudad ("The City's Channel") broadcast programs targeted at the México City metro area, as well as reruns of American series and blocks of Mexican movies.

In 1972 he joined the newly founded Televisa. In 2001 it is called 4TV and in 2007 was celebrated for its 6th anniversary with this name.

The channel seeks to emulate the success achieved by its predecessor ECO (which was airing 1988 to 2001), competing directly with Azteca Noticias, Azteca Trece and Proyecto 40 of TV Azteca, Efekto TV, Telefórmula, CNN International and CNN en Español of CNN and mainly Milenio Television, launched by Grupo Multimedios, on October 20, 2008.