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TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V.
Company type	Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable
Traded as	BMV: AZTECACPO; BMAD: XTZA
Industry	Mass media
Predecessor	Imevisión (1983-1993)
Founded	August 2, 1993; 31 years ago
Founder	Ricardo Salinas Pliego
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Key people	Benjamín Salinas Sada (CEO) Ricardo Salinas Pliego (President)
Products	Television broadcasting, radio and multimedia
Revenue	US$ 3900million (2012)
Net income	US$ 1850 million (2012)
Number of employees	6,000
Parent	Grupo Salinas
Website	www.tvazteca.com

TV Azteca, is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa.^[1]^[2] As of 2017, it competes in Mexico with Televisa.

It operates two television networks in Mexico: Azteca 7 and Azteca Uno. It also operates repeaters and affiliate stations in most major and minor cities.

History

In the 1990s, during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, several companies were privatized, including Imevisión (Spanish: Instituto Mexicano de Televisión; English Mexican Television Institute), which owned two channels (Red Nacional 7 and Red Nacional 13), which after its privatization, it would be renamed Televisión Azteca, S.A de C.V (except Canal 22 would pass under the power of Conaculta).^[3]

References

↑ "Diario La Tercera (Argentina) "Televisa baja sus ganancias en primer trimestre de 2011"". Latercera.com. 2011-04-15. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
↑ "Editorial Televisa, Worlds Largest Spanish-Language Publisher, Goes Live with K4 | MEI". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
↑ Peschard-Sverdrup, Armand B.; Rioff, Sara (2005). Mexican Governance: From Single-party Rule to Divided Government. CSIS. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-89206-457-1.

Other websites

TVAzteca.com

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[1] "Diario La Tercera (Argentina) "Televisa baja sus ganancias en primer trimestre de 2011"". Latercera.com. 2011-04-15. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2011-11-05.

[2] "Editorial Televisa, Worlds Largest Spanish-Language Publisher, Goes Live with K4 | MEI". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2013-05-01.

[3] Peschard-Sverdrup, Armand B.; Rioff, Sara (2005). Mexican Governance: From Single-party Rule to Divided Government. CSIS. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-89206-457-1.

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