XHMTCH-TDT
XHMTCH-TDT is a Grupo Multimedios television station serving Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on virtual channel 6.
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Overview
XHMTCH-TDT is a terrestrial television station based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The station operates on radio-frequency channel 28 and uses virtual channel 6, carrying the Canal 6 service associated with Grupo Multimedios and Multimedios Televisión. It was created through Mexico's 2017 IFT-6 television-station auction and began broadcasting in October 2018, giving Multimedios a full-power over-the-air presence in the Ciudad Juárez market after earlier, more limited arrangements in the area. Multimedios had previously reached viewers around Ciudad Juárez through low-power stations on the El Paso side of the border. The earlier arrangement principally involved K40FW, which began carrying Multimedios programming in 2006 and later converted to digital operation in July 2015. A separate low-power station, K26KJ-D, also became connected with the group's regional television strategy. In 2017, Cabada Holdings, LLC agreed to sell the station's license to Martin Lorenzo Smith, Grupo Multimedios' international public-relations and sales director in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission approved the transaction in August 2017, and it was consummated in March 2018. This made K26KJ-D the first station owned and operated by an American employee of Grupo Multimedios. Before XHMTCH-TDT launched, K26KJ-D carried a feed of XHABC-TDT from Chihuahua City on its third digital subchannel. The arrangement introduced the Canal 28, or ABC Televisión, service to over-the-air viewers in the Juárez area and complemented XHABC's transmitters in Chihuahua and Ciudad Cuauhtémoc. The feed was supplied through Unidad Corporativa de Televisión, S.A. de C.V., the for-profit arm associated with Canal 28. XHMTCH-TDT was one of the stations awarded to Multimedios Televisión in the IFT-6 auction. Its RF 28 signal and virtual channel 6 service entered operation in October 2018. The station was subsequently authorized to move to the Cerro del Indio transmitter site, where it shares transmission infrastructure with XHIJ-TDT and the Imagen Televisión transmitter serving Ciudad Juárez. Its digital multiplex has included several services, with channels 6.2 and 6.3 using MPEG-4/H.264 video and channel 6.4 using MPEG-2. The station is best understood as a local broadcast outlet within the wider Multimedios television network rather than as an independent consumer brand. Its role is to distribute Canal 6 programming and related digital services to viewers in Ciudad Juárez, while operating within a border-market television environment shaped by Mexican national regulation, U.S. low-power stations, and cross-border audience habits. Programming details and subchannel lineups may change over time. In November 2020, Multimedios replaced the principal programming previously carried by K27OJ-D with Voz y Visión TV, illustrating the broader network's continuing adjustments to its border-area distribution strategy.
History
XHMTCH-TDT emerged from Grupo Multimedios's effort to establish a full-power television presence in Ciudad Juárez. Before the station existed, Multimedios had reached the wider border market through low-power U.S. outlets. K40FW began broadcasting Multimedios programming in 2006 and converted to digital operation in July 2015. These earlier arrangements gave the group experience serving audiences in and around El Paso and Ciudad Juárez but did not constitute the same type of Mexican full-power station later represented by XHMTCH-TDT. The group's border strategy also involved K26KJ-D. In June 2017, Cabada Holdings, LLC agreed to sell the station's license to Martin Lorenzo Smith, identified as Grupo Multimedios' international public-relations and sales director in the United States. The FCC approved the transaction on August 9, 2017, and the sale was completed on March 7, 2018. The transaction was notable because K26KJ-D became the first television station owned and operated by an American employee of Grupo Multimedios. K26KJ-D carried a feed of XHABC-TDT from Chihuahua City on its third digital subchannel beginning in July 2017. This brought the Canal 28 service, marketed as ABC Televisión in the Juárez area, to local over-the-air viewers. The feed was supplied by Unidad Corporativa de Televisión, S.A. de C.V., the commercial arm of the Canal 28 operation. The arrangement complemented XHABC's own transmitters in Chihuahua and Ciudad Cuauhtémoc and provided a bridge between Multimedios's border distribution activities and television services originating elsewhere in Chihuahua. A more permanent Mexican presence followed the IFT-6 auction held in 2017. Multimedios Televisión successfully bid for a Ciudad Juárez television station designated XHMTCH-TDT. The station was assigned RF channel 28 and virtual channel 6, aligning it with the Canal 6 identity used by Multimedios. It began broadcasting in October 2018. After launch, the station was authorized to move to the Cerro del Indio transmitter site, where it shares transmission space with XHIJ-TDT and the Imagen Televisión transmitter serving the city. The station's digital multiplex has supported the principal Canal 6 service and additional subchannels. The 6.2 and 6.3 services use MPEG-4/H.264 encoding, while 6.4 uses MPEG-2. In August 2019, the Mexican telecommunications regulator approved a Multimedios request to replace Teleritmo with CV Shopping on nine stations, including XHMTCH-TDT, through January 2023. This reflected the network's use of digital capacity for varied programming and commercial services rather than a single uniform channel feed. XHMTCH-TDT operates within a competitive and unusually interconnected border television environment. Its history combines Mexican spectrum licensing, U.S. low-power broadcasting, regional channel feeds, and the distribution priorities of a larger television group. The station's principal identity is Canal 6 in Ciudad Juárez, while its digital facilities allow Grupo Multimedios to adjust secondary services as network strategy and regulatory permissions change. The available reference material does not establish a separate founding team, station president, or independently reported financial results.
