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Las Estrellas

Type	Terrestrial television network
Country	Mexico
Transmitters	see below
Headquarters	Avenida Chapultepec 28, Colonia Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 06720 Mexico City, Mexico
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	TelevisaUnivision
History
Launched	11 March 1951; 73 years ago (1951-03-11)
Founder	Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
Former names	Canal 2 (1951–1984) El Canal de las Estrellas (1985-2016)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television (Except Tijuana)	Channel 2.1
Digital terrestrial television (Tijuana)	Channel 19.1
Digital terrestrial television (Reynosa)	Channel 9.1

Las Estrellas (lit. 'The Stars') is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City.

It is considered the most-watched television channel in Mexico and serves as Televisa's flagship channel. It is also the oldest national television network in Mexico, originating from station XEW-TV, the second-oldest station in the country, following XHTV-TDT (channel 4). Much of Las Estrellas' programming is broadcast in the U.S. on Univision, UniMás and Galavisión.

Its programming primarily consists of telenovelas, game shows, comedy shows, sports shows, and news broadcasts. On weekends, it features movies, reality shows, children's programming, special events (concerts, award shows), and occasionally, the final episodes of major telenovelas (simulcast on the main stations of the Televisa Regional network). Additionally, weekends include broadcasts of major Mexican soccer matches and, at times, boxing events.

History

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Las Estrellas originated from XEW-TV, which began broadcasting on 11 March 1951. The channel was a sister station to the legendary XEW-AM radio station, owned by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, which was also the owner of the newly launched channel. It was the second commercial TV channel to be established in Mexico City, after XHTV channel 4, owned by the Novedades newspaper. XEW-TV's first transmission was a live, play-by-play, outside broadcast of a Mexican League match, with XEW radio veteran Pedro Septién on commentary duties. Other than live sports broadcasts, XEW-TV initially broadcast films from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, as its studios in Chapultepec 18 were still under construction. The studio complex, known as Televicentro, would be inaugurated in January 1952. Soon thereafter, the programming scope would be expanded to include live variety shows and television theatre showcases, in a style similar to XEW radio's similarly formatted shows.

XEW-TV would be a pioneer in Mexican television, and would establish many industry firsts. In 1962, the channel would become the flagship network of the newly merged Telesistema Mexicano, which also brought XHTV and XHGC under Azcárraga's hands, and, after merging with XHTM-TV and Televisión Independiente de México, many of these station's programs would move to XEW-TV. As a result, XEW-TV rapidly grew and became the country's most watched TV network, a position which was undisputed for many years, as Televisa held a monopoly on commercial TV in Mexico, which even went into heavily influencing the political landscape in the country. As a result, by 1985, and in preparation for the 1986 FIFA World Cup (in which Televisa was the host broadcaster), XEW-TV was renamed El Canal de las Estrellas, in reference to the station's line-up of actors, comedians and presenters. This was further reinforced with the launch of an image campaign song, sung by Lucía Méndez, in 1988.

After the death of Emilio Azcárraga Milmo in 1997, El Canal de las Estrellas suffered a massive restructuring of its programming. The biggest moment of the restructuring came in 1998, when 24 Horas, the Jacobo Zabludovsky-anchored newscast, long a propaganda mouthpiece of the Mexican political regime, was canceled. The station's brand identity was also replaced with a new logo created by Pablo Rovalo. After a period of ratings turmoil, viewership stabilized, but the channel had to contend now with a surgent XHDF, freshly privatized and bought under the auspicies of TV Azteca.

After years of decline, particularly after 2012, as accusations of political bias in favor of then-President Enrique Peña Nieto began to hamper the broadcaster's credibility, in 2016, the decision was made to relaunch entirely the station's branding and programming. On 22 August 2016, XEW-TV was renamed as Las Estrellas, and introduced many changes to its programming schedule, including shorter and snappier telenovelas and news programming, as well as dropping many long-running programming in favour of programming oriented to a younger audience. The changes generated a big ratings decline; as a result, by 2017, much of the new programming was canceled and the prime time telenovelas and news programming were relocated to pre-relaunch timeslots and viewership stabilized, specially, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Las Estrellas Internacional

Las Estrellas is available as a pay television network in Europe and Australia as Las Estrellas Europa and Las Estrellas Latinoamérica in Central and South America through Televisa Networks. Both feeds differ from the Las Estrellas programming, usually broadcasting shows weeks behind their original broadcast.

