2018 in Mexican television

The following is a list of events affecting Mexican television in 2018. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.

List of years in Mexican television

Events
  • Most television stations in Mexico were required to change frequencies to repurpose the 600 MHz band for use by mobile services.
  • September - Tecate, Baja California-licensed XHDTV-TDT in the Tijuana market, the final English-language television station in western Mexico, disaffiliates from the American-based MyNetworkTV programming service in favor of the Monterrey, Nuevo Leon-based Milenio Televisión network. MyNetworkTV was moved to The CW-affiliated KFMB-DT2 in San Diego as a secondary affiliation. This left CW affiliate XHRIO-TDT in Matamoros, Tamaulipas as the only English-language television station licensed in Mexico.

Television shows

Debuts

Programs on-air
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1970s
  • Plaza Sesamo (1972–present)

1990s
  • Acapulco Bay (1995–present)
  • Corazon salvaje (1993–present)
  • Esmeralda (1997–present)
  • La usurpadora (1998–present)

2000s

2010s

Television stations

Station launches
Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
12 February Uruapan, Michoacán XHJGMI-TDT 15 (UHF)
12 (PSIP)		 Commercial independent
2 May Guadalajara, Jalisco XHQMGU-TDT 9 (VHF)
10 (PSIP)
July Chihuahua, Chihuahua XHICCH-TDT 30 (UHF)
44 (PSIP)		 Commercial independent Satellite station of XHIJ-TDT/Ciudad Juárez
14 August Mexico City XHTDMX-TDT 11 (VHF)
6 (PSIP)		 Multimedios Televisión
October Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua XHMTCH-TDT 28.1 (UHF)/6.1 (PSIP)
28.2 (UHF)/6.2 (PSIP)
28.3 (UHF)/6.3 (PSIP)
28.4 (UHF)/6.4 (PSIP)		 Multimedios Televisión (primary)
Milenio Television
Teleritmo
Independent (via XHABC-TDT)
3 December Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco XHCPPV-TDT 27 (UHF)
10 (PSIP)		 Commercial independent
17 December Saltillo, Coahuila XHTSCO-TDT 36 (UHF)
10 (PSIP)		 Independent

Network affiliation changes
Date Market Station Channel Old Affiliation New Affiliation Notes/References
September Tecate/Tijuana, Baja California
(San Diego, California, United States)		 XHDTV-TDT 49.1 (PSIP) MyNetworkTV Milenio Televisión

Station closures
Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Sign-on date Notes/References
Unknown date Ensenada, Baja California XHENB-TDT 29 (UHF) Pacific Spanish Network 1 October 1994

Deaths

See also

References
  1. Kahn, Carrie (December 2, 2019). “How Netflix Is Upending The TV industry In Mexico”. Boise State Public Radio via NPR News. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
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