TeleXitos is an American Spanish language digital multicast television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal Filmed and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, itself a division of Comcast. Aimed at the Hispanic and Latin American community, the network aired a mix of dubbed dramatic television series from the 1970s to the 2000s and movies, before changing to a near simulcast of Universo programming in the mid-2020s.
History
Telenovela format as Éxitos TV
The network traces its origins to Éxitos TV, a digital multicast network launched by Telemundo Station Group on January 28, 2012; Éxitos primarily focused on reruns of telenovelas from the 1990s and 2000s that were previously broadcast on sister network Telemundo. The network was initially launched on the digital subchannels of Telemundo's owned-and-operated stations.
Relaunch as TeleXitos
On December 1, 2014, the Telemundo Station Group renamed Éxitos to TeleXitos. The new format of the network would shift to focus on Spanish-dubbed reruns of drama and action series from the 1970s to the early 2000s, which in effect made the network a companion service with sister network Cozi TV and a competitor to several English language multicast networks specializing in archived programming including MeTV, Antenna TV and the Retro Television Network – with TeleXitos becoming the first Spanish language network in the U.S. to focus on classic television programs. Telemundo Station Group chose to change the network's format in response to research illustrating the limited availability of action and adventure programs in Spanish. Barbara Alfonso, who previously served as programming and community marketing manager at NBC's Miami owned-and-operated station WTVJ, was appointed as director of network operations, handling responsibility of programming acquisitions, national advertising sales and digital operations.[1][2][3]
Programming
TeleXitos' programming focused primarily on action and adventure series and feature films from the 1970s to the 2000s, aimed primarily at males between the ages of 25 and 54 years old, before its transition to a near simulcast of Universo.[4] Much of the network's series acquisitions were sourced primarily from the programming library of corporate sister NBCUniversal Television Distribution (including shows from Universal Television, Revue Studios, NBC Studios and MCA Television), although it featured select programs from other distributors. The network was designed to complement existing programming content on sister network Telemundo, with stations affiliated with that network being given the option of scheduling daily blocks of local news, sports and special events programming in place of shows airing on the national TeleXitos feed.[5][6] All of the network's content is presented in Spanish. Previously this consisted of dubbed versions originally intended for syndication in Latin American countries.
In the last few years it has been airing programming from Mexican network
Affiliates
As of, TeleXitos has current or pending affiliation agreements with television stations in 17 media markets encompassing 10 states (including stations in eight of the ten largest Nielsen markets), covering 27% of the United States.[8]
NBCUniversal currently broadcasts TeleXitos in most markets served by a station owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations group, either on subchannels of its Telemundo and NBC owned-and-operated stations. The network is also available on the digital subchannels of other television stations, primarily those affiliated with Telemundo.[9][2] The network is available to stations on a barter basis, in which TeleXitos and its affiliates split the responsibility of selling advertising inventory as well as the commercial time allocated each hour.
The network initially launched in markets reaching approximately 20 million American households with at least one television set, as well as more than 4.5 million households with Latino and Hispanic residents.
See also
- Cozi TV – co-owned English language digital broadcast network, specializing in classic television series from the 1950s to the 1980s.
- Me-TV – competing digital broadcast network owned by Weigel Broadcasting, specializing in classic television series from the 1950s to the 1980s.
- Decades – competing digital broadcast network owned by Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations, specializing in classic television series from the 1950s to the 1980s as well as archival news programming.
- Antenna TV – competing digital broadcast network owned by Nexstar Media Group, specializing in classic television series from the 1950s to the 1990s.
- Buzzr – competing digital broadcast network owned by FremantleMedia North America, specializing in classic television game shows.
- Bounce TV – competing digital broadcast network owned by Bounce Media LLC, featuring television series and movies targeting an African-American audience.
- Grit
External links
References
- Nancy Dahlberg. Telemundo announces launch of TeleXitos Miami Herald, The McClatchy Company, July 11, 2012, retrieved September 10, 2015^
- Diana Marszalek. Telemundo Stations Debut Classic TV Diginet TVNewsCheck, NewsCheck Media, December 1, 2014, retrieved September 10, 2015^
- Telemundo launches TeleXitos network; names Alfonso director