Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel)
television network
Canal 5 (stylized as 5*) is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It traces its origins to the foundation of Channel 5 in Mexico City in 1952 (also known by its callsign XHGC-TDT). Canal 5's program lineup is generally targeted at a younger audience and includes cartoons, foreign series and movies, along with a limited number of sporting events such as NFL games, boxing, the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games.
Canal 5 is mostly aimed at children and youth audiences, airing a significant amount of programs from Paramount Global Content Distribution and other companies, although in late hours it usually targets general audiences with television series, movies, and reality shows. The channel also broadcasts series produced by the company TelevisaUnivision, which owns the channel. In programming, its main national over-the-air television competitor has historically been Azteca 7 of TV Azteca.
History
On 10 May 1952, XHGC-TV came to the air for the first time. It was Mexico City's third television station, owned by Guillermo González Camarena, an inventor who created the first color television system. In 1955, XHGC was one of three stations that formed Telesistema Mexicano. González Camarena remained the general manager of XHGC until his death in 1965, when he was returning from an inspection of what eventually became XHAJ-TV's transmitter in Las Lajas.
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