Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel)
Canal 5 is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It traces its origins to the foundation of Channel 5 in Mexico City in 1952 (also known by its identification code XHGC-TDT). Canal 5's program lineup is generally targeted at a younger audience and includes cartoons, foreign series and movies, along with a limited number of sporting events such as NFL games, boxing, the FIFA World Cup and, historically, the Olympic Games.
Country | Mexico |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Av Chapultepec 28, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 0672 Mexico City |
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Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed) |
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Owner | TelevisaUnivision |
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Launched | 10 May 1952; 71 years ago |
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Website | televisa |
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Digital terrestrial television (Except Tijuana and Matamoros) | Channel 5.1 (HD) |
Digital terrestrial television (Matamoros) | Channel 2.2 (HD) |
Digital terrestrial television (Tijuana) | Channel 6.1 (HD) |
Canal 5 is mainly aimed at children and youth audiences, although in late hours it usually includes a more general concept with television series and reality shows. Over the decades among its programming, it includes many series purchased from networks such as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, among others; while the series aimed at the general public often come from Paramount Network, Fox Broadcasting Company, Warner Bros., Sony Group Corporation, ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global), MTV, NBCUniversal, Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer among others. The channel also broadcasts series produced by the company TelevisaUnivision, which owns the channel. In programming, its main national competitor in open television has historically been Azteca 7 of TV Azteca.