Canal Catorce
| Type | Cultural/educational |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| TV transmitters | See SPR transmitters |
| Owner | Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano |
| Established | 2012 |
Former names | Canal 30 TV México, Una Voz con Todos |
Dish Mexico | Channel 114 |
Izzi | Channel 14 |
TotalPlay | Channel 14 |
Sky | Channel 114 (SD) Channel 1114 (HD) |
Official website | www |
Canal Catorce (Channel 14, formerly known as Una Voz con Todos) is a Mexican State-owned television network, operated by the Mexican State Public Broadcasting System (MSPBS). It was launched in 2012 and is distributed via MSPBS's digital terrestrial television network, as well as on all pay television providers. It is based in Mexico City.
History
The Audiovisual Media Promotion Organisation, or OPMA, was the predecessor to the SPR. It was founded with the aim of extending the coverage of State-owned television in Mexico. Two national-level State-owned television stations were already on the air — XEIPN-TV, established in 1959, and Channel 22, established as cultural networks in 1993 — but they were not available outside Mexico City except through pay television and select programs carried by regional State-owned television stations in various states, as well as Channel 11's few existing rebroadcasters. Outside Mexico City, XEIPN had a nationalwide penetration of 28%, and XEIMT had 22% reach. Furthermore, in 2005, the teveunam network (not to be confused with XHUNAM-TDT) owned by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) began its broadcast as a subscription-based channel.
On March 31, 2010, an official decree published in the Official Gazette of Mexico created OPMA.[1] OPMA created a new State-owned television channel, initially called Channel 30 Mexico TV (Spanish: Canal 30 TV México), to serve as its flagship programming source. Initially, it was OPMA's first transmitters outside Mexico City
The first four transmitters for the system began operations in 2010. The Mexico City terrestrial station, XHOPMA-TDT (now XHSPR-TDT) channel 30, launched on March 23, 2012.[2] With this new transmitter, Channel 30 was launched. Its name was changed to Una voz con todos in 2012 to reflect that outside Mexico City, it was also available throughout the country regardless of the radio-frequency channel numbers being used by the network.
In October 2016, all MSPBS stations were assigned virtual channel 14.1 for Una voz con todos; as a result, pay television providers, which are required to carry the channel, placed it on channel 14. On 13 November 2017, the channel was rebranded as Canal Catorce (Channel 14) to reflect its terrestrial- and subscription-channel number position.
Programming
Programming on Channel 14 is largely of a cultural and educational nature with the aim of strengthening democratic values in Mexican society.
Sports
In January 2014, Una voz con todos acquired the free-to-air television broadcast rights to air both the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics through a deal made between the Governorship Secretariat (SEGOB) and América Móvil.[3] Later that year, the MSPBS followed up by signing a deal with the same company to carry the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Una voz con todos produced independent coverage of the event along with other public broadcasters.
Transmitters
Since 27 October 2016, all MSPBS transmitters on digital terrestrial television began to carry the network on virtual channel 14.1.[4]
In August 2017, the MSPBS began broadcasting Channel 14 on the State of Morelos via an IPN-managed subchannel of Channel 11 station XHCIP-TDT, also using virtual channel 14.1.
References
- ^ "DECRETO por el que se crea el organismo descentralizado denominado Organismo Promotor de Medios Audiovisuales". Decree. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Ramos, Jorge (2012-03-23). "Lanzan canal 30; crece cobertura de tv abierta". El Universal. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
- ^ Notimex (2014-01-31). "SEGOB transmitirá Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno en HD". El Universal. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified December 21, 2021. Retrieved 2016-10-20.