Canal 5 (Mexico)

Canal 5 is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by Televisa. 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.

Canal 5

Country	Mexico
Broadcast area	Mexico
Slogan	Porque sí (Just because)
Headquarters	Mexico City
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish (English/original audio by SAP)
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Televisa
Sister channels	Las Estrellas Channel 9 TeleHit
History
Launched	10 May 1952
Links
Website	televisa.com/canal5
Availability
Terrestrial
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)
Cable
Izzi	Channel 105 (SD) Channel 705 (HD)
Megacable	Channel 205 (SD) Channel 1205 (HD)
Satellite
Sky México	Channel 105 (SD) Channel 1105 (HD)
Dish México	Channel 105 (SD) Channel 988 (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 Latin America Cartoon Network, among others; while the series aimed at the general public often come from Paramount Network, Fox Broadcasting Company, Warner Bros., Viacom, MTV, NBCUniversal and Univision and others. The channel also broadcasts series produced by the company Televisa, which owns the channel. In programming, its main national competitor in open television has historically been Azteca 7 of TV Azteca.

History

On May 10, 1952, XHGC-TV came to air for the first time. It was Mexico City's third television station, owned by Guillermo González Camarena, an inventor who created the first color television system. In 1955, XHGC was one of three stations that formed Telesistema Mexicano. González Camarena remained the general manager of XHGC until his death in 1965.

In 1962, XHGC became the first station in Mexico to broadcast in color. By request of Guillermo González Camarena, XHGC began targeting an audience of children and youth, with the first color telecast being Paraíso infantil (Children's Paradise). Over the years, Canal 5 has retained this programming focus, with a schedule incorporating foreign series and sports programs.

At the end of the 1980s, the then-vice president of Televisa, Alejandro Burillo Azcárraga, spearheaded drastic changes in the branding of the company's television networks. XHGC had branded as Canal 5 for years, using various logos with the number 5. However, as the network's various repeaters were not all on channel 5, the network began branding by the XHGC callsign. The landmark Energía Visual (Visual Energy) campaign, designed by Agustín Corona and Pablo Jato, featured idents with wildly varied logos and designs—a first for Mexican television. The campaign was designed to back the channel's youthful image.

In the 1990s, Canal 5 began branding with its channel number again. During this time period, Alejandro González Iñárritu, who had also been involved with Televisa's radio station XEW-FM (WFM), was involved in the creation of some of the network's promotional campaigns. Additionally, in 1994, Televisa obtained a concession for 62 additional television transmitters nationwide, most of which form a key link in the Canal 5 network today.

1999 saw the beginning of a shift in content providers for Canal 5, which had long been the exclusive Mexican rightsholder to Disney programs such as Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, DuckTales and a Mexican version of Disney Club. In 1999, these rights began to migrate to Televisión Azteca and Azteca 7. Instead, the network began relying more on Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, PBS Kids, Fox and Nickelodeon programs.

Today, Canal 5 carries children's programs, films and international series, as well as sporting events including UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and FIFA World Cup matches, a limited number of Liga MX fixtures and international matches involving the Mexico national team, and select NFL and NHL games. Canal 5 also features some of Televisa's own productions, such as El Chavo Animado and Mujeres Asesinas 3 by Pedro Torres.

In recent years, Canal 5's Twitter page started posting strange and disturbing posts typically between 3-7 am. Since then, the posts have been investigated and widely shared and talked about in the Mexican media. Infobae México, a Mexican news site, contacted one of the collaborators of Channel 5. However, they claimed they had no knowledge about the disturbing posts.[1]

English infomercials

It is quite possible that the first modern infomercial series to run in North America was on San Diego-area television station XETV, which during the 1970s ran a one-hour program every Sunday consisting of advertisements for local homes for sale. As the station was actually licensed by the Mexican government to the city of Tijuana, but broadcast all of its programs in English for the U.S. market until 2017 (when it became a pure Spanish-language outlet for Canal 5), the FCC limit at that time of a maximum of 18 minutes of commercials in an hour did not apply to the station.

Transmitters

Canal 5 is carried on 66 of its own transmitters plus another 32 transmitters shared with Las Estrellas and one transmitter that carries a Televisa local service, Las Estrellas and Canal 5; these 31 transmitters do not carry Canal 5 in HD.[2][3] It holds the rights to virtual channel 5 nationwide and broadcasts on it in almost all areas, with a handful of notable exceptions along the US-Mexico border.

In 2018, the concessions of all primary Canal 5 repeaters wholly owned by Televisa were consolidated in the concessionaire Radio Televisión, S.A. de C.V. as part of a reorganization of Televisa's concessionaires.

