4 facts you should know about the reprogramming of the television … – Merca2.0

The television mexican began his scanning in 2014 and the changes since then have been more present.

starting this Thursday, users will have to reprogram your tv to tune to the new order of the channels, in accordance with the actual allocation made by the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT).

The Institute said the goal of the assigned virtual channels, is part of the transition to digital television, which allows for a greater offer in the programming of the tv channels, something that is known as multiprogramación.

this process integrates the emerging Image Tv, which started operations on the 17th of October.

But what we need to know the users of broadcast tv about this reprogramming:

Azteca 13, which was first broadcasted by the channel 13, now it will be transmitted by the signal 1.1; it follows The Stars, Televisa, 2.1; then, Image Tv 3.1; Foro TV Televisa 4.1; Channel 5 for the 5.1; Aztec 7 for 7.1; Gala TV by the 9.1; Channel 11 by 11.1; A Voice with All the 14.1; TV UNAM by 20.1; Capital 21 21.1; Channel 22 by 22.1; Channel 28 by 28.1; Project 40 40.1; and Channel of the Congress by the 45.1 .

IFT made the mapping of virtual channels to avoid interference and problems of identification.

The asignación is made of aaccordance with their identity programme, which in addition to the name and logo includes the content of each signal.

The new signal offers higher-quality image and audio, as well as other interactive services such as subtitles and epgs, in accordance with information of the IFT.

The virtual channels are accompanied by a secondary number, for example, the channel Azteca 13 is tuned in the spectrum 1.1 of the open television at the national level.

All tvs have a function of channel programming scans all available channels and adds them to memory for future reference.

Some devices also have a function of channel labeling. If the station has information about the program, the marking of channels usually happens automatically and is displayed on the screen. Due to that generally looks to a hundred channels or more, the channel’s programming usually takes a long time.

The reprogramming will take a few minutes to the user, and the main change will be that each channel will have the same number across the country (with the exception in some cities in the north), as it was previously changed in each entity.

In Tijuana, and Nuevo Laredo, Stars will tune in the signal, 57.1, while in the rest of the country will be 2.1.

In Mexicali, Chihuahua, Saltillo, Monterrey, Hermosillo, and Ciudad Victoria, the Image content Television is tuned into channel 18.1, and at the national level will be 3.1. While Channel 5 in Tijuana you will see in 6.1 and in the rest of the country will be in the frequency 5.1