Azteca América
Azteca América (Spanish pronunciation: [asˈteka], sometimes shortened to Azteca) was an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by INNOVATE Corp., which acquired the network from the Azteca International Corporation subsidiary of TV Azteca.
| Type | Former Spanish language free-to-air television network |
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| Country | United States |
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| Affiliates | List of affiliates |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish-language |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) (formatted to downconverted widescreen in many markets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TV Azteca (2000-2014) INNOVATE Corp. (2014-2023; Azteca name & branding licensed from TV Azteca) |
| History | |
| Founded | February 8, 2000 |
| Launched | July 28, 2000 |
| Founder | Ricardo Salinas Pliego |
| Closed | December 31, 2022 (22 years, 5 months and 3 days) |
| Former names | Azteca (2014–2015) |
Headquartered in New York City, the network's programming was aimed at the Hispanic and Latin American communities in the United States and had access to programming from TV Azteca's three television national networks in Mexico, including a library with over 200,000 hours of original programming and news content from local bureaus in 32 Mexican states. Its programming consisted of a mix of telenovelas, drama series, news programming, and reality and variety series.
Azteca was available on pay television (primarily carried on dedicated Spanish language programming tiers, except in some markets with a free-the-air affiliate), with local stations in over 60 markets with large Hispanic and Latin American populations (reaching 89% of the Hispanic population in the U.S. The network's former flagship station KAZA-TV in Los Angeles (until January 2018) was the highest-rated station in Azteca's portfolio.
Azteca América ceased all operations on December 31, 2022.