RF	VC	Callsign	Location	ERP	Concessionaire
35	5	XHAG-TDT	Aguascalientes, Ags. Calvillo, Ags. Jalpa, Zac. Nochistlán, Zac.	240 kW 17 kW[4] 23 kW[5] 29 kW[6]	Radio Televisión
17	5	XHENJ-TDT	Ensenada, BC	38 kW	Radio Televisión
18	5	XHMEX-TDT	Mexicali, BC	200 kW	Radio Televisión
23	6	XETV-TDT	Tijuana, BC	200 kW	Radio Televisión
30	5	XHCBC-TDT	Cd. Constitución, BCS	200 kW	Televimex S.A de C.V
29	5	XHLPB-TDT	La Paz, BCS	26 kW	Radio Televisión
27	5	XHSJT-TDT	San José del Cabo, BCS	30 kW	Televimex
22	5	XHAN-TDT	Campeche, Camp.	28 kW	Radio Televisión
22	5	XHCDC-TDT	Cd. del Carmen, Camp.	31 kW	Televimex
22	5	XHCZC-TDT	Comitán de Dominguez, Chis.	32 kW	Radio Televisión
17	5	XHSNC-TDT	San Cristobal de las Casas, Chis.	30 kW	Radio Televisión
34	5	XHTAH-TDT	Tapachula, Chis.	62 kW	Radio Televisión
29	5	XHTUA-TDT	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chis.	45 kW	Televimex
19	5	XHCDE-TDT	Cd. Delicias, Chih. Cd. Camargo, Chih.	20 kW 21 kW	Radio Televisión
33	5	XHJUB-TDT	Cd. Juárez, Chih.	200 kW	Radio Televisión
24	5	XHCHZ-TDT	Chihuahua, Chih.	47 kW	Radio Televisión
31	5	XHGC-TDT	Mexico City (Pico Tres Padres, Edomex)	270 kW	Radio Televisión
27	5	XHCHW-TDT	Ciudad Acuña, Coah.	50 kW	Radio Televisión
29	5	XHNOH-TDT	Nueva Rosita, Coah.	42 kW	Radio Televisión
29	5	XHMLC-TDT	Monclova, Coah.	50 kW	Radio Televisión
31	5	XHPNH-TDT	Piedras Negras, Coah.	43 kW	Radio Televisión
20	5	XHSTC-TDT	Saltillo, Coah.	45 kW	Radio Televisión
35	5	XELN-TDT	Torreón, Coah.	150 kW	Radio Televisión
17	5	XHCC-TDT	Colima, Col. Manzanillo, Col. (RF 14) Cd. Guzmán, Jal.	54 kW 30 kW[7] 15 kW[8]	Radio Televisión
21	5	XHDUH-TDT	Durango, Dgo.	94 kW	Radio Televisión
24	5	XHLEJ-TDT	León, Gto. Lagos de Moreno, Jal.	180 kW 19 kW	Radio Televisión
23	5	XHAL-TDT	Acapulco, Gro.	15 kW	Radio Televisión
34	5	XHCHN-TDT	Chilpancingo, Gro.	50 kW	Radio Televisión
31	5	XHIGN-TDT	Iguala, Gro.	43 kW	Radio Televisión
28	5	XHIXG-TDT	Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo, Gro.	40 kW	Radio Televisión
19	5	XHATU-TDT	Atotonilco El Alto, Jal.	24 kW	Radio Televisión
23	5	XHAUM-TDT	Autlán de Navarro, Jal.	43 kW	Radio Televisión
22	5	XHGUE-TDT	Guadalajara, Jal.	150 kW	Radio Televisión
35	5	XHPVE-TDT	Puerto Vallarta, Jal.	33 kW	Radio Televisión
14	5	XEX-TDT	Altzomoni, Mex. Tejupilco de Hidalgo, Mex. Tenancingo, Mex. Taxco, Gro. Pachuca, Hgo. (RF 43) Cuernavaca, Mor. San Martín Texmelucan, Pue. Tlaxcala, Tlax.	236 kW 20 kW[9] 20 kW[10] 21 kW[11] 8 kW 45 kW[12] 20 kW[13] 30 kW[14]	Radio Televisión
36	5	XHTOK-TDT	Toluca/Jocotitlán, Mex.	280 kW	Radio Televisión
21	5	XHAPZ-TDT	Apatzingán, Mich.	47 kW	Radio Televisión
33	5	XHLAC-TDT	Lazaro Cárdenas, Mich.	25 kW	Radio Televisión
29	5	XHMOW-TDT	Cerro Burro, Mich.	338 kW	Radio Televisión
18	5	XHFX-TDT	Morelia, Mich.	47.2 kW	Radio Televisión
25	5	XHZAM-TDT	Zamora, Mich.	32 kW	Radio Televisión
33	5	XHTFL-TDT	Tepic, Nay.	55 kW	Radio Televisión
31	5	XET-TDT	Monterrey, NL	200 kW	Radio Televisión
19	5	XHHHN-TDT	Huajuapan de León, Oax. Tehuacán, Pue.	76 kW 36 kW[15]	Radio Televisión
35	5	XHIH-TDT	Cerro Palma Sola, Oax.	76 kW	Radio Televisión
34	5	XHOXO-TDT	Oaxaca, Oax.	97 kW	Radio Televisión
34	5	XHPIX-TDT	Pinotepa Nacional, Oax.	46 kW	Radio Televisión
29	5	XEZ-TDT	Querétaro, Qro. (Cerro El Zamorano) Cerro El Cimatario, Qro. Guanajuato, Gto. Irapuato-Celaya, Gto. San Miguel de Allende, Gto.	180 kW 10 kW 20 kW 50 kW 65 kW	Radio Televisión
27	5	XHQRO-TDT	Cancún, Q. Roo Playa del Carmen, Q. Roo	60 kW 20 kW[16]	Radio Televisión
29	5	XHCQR-TDT	Chetumal, Q. Roo	28 kW	Radio Televisión
30	5	XHVST-TDT	Ciudad Valles, SLP	18 kW	Radio Televisión
34	5	XHSLT-TDT	San Luis Potosí, SLP	210 kW	Radio Televisión
24	5	XHCUI-TDT	Culiacán, Sin.	155 kW	Radio Televisión
29	5	XHLMI-TDT	Los Mochis, Sin.	110 kW	Radio Televisión
28	5	XHMAF-TDT	Mazatlán, Sin.	118 kW	Radio Televisión
17	5	XHCBO-TDT	Caborca, Son.	37 kW	Radio Televisión
36[17]	5	XHCDO-TDT	Ciudad Obregón, Son.	200 kW	Radio Televisión
29	5	XHGUY-TDT	Guaymas, Son.	46 kW	Radio Televisión
29	5	XHHMS-TDT	Hermosillo, Son.	100 kW	Radio Televisión
26	5	XHNON-TDT	Nogales, Son.	35 kW	Radio Televisión
32	5	XHVIZ-TDT	Villahermosa, Tab.	125 kW	Televimex
22	5	XHCMU-TDT	Ciudad Mante, Tamps.	27 kW	Radio Televisión
36	5	XHUT-TDT	Ciudad Victoria, Tamps.	80 kW	Radio Televisión
28	2.2	XHTAM-TDT	Matamoros, Tamps.	250 kW	Televimex
25	5	XHBR-TDT	Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.	200 kW	Radio Televisión
15	5	XHD-TDT	Tampico, Tamps.	180 kW	Radio Televisión
27	5	XHCOV-TDT	Coatzacoalcos, Ver.	60 kW	Radio Televisión
28	5	XHAJ-TDT	Las Lajas Nogales Orizaba San Andrés Tuxtla (RF 39)	430 kW 25 kW[18] 60 kW[19] 20 kW[20]	Radio Televisión
35	5	XHMEN-TDT	Mérida, Yuc.	125 kW	Radio Televisión
23	5	XHSMZ-TDT	Sombrerete, Zac.	32 kW	Radio Televisión
17[21]	5	XHBQ-TDT	Zacatecas, Zac.	130 kW	Radio Televisión

