MTV Tres | |
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Launched | August 1, 1998 |
Owned by | Viacom Media Networks (Viacom) |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Country | United States |
Language |
English Spanish |
Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
Formerly called | MTV S (1998–1999) MTV Español (1999–2006) |
Replaced | MásMúsica TeVe (1998–2006) MTV Español (1999–2006) |
Sister channel(s) | MTV, MTV2 |
Website | www.tr3s.com/ |
Availability
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Terrestrial | |
Available on television stations in certain markets | See list below |
Satellite | |
DirecTV | 445 (SD) |
Dish Network | 872 (SD) |
G-18 N/Central America/Caribbean |
4040 V / 29270 / 3/4 VCT 766 / Channel 770 (West) (Transponder 17) |
SES-2 N/Caribbean |
11750 V / 7320 / 7/8 VCT 553 / Channel 210 (East) (Transponder 2) |
Cable | |
Available on most U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
MTV Tres (stylized as tr3́s, taken from the Spanish word for the number three tres) is an American broadcast, digital cable and satellite television network owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a division of the Viacom Media Networks subsidiary of Viacom. Programming on Tr3s includes lifestyle series, customized music video playlists, news documentaries that celebrate Latino culture, music and artists and English-subtitled programming in Spanish, imported from the MTV España and MTV Latin America channels, as well as Spanish-subtitled programming from MTV. The channel is targeted toward bilingual Latinos and non-Latino Americans aged 12 to 34. The channel is currently headed by executive vice president and general manager Jose Tillan.
As of August 2013, Tr3s is available to approximately 36 million pay television households (totaling 32% of households with television) in the United States.
On August 1, 1998, MTV Networks launched a 24-hour digital cable channel, MTV S (the "S" standing for "Spanish"). On October 1, 2001, the channel was relaunched as MTV Español, focusing on music videos by Latin rock and pop artists. The rebranded network mainly utilized the eight-hour automated music video playlist wheel used by sister networks MTV2, MTV Hits and MTVX (later MTV Jams) without any original programming, except for repurposed content from MTV's Latin America networks.
Más Música TeVe, founded in 1998, was a network distributed in the United States on cable, satellite and broadcast television that aired music videos from various Latin American music styles, including salsa, cumbia, regional Mexican, and contemporary Spanish-language hits. Founded by Eduardo Caballero of Caballero Television, MásMúsica TeVe carried the minimum requirements of educational and public affairs programming on weekends, and it was carried mainly on low-power television stations throughout the United States.