List of foreign television channels available in Mexico

The Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT) regulates which television channels are allowed to air in Mexico. Although the vast majority of television channels available in Mexico are Mexican-owned and operated, the SCT allows certain foreign-owned channels to be broadcast in Mexico, provided that every foreign station is linked to a Mexican station.

Which non-Mexican stations cannot be carried in Mexico is determined by the List of Eligible Satellite Services. Although several stations appear on these lists, several are not carried by any cable companies.

American over-the-air services

These channels appear in Part 2 (Section A) and Part 3 of the List of Eligible Satellite Services. As such, up to one channel from each network can be carried by a Class 1, 2, or 3 cable company on the basic service of a cable company that cannot receive an acceptable signal from that network. As well, the SCT has authorised most cable companies to carry a second U.S. network feed from another time zone on a digital discretionary basis.

There are other American stations available in Mexico near the American border, but either they are only available over-the-air, or they are picked up by the local cable company and only distributed in that area.

*ABC:
**KABC-TV Los Angeles
**KGTV San Diego
*CBS:
**KCBS-TV Los Angeles
**KFMB-TV San Diego
**KSWT El Centro / Yuma
*FOX:
**KTTV Los Angeles
**XETV-TV San Diego
**KECY-TV El Centro / Yuma
*NBC:
**KNBC Los Angeles
**KNSD San Diego
**KYMA El Centro / Yuma
*PBS:
**KCET Los Angeles
**KPBS-TV San Diego

Foreign specialty channels

These channels appear in Part 2 (Section A), Part 3, and DTH (Section A) of the List of Eligible Satellite Services. As such, they can be carried on a discretionary basis by a Class 1 or 2 cable company, on the basic tier or a discretionary basis by a Class 3 cable company, or on a discretionary basis by a DTH company.

*ART America
* The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E)
*BBC World
* Black Entertainment Television (BET)
* Cable News Network (CNN)
* CNN Headline News (CNN-2)
* Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-Span)
* Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC)
*Court TV
*Deutsche Welle
*The Filipino Channel
*The Golf Channel
* The Learning Channel
*Radio-France outre-mer (RFO1)
*The Silent Network (Kaleidoscope)
* Speed Channel
*Spike TV
*TV Japan
*TV Polonia
*The Weather Channel (TWC)
*WMNB-TV: Russian-American Broadcasting Company

Foreign pay-TV channels

These channels appear in Part 2 (Section B), Part 3, and DTH (Section B) of the List of Eligible Satellite Services. As such, they can be carried on a pay-TV basis by a Class 1 or 2 cable company, on the basic tier or a discretionary basis by a Class 3 cable company, or on a pay-TV basis by a DTH company.

*KSTW Tacoma/Seattle
*KTLA-TV Los Angeles
*KWGN-TV Denver
*WGN-TV Chicago
* WPIX New York City
*WSBK-TV Boston
* WTBS Atlanta
* WUAB-TV Cleveland
*WWOR-TV New York City
* American Movie Classics
*Comedy Central
*Game Show Network
*Lifetime Television
*Playboy TV, on the following conditions:
**that the cable company blocks out both the video and audio feeds, and
**that the customer is not required to purchase this service in order to receive any other service
*Turner Classic Movies

Foreign digital channels

These channels appear in Part 2 (Section C), Part 3 (Digital), and DTH (Section C) of the List of Eligible Satellite Services. As such, they can be carried on a digital basis by a Class 1, 2, or 3 cable company, or by a DTH company.

*Al Jazeera, on the following condition:
**that the cable or satellite company carrying the service monitors the content and blocks out any instances of hate speech
*ART Movies
*Azteca 13 International (Mexico)
*Bloomberg Television
*Bridges TV (USA)
*BVN-TV (Netherlands)
*52MX (Mexico)
*Canal de las Estrellas Latinoamérica (Mexico)
*Canal SUR
*Channel One (Russia)
*CineLatino (Mexico)
*Docu TVE (Spain)
*EWTN
*ETTV Global (China)
*Eurochannel (Brazil)
*EuroNews
*Eurosportnews
*Fox News
*Geo TV
*German TV (Ceased operations as of Jan.1/06)
*GMA Pinoy TV (Philippines)
*Indus Vision (Pakistan)
*KTO
* Mezzo
*Military Channel
*MSNBC
*Muslim Television Ahmadiyya
*New Tang Dynasty Television (USA- Chinese)
*Network TEN (Australia)
*NFL Network
*NTV Bangla (Bangladesh)
*Oxygen Network
*Paris Première
*Phoenix North American Chinese Channel (USA)
*Planète (France)
*Polsat 2 International (Poland)
*PTV Prime USA (USA- Pakistani)
*RAI International (Italy)
*RTP Internacional (Portugal)
*RTV Palma (Serbia)
*Sahara One (India)
*Sony Entertainment Television (SET Asia)
*Super Canale Caribe (Dominican Republic)
*Telefe Internacional (Argentina)
*TRACE TV (France)
* TV3 Republic of Ireland
* TV3 Television Network (New Zealand)
*TV4 Television Network (New Zealand)
*TV Chile
*TV Colombia
*TVE Internacional (Spain)
*TV Globo Internacional (Brazil)
*TV Land
*TVR International (Romania)
*Utilisima (Argentina)

ee also

*List of Mexican television networks

References