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Bidding Process for Second New National Network Set to Begin November 28

dhett

dhett

The bidding process for the second new national network is set to commence November 28 and will run through December 23.

The bidding will be for 148 TV stations in 124 coverage areas, with 24 areas having a second channel, some of which could be in the upper VHF band. The bidding earlier this year, which produced Imagen TV, was for 123 stations and coverage areas, and included no VHF stations.

Bidders will be evaluated on a points system, with a 15% bonus given to applicants who have no existing radio or TV presence, and a 10% bonus given to applicants who have a radio presence, but no television.

Source: http://m.eleconomista.mx/industrias/2016/11/21/segunda-licitacion-tv-inicia-28-noviembre-ift#
 
Some corrections are in order here.

The 148 channels include the 123 that Grupo Radio Centro won the bidding for in the first auction but was not able to build out, but they are not only for use in a national network. They can be used in a national network, a regional network, or as local stations.

November 28 - December 23 is the period for interested parties to register their intent to bid with the IFT.

The IFT will evaluate submitted information until August, when they will issue proof of participation.

The parties will submit bids and the IFT will announce winners in early October 2017.

No broadcaster with more than 20% national coverage will be eligible for the 10% or 15% additional credit, even if they have no presence in the coverage area.
 
This has been discussed by others in other forums, but not here, so...

Mexico didn't get a second new national network after all. With the IFT-6 bidding process having come and gone, of the 148 possible allocations, only 32 received bids. Those 32 bids will result in new TV stations for about 50.44 million people, or about 45% of the country's population. The other 116 allocations will be abandoned.

Here are the winning bidders according to the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT):

Telsusa Televisión México, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF - Campeche and Champotón, Campeche
  2. UHF - Cd. del Carmen, Campeche
  3. UHF - León and Silao; Lagos de Moreno, Guanajuato/Jalisco
  4. UHF - Agualeguas, Nuevo León
  5. UHF - Puebla and metro area; Tlaxcala, Huamantla and Apizaco, Puebla/Tlaxcala
  6. UHF - Cancún, Quintana Roo
  7. UHF - Chetumal, Quintana Roo
  8. UHF - Tulum, Cozumel and Solidaridad, Quintana Roo
  9. UHF - Jalapa, Misantla, Perote, Tlapacoyan, Huatusco, Orizaba and Córdoba, Veracruz
  10. UHF - Veracruz, La Antigua, Alvarado and Boca del Río, Veracruz
  11. UHF - Mérida and Ticul; Calkiní, Yucatán/Campeche
  12. UHF - Tizimín-Valladolid, Yucatán

Multimedios Televisión, S.A. de C. V.
  1. UHF - Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua
  2. UHF - Monclova and Castaños, Coahuila
  3. UHF - Durango, Durango
  4. UHF - Puebla and metro area; Tlaxcala, Huamantla and Apizaco, Puebla/Tlaxcala

Compañía Periodística Sudcaliforniana, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF - LaPaz, Baja California Sur
  2. UHF - Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo
  3. UHF - Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V.
  1. VHF - Cd. de México and metro area
  2. UHF - Guadalajara and metro area, Jalisco

Radio Comunicación Gamar, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF - Cuencamé, Durango
  2. UHF - Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango

Radio-Televisión de Nayarit, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF - Acaponeta-Tecuala, Nayarit
  2. UHF - Tepic and Santiago Ixcuintla (Peñitas), Nayarit

Intermedia de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF - Chihuahua and Cd. Delicias

Tele Saltillo, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF - Saltillo, Coahuila

Francisco de Jesús Aguirre Gómez
  1. UHF - Cd. de México and metro area

Quiero Media, S.A. de C.V.
  1. VHF - Guadalajara and metro area, Jalisco

José Guadalupe Manuel Trejo García
  1. UHF - Uruapan, Michoacán

Comunicación 2000, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF - Matehuala and Cedral; Doctor Arroyo, San Luis Potosí/Nuevo León

Radio Operadora Pegasso, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF - San Luis Potosí and Rioverde, San Luis Potosí
 
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Mexico has provided the channel numbers of some border stations to the FCC:
  • The Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, allocation should get UHF 28 (Multimedios Televisión, S.A. de C. V.)
  • The Monclova, Coahuila, allocation should get UHF 33 (Multimedios Televisión, S.A. de C. V.)
  • The Chihuahua, Chihuahua, allocation should get UHF 30 (Intermedia de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V.)
  • The Saltillo, Coahuila, allocation should get UHF 36 (Tele Saltillo, S.A. de C.V.)
 
Here are the winning bidders again, this time with channel numbers:

Telsusa Televisión México, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF 27 - Campeche and Champotón, Campeche
  2. UHF 25 - Cd. del Carmen, Campeche
  3. UHF 36 - León and Silao; Lagos de Moreno, Guanajuato/Jalisco
  4. UHF 20 - Agualeguas, Nuevo León
  5. UHF 32 - Puebla and metro area; Tlaxcala, Huamantla and Apizaco, Puebla/Tlaxcala
  6. UHF 32 - Cancún, Quintana Roo
  7. UHF 20 - Chetumal, Quintana Roo
  8. UHF 19 - Tulum, Cozumel and Solidaridad, Quintana Roo
  9. UHF 19 - Jalapa, Misantla, Perote, Tlapacoyan, Huatusco, Orizaba and Córdoba, Veracruz
  10. UHF 29 - Veracruz, La Antigua, Alvarado and Boca del Río, Veracruz
  11. UHF 24 - Mérida and Ticul; Calkiní, Yucatán/Campeche
  12. UHF 27 - Tizimín-Valladolid, Yucatán

Multimedios Televisión, S.A. de C. V.
  1. UHF 28 - Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua
  2. UHF 33 - Monclova and Castaños, Coahuila
  3. UHF 29 - Durango, Durango
  4. UHF 15 - Puebla and metro area; Tlaxcala, Huamantla and Apizaco, Puebla/Tlaxcala

Compañía Periodística Sudcaliforniana, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF 23 - LaPaz, Baja California Sur
  2. UHF 35 - Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur
  3. UHF 27 - Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V.
  1. VHF 11 - Cd. de México and metro area
  2. UHF 34 - Guadalajara and metro area, Jalisco

Radio Comunicación Gamar, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF 30 - Cuencamé, Durango
  2. UHF 22 - Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango

Radio-Televisión de Nayarit, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF 27 - Acaponeta-Tecuala, Nayarit
  2. UHF 26 - Tepic and Santiago Ixcuintla (Peñitas), Nayarit

Intermedia de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF 30 - Chihuahua and Cd. Delicias

Tele Saltillo, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF 36 - Saltillo, Coahuila

Francisco de Jesús Aguirre Gómez
  1. UHF 28 - Mexico City and metro area

Quiero Media, S.A. de C.V.
  1. VHF 9 - Guadalajara and metro area, Jalisco

José Guadalupe Manuel Trejo García
  1. UHF 15 - Uruapan, Michoacán

Comunicación 2000, S.A. de C.V.
  1. UHF 33 - Matehuala and Cedral; Dr Arroyo, San Luis Potosí/Nuevo León

Radio Operadora Pegasso, S.A. de C.V.
  1. VHF 10 - San Luis Potosí and Rioverde, San Luis Potosí
 
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