Mega TV is an American broadcasting television network

Television network

A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...

 based in Miami, Florida, owned by Spanish Broadcasting System

Spanish Broadcasting System

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States. SBS is also invested in television and internet properties, deriving the majority of its income from advertising through its media products.SBS owns the internet portal LaMusica.com...

 (SBS). The network's flagship is WSBS-TV

WSBS-TV

WSBS-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Key West, Florida, broadcasting to the lower Florida Keys on VHF channel 3 as an Mega TV flagship station. The station also operates a repeater in Miami, WSBS-CD channel 50, and has been available nationally on DirecTV since October 17, 2007 and...

, a television station licensed to Key West, Florida

Key West, Florida

Key West is a city in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The city encompasses the island of Key West, the part of Stock Island north of U.S. 1 , Sigsbee Park , Fleming Key , and Sunset Key...

, with studios in Miami.

History

Mega TV was launched on March 1, 2006. Its original slate of programming includes productions aimed to young Hispanic

Hispanic

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 viewers. Mega TV seems to be following the same pattern traced by larger rivals such as the Hispanic Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

, Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

 and Azteca América

Azteca América

Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...

 nearly 25 years ago – creating its own television personalities.

In early 2007, the station cut 55 employees to save production costs. A vast majority of locally-produced programs such as Desvelados, Xpediente, El Noticero, El Vacilon, Entre Fichas, and Mega Especiales. Puerta Astral ("Star Port"), were supposedly placed on hiatus. The channel is scheduled for a summer run with changes in hosts, and renamed Codigo Astral ("Star Code").

SBS has entered into agreements with other television stations to air Mega TV programming, including: WBWP-LP

WBWP-LP

WBWP is a Spanish language digital television station in West Palm Beach, Florida, broadcasting locally on channel 57.1 and Comcast 231, as an affiliate of Mega TV....

 in West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...

; WHDO-LD

WHDO-CA

WHDO-CA is a low-power television station based in Orlando, Florida. The station operates on analog channel 38 and digital channel 42 , and broadcasts an all-local, independent schedule....

 in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

; WFHD-LD

TBN repeaters in the Tampa Bay DMA

The Trinity Broadcasting Network operates four low-powered satellite stations in the Tampa Bay market. W56EB channel 56 serves Tampa, while W36CO channel 36 serves St. Petersburg and Clearwater, WLWN-LP channel 48 serves the Sarasota-Bradenton area, and W51DY channel 51 serves Sebring and Avon Park...

 in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

 (future; currently, it is TBN

Trinity Broadcasting Network

The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...

 repeater W36CO); WHDC-LD in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

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; KODF-LP

KODF-LP

KODF-LD is Hot TV the Hot TV affiliate for the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex, licensed in Britton, Texas. It can be seen on Charter Ft. Worth Channel 98.-History:...

 in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

; WOCK-CD in Chicago, Illinois; KLPS-LP

KLPS-LP

KLPS-LP is a low-power television station in the Coachella Valley, California , broadcasting locally over-the-air in analog on UHF channel 19. The station has been silent since April 17, 2008, having recently been acquired by SMG Media Group, as the new owners need to relocate the transmitter and...

 in Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...

; KMCC

KMCC

KMCC is a full-power television station in Laughlin, Nevada, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF channel 32 as a VasalloVision affiliate. The station is owned by Cranston II LLC .-History:...

 in Laughlin, Nevada

Laughlin, Nevada

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; WMEI

WMEI

WMEI is a television station in Arecibo, Puerto Rico that broadcasts over digital channel 14. The station is owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, LLC, which is 49 percent owned by Max Media....

 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

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; and KSDI-LD

KSDI-LP

KSDI-LP is a low-power television station in Fresno, California, owned and operated by Cocola Broadcasting. The station broadcasts six streams of video. KSDI Channel 33.1 broadcasts the Pursuit Channel during the daytime and Gems TV airing the overnight hours...

 in Fresno, California

Fresno, California

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. WHDO, WFHD, WHDC, KLPS, and KSDI show Mega TV on digital subchannels

Digital subchannel

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.

Programming

, Mega TV's original programming included:

• Bayly
  Bayly (show)
  Bayly is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by Jaime Bayly on Mega TV.-History:The show debuted on September 4 in 2006 as a monologue in which Jaime Bayly thought about politics, and also had artists like guests....
  
  
• Chayanne es Gabriel
• Consulta Medica TV
• Esta Noche Tu Nite con Alexi Valdéz
• La Descarga con Albita
• LaMusica.com Live
• Las Divas de la Tarde
• Los Implicados
• María Elvira Live
• Mega Kids (E/I
  E/I
  E/I, which stands for "educational and informative," refers to a type of children's television programming shown in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission requires that every full-service Terrestrial television station in the U.S. show at least three hours of these television...
  
  programming)
• Mega News
• Paparazzi TV ¡Sensacional!
• Puerta Astral/Código Astral
• Pronósticos
• "Agenda del Immigrante con Sal Morales y Michelle Sanchez, Esq)
• Raices y Recuerdos
• Siete Mujeres
• Xpediente