{{short description|Television station in Mexico City}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = XHTDMX-TDT | logo = File:Multimedios Canal Seis Logo.svg | logo_caption = | logo_size = 120px | branding = Canal 6 | digital = 27 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]]) | affiliations = [[Canal 6 (Mexico)|Canal 6]] | virtual = 6 | subchannels = | airdate = 2018 | former_channel_numbers = 11 ([[Very high frequency|VHF]], 2018–2023) | location = [[Mexico City]] | country = MX | callsign_meaning = Represents concessionaire (Televisión Digital) and location (Ciudad de México) | owner = [[Grupo Multimedios|Grupo Firmas Globales]] | licensee = Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V.{{mexico-inf|TV|accessdate=16 March 2019}} | sister_stations = | former_affiliations = | licensing_authority = [[Telecommunications Regulatory Commission|CRT]] | erp = 150 kW<ref name="IFT230816">{{Cite news|title=Resolución que emite el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones respecto de la solicitud de cambio de canal de Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V., concesionario de la estación con distintivo de llamada XHTDMX-TDT, con población principal a servir en Ciudad de México y Área Metropolitana, para uso comercial.|lang=es|url=https://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift160823363.pdf|date=August 16, 2023|publisher=[[Federal Telecommunications Institute]]|trans-title=Resolution issued by the Plenum of the Federal Telecommunications Institute with regard to the channel change request from Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V., concessionaire of the station with call sign XHTDMX-TDT, with primary population to serve of Mexico City and Metropolitan Area, for commercial use.}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|19|31|58|N|99|07|50|W|type:mountain}} | website = }} '''XHTDMX-TDT''' (channel 6) is a [[television station]] in [[Mexico City]], an owned-and-operated station of the [[Monterrey]]-based [[Canal 6 (Mexico)|Multimedios Televisión]] network. Owned by [[Grupo Multimedios|Grupo Firmas Globales]] through the subsidiary company Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V., it broadcasts from the [[Canal Once (Mexico)|Canal Once]] tower on Cerro del Chiquihuite.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Canal-Once-renta-su-antena-al-canal-6.1-de-Milenio-por-1.6-millones-de-pesos-al-ano-20180529-0070.html|title=Canal Once renta su antena al canal 6.1 de Milenio por 1.6 millones de pesos al año|language=es|work=El Economista|date=29 May 2018|first=Nicolás|last=Lucas|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref>

==History== XHTDMX was awarded in the IFT-6 television station auction of 2017, held by the [[Federal Telecommunications Institute]] (IFT). Multimedios paid [[Mexican peso|Mex]]$425,929,000 for the concession.<ref>[http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/industria/espectro-radioelectrico/television/2016/6/tabladeresultadosift-6.pdf Final Report on Concessions Issued in IFT-6]</ref>

The station began testing on 12 April 2018, making it the first of the six Multimedios stations won in the auction to broadcast, and activated its second and third subchannels on 4 July. Multimedios programming officially launched programming on the main signal the night of 14 August 2018 with the launch of the second season of the network's inter-network dance competition program, ''Bailadísimo'', and began to have the full network programming schedule on-air as of 27 August.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/empresas/multimedios-tv-arrancara-programacion-en-vivo|title=Multimedios TV arrancará programación en vivo|language=es|trans-title=Multimedios TV will start live programming|last=Castanares|first=Itzel|date=14 August 2018|work=El Financiero|access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref>

Multimedios is building studio facilities in Mexico City in the former home of the ''[[Novedades de México|Novedades]]'' newspaper to begin local program production in the capital (including a local branch of Multimedios' ''Telediario'' news division); the network had previously used a small bureau to cover national news events in the capital.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.todotvnews.com/news/La-estrategia-de-Multimedios-para-la-cuarta-cadena-mexicana.html|work=TodoTVNews|first=Enrique|last=de la Rosa|date=14 February 2018|title=La estrategia de Multimedios para la "cuarta cadena" mexicana|access-date=4 July 2018|language=es|archive-date=21 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521111336/http://www.todotvnews.com/news/La-estrategia-de-Multimedios-para-la-cuarta-cadena-mexicana.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The American cable/satellite version of Multimedios carries the noon-1 p.m. and 7 p.m.-8 p.m. segments of XHTDMX's ''Telediario'' broadcasts, along with ''Futbol al Dia'' and ''Multimedios Deportes''. The network's Thursday night interview series ''SNSerio'' also has begun to originate most weeks from XHTDMX's studios to take advantage of a larger possible guest pool.

In August 2023, the IFT authorized XHTDMX-TDT to move to channel 27, which had been left vacant by the shutdown of [[XHTRES-TDT]] the year before.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/IFT-y-Multimedios-reubican-al-canal-6.1-para-una-mejor-cobertura-y-recepcion-en-CDMX-20230905-0094.html|work=[[El Economista (Mexico)|El Economista]]|first=Nicolás|last=Lucas-Bartolo|title=IFT y Multimedios reubican al canal 6.1 para una mejor cobertura y recepción en CDMX|lang=es|date=5 September 2023|access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>

== Subchannels == The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]: {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Subchannels of XHTDMX-TDT{{mexico-MP|accessdate=6 June 2019}} ! [[Digital subchannel#Mexico|Channel]] !! [[Display resolution|Video]] !! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]] !! Short name !! Network |- | 6.1 || rowspan=1 |[[1080i]] || rowspan=4 |[[16:9]] || XHTDMX1 || Canal 6 |- | 6.2 || rowspan=3 |[[480i]] || XHTDMX2 || [[Milenio Televisión]] |- | 6.3 || XHTDMX3 || [[Teleritmo]] |- | 6.4 || XHTDMX4 || [[MVS TV]] |}

The 6.2 and 6.3 subchannels use [[H.264|MPEG-4]] compression.

The 6.4 subchannel, authorized to carry the [[MVS TV]] channel from [[MVS Comunicaciones]], launched on November 5, 2018. In 2019, it was changed to MPEG-2 compression.

== Repeater ==

XHTDMX-TDT has two operating repeaters. One is on RF channel 12 at [[Tultepec, State of Mexico]], broadcasting with 7&nbsp;kW ERP.<ref name="mexico-inf-TV"/> Another, on channel 11, was authorized for [[Valle de Chalco Solidaridad]], also with 7&nbsp;kW ERP, in August 2019.<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/96521_191014122919_7495.pdf RPC: #037878 Shadow XHTDMX, Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, Mex.]</ref><ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/96521_211018215945_4027.pdf RPC: #053486 Change in ERP — Shadow XHTDMX, Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, Mex.]</ref> The repeaters were required to move to channel 27 alongside the main transmitter.{{r|IFT230816|p=22}}

== References == {{reflist}}

{{Mexico City TV}}

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