The European feed was known as Galavisión until 2005 and started broadcasting in late 1988.

In Canada, XEW-TDT and the Las Estrellas schedule is available in full on Rogers Cable (limited to the Greater Toronto Area) and Bell Fibe TV as an eligible foreign service.

Network logos

• 1951 logo
• 1952 logo
• 1968 logo
• 1988 logo
• 1993 logo
• 1997 logo
• 2007 logo
• 2014 logo
• 2016 logo

Programming

Weekday programming in the afternoon and prime time consists of telenovelas. Las Estrellas airs sports programming and sports specials like the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. Morning and afternoon programming consists of news, sports, talk shows, and variety shows. Night time programming is filled with a news program and Univision-produced shows. Examples of shows produced by Las Estrellas are Recuerda y Gana, Hoy, El Juego de las Estrellas, and Cuéntamelo ya. The network also produces and airs the Premios TVyNovelas, sponsored by the Televisa-owned magazine of the same name and considered the highest honor in the domestic Mexican television industry.

Repeaters

The following is a list of all full-time Las Estrellas repeaters:

References

1. Hollywood Reporter: Univision books more Televisa Original Content. hollywoodreporter.com.
2. TIM, Televisa. "El Canal de las Estrellas es ahora... Las Estrellas". Televisa (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Crisis de rating en Televisa provoca salida de 'Esta Noche con Arath". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "Crisis de ratings en noticieros y telenovelas de Televisa acelera cambios en contenidos y programación". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
5. "López Dóriga, Brozo, Adela Micha… Recortes y cancelaciones, el "segundo gran cambio" de Televisa – Amedi". www.amedi.org.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
6. "Más audiencia: la pandemia reanima a las telenovelas mexicanas | Gente | Entretenimiento | El Universo". www.eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
7. Canal de las Estrellas Europa: Europe and Australia coverage Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
8. Canal de las Estrellas Latinoamerica: Latin America coverage Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
9. "La cadena mexicana Televisa emitirá próximamente, vía satélite, para España". El País. 5 October 1988. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
10. RPC: Shadow XHSJT Cabo San Lucas
11. RPC: Authorization for XHCDC-TDT
12. RPC: Shadow XHWVT Arriaga, Chis.
13. RPC: Shadow XHCHZ Cd. Cuauhtémoc
14. RPC: Change in Frequency XHO-TDT, from 46 to 20
15. RPC: Shadow XHBZ Manzanillo
16. RPC: Shadow XHBZ Cd. Guzmán
17. RPC: Shadow XHLGT-TDT Guanajuato
18. RPC: Shadow XHTM Tejupilco
19. RPC: Shadow XHTM Taxco
20. RPC: Shadow XHTM Pachuca
21. RPC: Shadow XHTM Cuernavaca
22. RPC: Shadow XHTM San Martín Texmelucan
23. RPC: Shadow XHTM Tlaxcala
24. RPC: Shadow XHX
25. RPC: Shadow XHHLO Tehuacán, Pue.
26. RPC: Shadow XHCCN Playa del Carmen
27. RPC: XHBS-TDT, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
28. RPC: Shadow XHAH Nogales
29. RPC: Shadow XHAH Orizaba
30. RPC: Shadow XHVTT Tizimín, Yuc.
31. RPC: Shadow XHTLZ Calvillo – RF 24
32. RPC: Shadow XHBD Aguascalientes

