TV Azteca’s Hi-TV channel declared legal

Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice has confirmed the legality of TV Azteca’s Hi-TV channel.The court ruled that the activity of Hi-TV is part of the area of broadcasting, under the aegis of Cofetel (the telecommunications federal commission). Hi-TV requires the purchase of a receiver that captures all free digital signals, including sub-channels that are not air and that TV Azteca offered as exclusive, with a configuration similar to pay-TV service, but with no monthly charge for the viewer. Launched in December 2009, TV Azteca obtained at the time the authorisation to operate Hi-TV, after determining that the chain, owned by Grupo Salinas, did not violate the federal radio and television codes.