- 2020
Voz y Visión TV replaces the main K27OJ-D programming
[1]Multimedios changed the principal programming carried by K27OJ-D to Voz y Visión TV in November 2020.
- 2019
CV Shopping replaces Teleritmo on the station's approved lineup
[1]The IFT approved the replacement of Teleritmo with CV Shopping on nine Multimedios stations, including XHMTCH-TDT.
- 2018
XHMTCH-TDT launches
[1]XHMTCH-TDT began broadcasting in October 2018 on RF channel 28 and virtual channel 6.
- 2017
Multimedios wins the Ciudad Juárez license in the IFT-6 auction
[1]Multimedios Televisión won a station in Ciudad Juárez during Mexico's IFT-6 television-station auction.
- 2017
Canal 28 feed reaches Juárez viewers through K26KJ-D
[1]K26KJ-D began carrying XHABC-TDT's Canal 28 service on its third digital subchannel, expanding ABC Televisión's over-the-air availability in the Juárez area.
- 2015
K40FW converts to digital operation
[1]The earlier Multimedios-linked low-power station converted to digital broadcasting in July 2015.
- 2006
Multimedios begins using K40FW for border-area distribution
[1]K40FW in the El Paso area began carrying Multimedios programming, helping the group reach viewers around Ciudad Juárez through a low-power U.S. outlet.
Products and positioning
A local over-the-air Canal 6 outlet in Ciudad Juárez, positioned as part of Grupo Multimedios's Spanish-language television network and its expansion into the Mexican border market.
Broadcast television network service · 2018
Canal 6
Canal 6 is the principal service associated with XHMTCH-TDT and is distributed through virtual channel 6 in Ciudad Juárez. It represents the station's connection to Grupo Multimedios's broader Spanish-language television operation. The service is delivered over the air from the station's RF 28 facility and is accompanied by digital multicast capacity for additional services.
Digital multicast television service · 2019
CV Shopping
CV Shopping was approved as a replacement for Teleritmo on XHMTCH-TDT and other Multimedios stations in 2019. It occupies a secondary digital-service role within the station's multiplex and illustrates how the broadcaster uses multicast capacity for commercial and specialized programming.
Digital multicast television service
Teleritmo
Teleritmo was a secondary service previously carried within the Multimedios digital-station lineup. The IFT approved its replacement by CV Shopping on XHMTCH-TDT and eight other Multimedios stations in 2019.
Brand decisions
2019
Replace Teleritmo with CV ShoppingProduct launchBackground
Multimedios revised the secondary digital services carried by a group of stations.
Action taken
On August 21, 2019, the IFT approved the substitution of CV Shopping for Teleritmo on nine Multimedios stations, including XHMTCH-TDT.
Aftermath
The approved arrangement was specified to continue through January 2023.
2018
Move the transmitter to Cerro del IndioStrategyBackground
After launching on RF channel 28, the station required an authorized transmission arrangement for its Ciudad Juárez service.
Action taken
XHMTCH-TDT was authorized to move to the Cerro del Indio transmitter site.
Aftermath
The station shared transmission space with XHIJ-TDT and the local Imagen Televisión transmitter.
2017
Bid for and win a Ciudad Juárez television stationStrategyBackground
Multimedios had an earlier, intermittent presence in the Ciudad Juárez and El Paso market through low-power U.S. stations and sought a more established Mexican broadcast position.
Action taken
The group participated in Mexico's IFT-6 television-station auction and won the station that became XHMTCH-TDT.
Aftermath
The award led to the launch of a full-power-style Mexican Canal 6 outlet in Ciudad Juárez in October 2018.
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