XHCTMX-TDT is a full-power

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, broadcasting in

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on UHF channel 29. It is licensed to Cadena Tres I, S.A. de C.V, which is owned by

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(GEA), a company headed by

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and directed by

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, through its

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communications unit. It is the

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of the

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national network.

History

On March 11, 2015, Cadena Tres I, S.A. de C.V., along with

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, S.A.B. de C.V., were declared the two winning bidders in the

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bidding process, which had as its aim the creation of two new national television networks, with 123 transmitters each. While Radio Centro ultimately declined to continue and only paid the security deposit, Cadena Tres I paid 1.808 billion pesos and received its concessions.http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/3.-acuerdottitulos-de-concesion-c31.pdf On July 22, 2016, the technical specifications for XHCTMX-TDT were issued by the IFT, for a 295 kW station to broadcast from the same tower on

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that houses Imagen's

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and FM stations

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and

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. On August 19, the station came on air for the first time, with color bars and tone, and

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information indicating its callsign and virtual channel (XHCTMX, 3.1). On October 17, 2016, at 8:00 p.m.,

started regular broadcasting.

Digital multiplex

In 2017, multiplexing was authorized in signals 3.2 and 3.3, but it was not carried out. On July 10, 2020, the Imagen Multicast/Excelsior TV signal was added after being on XHTRES

References

External links

*
Grupo Imagen's official website
{{Mexico City TV Television stations in Mexico City Grupo Imagen Television channels and stations established in 2016