Canal 5 (Mexico) facts for kids

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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 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Televisa
Sister channels	Las Estrellas Channel 9 TeleHit
History
Launched	10 May 1952
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 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 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.

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. 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.

See also

In Spanish: Canal 5 (México) para niños