Notes

References

1. Post, The Mazatlan (2020-04-02). "Mexico's Channel 5 bizarre videos on Twitter draw attention". The Mazatlán Post. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
2. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de TDT. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2017-01-29. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
3. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Listado de Canales Virtuales. Last modified 20 November 2020. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
4. "RPC: Shadow XHAG Calvillo" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
5. RPC: Shadow XHAG Jalpa
6. "RPC: Shadow XHAG Nochistlán" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
7. "RPC: Shadow XHCC Manzanillo on RF 14" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
8. "RPC: Shadow XHCC Cd. Guzmán" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
9. "RPC: Shadow XEX Tejupilco" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
10. "RPC: Shadow XEX Tenancingo" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
11. "RPC: Shadow XEX Taxco" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
12. "RPC: Shadow XEX Cuernavaca" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
13. "RPC: Shadow XEX San Martín Texmelucan" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
14. "RPC: Shadow XEX Tlaxcala" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
15. "RPC: Shadow XHHHN Tehuacán, Pue" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
16. "RPC: Shadow XHQRO Playa del Carmen" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
17. "RPC: Change of frequency for XHCDO-TDT" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
18. "RPC: Shadow XHAJ Nogales" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
19. "RPC: Shadow XHAJ Orizaba" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
20. "RPC: Shadow XHAJ San Andrés Tuxtla (RF 39)" (PDF). ift.org.mx. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
21. https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/150415-CAMBIO-FREC-009675.pdf

External links

• Official website
• Canal 5 at Anime News Network's encyclopedia