MASTV was a Mexican

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company. The company belonged to

MVS Comunicaciones Grupo MVS (MVS) is a Mexican media conglomerate. The company owns MASTV, MVS Radio operator of four national radio networks, MVS Televisión operator and distributor of seven pay television networks, E-Go wireless broadband internet and Dis ...

. The company offered service to 11 cities in Mexico;

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, Mérida,

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, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi,

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. The company closed operations in July 2014, and subscribers were migrated to parent operator

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History

The system started operations on September 1, 1989, as MVS Multivisión in

. The company competed against

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's Cablevisión, whose aim was to increase its geographical reach and subscriber base in contrast to its competitor. Both companies had 16 channels that year, but the company's programming total at the time was 120 daily hours worth of content, against Cablevisión's 163. It later expanded to 10 other markets across Mexico. In 1991, to satisfy viewer demands and requirements, the number of channels provided increased from 8 to 12, and in 1992, from 12 to 16. By 1993 it had 20 channels on offer. By 1995, thanks to digital compression (starting March 1993), as well as the two Solidaridad satellites, Multivisión delivered 18 television channels to cable companies outside of Mexico City, as well as handling coverage of the channels for cable companies in Central and South America. In the period between 1989 and 1995, the number of subscribers in the

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area grew substantially: from 8,900 in December 1989 to 407,000 subscribers in December 1995. Multivisión produced by 1997 Tele Uno (now AXN), Multideporte, Multicinema, Zaz, USA Network, Antena 3 Internacional, MAS (now MVS TV) and a service channel providing schedule information to its subscribers. In 2002, MVS Multivision changed its name to MASTV. MVS and Echostar Corporation operate the DTH system Dish Mexico.

Channels

Before the gradual shutdown of the company in 2014, the system offered 17 channels, including 5 of MVS own channels ( 52MX,

Exa TV Exa TV is a Mexican 24/7 nonstop music video cable television network owned by MVS Comunicaciones. The cable network was launched in Mexico in 2005. In Mexico it is available through MASTV wireless cable television and Dish Mexico. The music vide ...

Multicinema Multicinema (also known as MC) is a Mexican movie programming cable television network owned by MVS Comunicaciones. The cable network was launched along with the wireless cable television company MVS Multivision, now called MASTV in Mexico City ...

Multipremier Multipremier (also known as MP) is a Mexican love and drama movie cable television network owned by MVS Comunicaciones. At midnight Monday to Saturday the channel transmits softcore porn movies. The channel is available on MASTV wireless cable te ...

and Cinelatino) which are bolded on the list. All channels were transmitted either subtitled or in Spanish. MASTV distributed all these channels on the same number in all the cities it serves.MASTV channels

References

External links

MASTV Web site (redirects to a video showing the end of the service)

Official website MVS Comunicaciones
MVS Comunicaciones Cable television companies of Mexico Defunct companies of Mexico {{Mexico-tv-stub