Imevisión
| Imevisión | |
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| Launched | March 23, 1983 |
| Closed | August 2, 1993 |
| Owned by | Mexican Federal government |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Broadcast area | Mexico |
| Replaced | Televisión de la República Mexicana |
| Replaced by | Televisión Azteca |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| XHDF-TV | Channel 13, Mexico City |
| XHIMT-TV | Channel 7, Mexico City |
| XEIMT-TV | Channel 22, Mexico City |
| Local stations |
XHFN-TV channel 8, Monterrey XHCH-TV channel 2, Chihuahua XHCJE channel 11, Ciudad Juárez (repeater of XHCH) |
The Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión (Mexican Television Institute), known commercially as Imevisión after 1985, was a state broadcaster and federal government agency of Mexico. At its height, Imevisión programmed two national networks and additional local stations in Mexico City, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez and Monterrey.
As the Mexican government moved toward privatization, and in light of financial sustainability issues, most of Imevisión was sold in 1993 to a group headed by Ricardo Salinas Pliego, which came to be known as Televisión Azteca. The government retained one of Imevisión's local stations, in Mexico City, and converted it into a cultural channel under the auspices of Conaculta.
On March 15, 1972, the federal government expropriated the assets of Mexico City television station XHDF-TV, channel 13, as payment for debts the station held to state financier SOMEX. This marked the first direct entry of the Mexican state into the business of public television. In 1976, the government built new facilities for XHDF in Ajusco, south of Mexico City.
In April 1972, the Mexican government embarked on another television project, the creation of Televisión Rural Mexicana (Mexican Rural Television). TRM was a new television system with low-power repeaters placed across Mexico, initially 80 and ultimately numbering 110 by 1976. TRM had received station allocations as early as 1969, for a batch of about 35 stations. In 1980, Televisión Rural Mexicana became Televisión de la República Mexicana (Television of the Mexican Republic), and on April 15, 1982, TRM placed a television station on the air in Mexico City: XHTRM-TV, channel 22. XHTRM was the first UHF television station in the Mexico City area.
On March 23, 1983, the Mexican government created three new federal institutes: IMER for radio, IMCINE for film, and the Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión (Mexican Television Institute, or IMT), for television. IMT combined the existing television assets of the state, including channels 13 and 22 and their associated repeater networks. XHTRM-TV changed call signs to XEIMT-TV to correspond with the new ownership.
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