XHIMT-TDT

XHIMT-TDT

Mexico City, Mexico
Branding	El 7 (The 7)
Slogan	El 7: Te damos de qué hablar (We give you what to talk about).
Channels	Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP)
Affiliations	El 7
Owner	TV Azteca (Televisión Azteca, S.A. de C.V.)
Founded	May 15, 1985 (1985-05-15)
Call letters' meaning	XH Instituto Mexicano de la Television (full name of Imevisión)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 7 (UHF, 1985-2015)
Transmitter power	464.42 kW (digital)
Transmitter coordinates
Website	http://azteca7.com/

XHIMT-TDT is the over the air Azteca 7 (also known as El 7) network flagship station in Mexico City (Channel 7 virtual and Channel 24 digital). XHIMT provides some HD programming to cable and satellite viewers.

Digital television

Digital subchannels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	Callsign	Network	Programming
7.1	1080i	16:9	XHIMT-HD	Azteca 7	Main XHIMT-TDT Programming / Azteca 7
7.2	480i	4:3	AZ NOT	Az Noticias	Az Noticias

History

Imevisión's channel 7

To bring a channel 7 to Mexico City, which had channels 2, 4, 5, 8, 11 and 13, a channel shuffle had to be made. This channel shuffle converted Televisa's station XHTM-TV channel 8 to channel 9. Two Puebla stations, XEX-TV channel 7 and XEQ-TV channel 9, moved to channels 8 and 10; XEQ took on the XHTM callsign that was discontinued in Mexico City. In Toluca, channel 7 (XHGEM-TV) was moved to channel 12, and XHTOL-TV moved from channel 9 to 10. XHIMT-TV took to the air on May 15, 1985, as the third of three Mexico City stations operated by public broadcaster Imevisión, sister to XHDF-TV channel 13 and XEIMT-TV channel 22, and the flagship station of a second Imevisión national network which featured 99 repeater stations serving 72% of the population. The new Red Nacional 7 (7 National Network) was positioned as targeting the working class and rural areas, while Red Nacional 13, based from XHDF, targeted a more middle- and upper-class audience.

However, financial mismanagement, economic troubles and other issues quickly signaled trouble for Imevisión. In 1990, XEIMT and XHIMT were converted into relays of XHDF, and the next year, the government of Mexico announced it was selling XHIMT and XHDF to the private sector. The sale of these two networks in 1993 formed the new TV Azteca network.

On December 17, 2015, XHIMT and other television stations in Mexico City shut off their analog signals.

Programming

Further information: Azteca 7

Prime time

Further information: List of programs broadcast by TV Azteca