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)

v t e Broadcast television networks in Mexico
TelevisaUnivision	Las Estrellas Canal 5 Foro Nu9ve
TV Azteca	Azteca Uno Azteca 7 ADN 40 a más
Grupo Imagen	Imagen Televisión Excélsior TV/Imagen Multicast
Grupo Multimedios	Canal 6 Milenio Televisión CGTN Español Teleritmo
MVS Comunicaciones	MVStv
Public and educational	National Canal Once (Once Niñas y Niños) SPR (Canal Catorce) Canal 22 tv•unam Ingenio TV Canal del Congreso State Canal 26 (Ags.) Canal 8 (BCS) TRC (Campeche) Canal 10 Chiapas (Chiapas) Capital 21 (Ciudad de México) Coahuila Televisión (Coahuila) Canal 12 (Colima) TV4 (Guanajuato) RTG (Guerrero) RTVH (Hidalgo) Jalisco TV (Jalisco) Mexiquense Televisión (México) SMRTV (Michoacán) IMRyT (Morelos) 10 TV Nayarit (Nayarit) RTVNL (Nuevo León) CORTV (Oaxaca) SICOM Televisión (Puebla) RTQ (Querétaro) SQCS (Quintana Roo) Nueve TV (SLP) Telemax (Sonora) TVT (Tabasco) Tlaxcala Televisión (Tlaxcala) TVMÁS (Veracruz) Tele Yucatán (Yucatán) Canal 24/SIZART (Zacatecas) State Universities TV UJED (Durango) Canal 44 (UdeG, Jalisco) Canal 53 (UANL, Nuevo Leon) TV BUAP (Puebla) TV UAQ (Querétaro) Unison TV (Sonora) TV UJAT (Tabasco)
See also list of television stations in Mexico and list of Mexican television networks.

v t e TelevisaUnivision
Corporate directors	Daniel Alegre
U.S. television networks	Broadcast Univision UniMás Cable Galavisión TUDN Univision Tlnovelas TeleHit TeleHit Música Bandamax
Mexican television networks	Las Estrellas Canal 5 Nu9ve TUDN N+ Foro (operated by Tritón Comunicaciones)
International networks	Las Estrellas Europe Latin America Univision Canada (licensed) Latin America TUDN Tlnovelas TeleHit TeleHit Música TLN Network bitMe Bandamax De Película De Película Clásico Golden Golden Edge Golden Premier
Uforia Audio Network	Stations KAMA-FM KBBT KBRG KDXX KESS-FM KHOT-FM KHOV-FM KLJA KLNO KLNV KLQB KLQV KLTN KLVE KMYO KOMR KOVE-FM KQBU-FM KQMR KRCD KRCV KROM KSCA KSOL KSQL KVBH KVVF KVVZ WAMR-FM WOJO WPPN WRTO-FM WVIV-FM WXNY-FM Radio networks TUDN Radio
Univision Television Group	Univision owned and/or operated stations KABE-CD KAKW-DT KCEC KDTV-DT KEZT-CD KFTV-DT KLUZ-TV KMEX-DT KTVW-DT KUTH-DT KUVE-DT KUVN-DT KUVS-DT KWEX-DT KXLN-DT WFDC-DT WGBO-DT WLTV-DT WQHS-DT WUNI WUVC-DT WUVG-DT WUVP-DT WVEA-TV WVEN-TV WXTV-DT UniMás owned and/or operated stations KBTF-CD KFPH-DT KFSF-DT KTFF-DT KFTH-DT KTFK-DT KTFO-CD KFTR-DT KFTU-DT KNIC-DT KCOR-CD KSTR-DT WAMI-DT WFPA-CD WFUT-DT WRCF-CD WTNC-LD WXFT-DT Quest, True Crime Network, and/or Ion Mystery affiliated stations KUVI-DT KXLK-CD WFTY-DT WMGM-TV WWJE-DT Other television stations WSTE-DT (Spanish Independent)
Studios	Televisa Studios Videocine W Studios Pantelion Films
Univision Online	Noticias Univision Fusion Media Group
Other holdings	ViX Entravision Communications (10%)
Defunct/former assets	Blim TV Prende TV El Rey Network Fusion TV Gizmodo Media Group Gawker Media Univision Music Group
TelevisaUnivision owns these stations, which are licensed to and operated by Entravision Communications under local marketing agreements.

• Las Estrellas
• Television channels and stations established in 1951
• Television networks in Mexico
• Televisa broadcast television networks
• Mass media in Mexico City
• Spanish-language television stations in Mexico
• 1951 establishments in Mexico