Las Estrellas

Las Estrellas

Type	Terrestrial television network
Country	Mexico
Transmitters	see below
Headquarters	Avenida Chapultepec 28, Colonia Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, 06720 Mexico City, Mexico
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	TelevisaUnivision
History
Launched	11 March 1951; 73 years ago (1951-03-11)
Founder	Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
Former names	Canal 2 (1951–1984) El Canal de las Estrellas (1985-2016)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television (Except Tijuana)	Channel 2.1
Digital terrestrial television (Tijuana)	Channel 19.1
Digital terrestrial television (Reynosa)	Channel 9.1

Las Estrellas (lit. 'The Stars') is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City.

It is considered the most-watched television channel in Mexico and serves as Televisa's flagship channel. It is also the oldest national television network in Mexico, originating from station XEW-TV, the second-oldest station in the country, following XHTV-TDT (channel 4). Much of Las Estrellas' programming is broadcast in the U.S. on Univision, UniMás and Galavisión.^[1]

Its programming primarily consists of telenovelas, game shows, comedy shows, sports shows, and news broadcasts. On weekends, it features movies, reality shows, children's programming, special events (concerts, award shows), and occasionally, the final episodes of major telenovelas (simulcast on the main stations of the Televisa Regional network). Additionally, weekends include broadcasts of major Mexican soccer matches and, at times, boxing events.