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TV Azteca controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2012

    Cable carriage dispute

    Mexican cable operators removed several TV Azteca channels during a dispute over carriage terms and the proposed bundling of broadcast stations with pay-television services.

  2. 2005

    SEC debt-fraud allegations

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused TV Azteca executives, including Ricardo Salinas Pliego, of personally profiting from a multimillion-dollar debt transaction involving TV Azteca and another company. The matter was among the early cases brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley-era enforcement framework.