WI Imevision turned out differently, and thus never privatized?

Okay, in order for you guys to understand what I'm talking about I must explain what is going on.

In 1968, the PRI-led Mexican government decided to launch a new television network to compete with the privately-owned Televisa network, owned by the Azcarraga family. This was known as the Instituto Mexicano del Television, or Imevision for short. Part of this deal including the "Telesecundaria" distance secondary education programme, which now thanks to satellite technology is now used not just only in México, but also throughout Central America and the US. However, in México City itself Imevision had some public competition - from the National Polytechnic Institute's Once TV (XEIPN-TV, established in 1959), among others. Imevision itself had three television channels: XHIMT-TV, ch7 in México City; the flagship XHDF-TV, ch13 in México City; and the cultural/educational XEIMT-TV, ch22 in México City.

Imevision remained in the hands of the Mexican government until 1993, when two of Imevision's three channels were sold off (thus allowing the Mexican government to dissolve Imevision). Grupo Salinas runs these two stations as "TV Azteca": ch7 known as Azteca 7, which is youth-oriented and competition to Televisa's Canal 5; and ch13 known as Azteca 13 (Azteca America in the US and Azteca 13 International elsewhere), which remains a flagship station and thus a competitor to Televisa's Canal de las Estrellas. In interesting events that followed, Imevision's former ch22 is now in the hands of a group called Conaculta, which now broadcasts exclusively within México City, and in 1994 Edusat replaced Imevision, now under the Education Ministry's control and now concentrates exclusively on educational programming, including the "Telesecundaria" service.

Now comes my WI. Since most of my knowledge of this comes from Wiki, let's begin to examine what we have here, at least regarding what Imevision could have been. In México City itself, there are three public television stations: two which have Edusat affiliations (Conaculta on ch22 and Teveunam (XHUNAM-TV), run by the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), on ch60), and one (XEIPN-TV) which is the flagship station of the Once TV network. Outside of México City, there are some stations which have Edusat affiliations which could have been part of Imevision. Among them are:

• XHMNL-TV (ch28), owned by the Government of the State of Nuevo Leon
• XHMNU-TV (ch53), owned by the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
• XHUS (ch8), owned by the University of Sonora

So, here's the part. Let's assume that the people involved with creating Imevision back in 1968 did so earlier, in 1959 (which was when Once TV was created). To do this, they decided to investigate several models, such as the British (BBC) model, the German (ARD) model, the Dutch model, the Canadian (CBC/Radio-Canada) model, and several other ones, including educational television in the United States. They soon decide, then, that to develop the model, it is necessary to involve the universities (including the National Polytechnic Institute and UNAM), utilize both radio and television channels (so not to be too TV-centric), and although introducing the "Telesecundaria" system earlier than in OTL, it would be a public-service broadcaster (thus becoming, alongside Chile's TVN (from 1969), a rare case of public television in a Latin America where most state-owned TV stations are either weak and underfunded and/or politically-charged), a PSB using a "hybrid" model of the British, German, and Dutch models, with some of the model of American educational television. Although it is owned by the Mexican government, this ATL Imevision (though it could be under a different name, like Teveméxico, which is what I'll use from now on) would be governed by a Board of Governors that would ensure that Imevision would be free of political pressures. It decides to try three television channels:

• Teveméxico-1 (ch7 in México City), which would be modelled on the BBC Television Service, later BBC1
• Teveméxico-2 (ch13 in México City), which would be an educational and cultural television service, as well as airing children's/family-oriented programming and programming for minorities and concerned citizens
• Teveméxico-3 (ch22 in México City), which would be modelled on the German Third Programmes and thus provide regional programming

and a few radio networks (you decide the number; I'll call this area Radioméxico) for starters to get going. How would Teveméxico/Radioméxico, the ATL Imevision, survive the next 30-50 years? In addition, let's assume that this ATL Imevision is never privatized, thus butterflying away TV Azteca; also, let's assume that the Teveméxico affiliate stations are almost a bit like PBS, with some stations owned by universities, some owned by state governments, and some by community associations. Could this make a difference?

Well?? Surely there should be at least one other person (other than me) who's media-savvy.

The system would bow to political pressure- even if nominally independent. Corruption and political strongarming will occur in Mexico.

Chile's TVN does not bow to political pressure - what makes you think that Teveméxico would?

OnceTV

Dan1988 said:

So, here's the part. Let's assume that the people involved with creating Imevision back in 1968 did so earlier, in 1959 (which was when Once TV was created). To do this, they decided to investigate several models, such as the British (BBC) model, the German (ARD) model, the Dutch model, the Canadian (CBC/Radio-Canada) model, and several other ones, including educational television in the United States. They soon decide, then, that to develop the model, it is necessary to involve the universities (including the National Polytechnic Institute and UNAM), utilize both radio and television channels (so not to be too TV-centric), and although introducing the "Telesecundaria" system earlier than in OTL, it would be a public-service broadcaster (thus becoming, alongside Chile's TVN (from 1969), a rare case of public television in a Latin America where most state-owned TV stations are either weak and underfunded and/or politically-charged), a PSB using a "hybrid" model of the British, German, and Dutch models, with some of the model of American educational television. Although it is owned by the Mexican government, this ATL Imevision (though it could be under a different name, like Teveméxico, which is what I'll use from now on) would be governed by a Board of Governors that would ensure that Imevision would be free of political pressures. It decides to try three television channels:

• Teveméxico-1 (ch7 in México City), which would be modelled on the BBC Television Service, later BBC1
• Teveméxico-2 (ch13 in México City), which would be an educational and cultural television service, as well as airing children's/family-oriented programming and programming for minorities and concerned citizens
• Teveméxico-3 (ch22 in México City), which would be modelled on the German Third Programmes and thus provide regional programming

and a few radio networks (you decide the number; I'll call this area Radioméxico) for starters to get going. How would Teveméxico/Radioméxico, the ATL Imevision, survive the next 30-50 years? In addition, let's assume that this ATL Imevision is never privatized, thus butterflying away TV Azteca; also, let's assume that the Teveméxico affiliate stations are almost a bit like PBS, with some stations owned by universities, some owned by state governments, and some by community associations. Could this make a difference?

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How about OnceTV, which is owned by the Instituto Politecnico Nacional? What happened to them in this timeline?

On Teveméxico-3, is the programming produced by every state under different names?
Like, for example:

• Cadena Tercera de Baja California (for Baja California)
• Cadena Chiapas (for Chiapas)
• Red del Distrito Federal (for Distrito Federal)

Another name for Mexican public broadcaster

TeveMexico and RadioMexico are good brand names.

I think that they should have corporate names:

• For Teveméxico: Televisión Federal Mexicana
• For RadioMéxico: Radio Federal Mexicana
• For the broadcaster itself: Corporación Radiotelevisión Federal Mexicana