The story
The system started operations on September 1, 1989, as MVS Multivisión in Mexico City. The company competed against Televisa's Cablevisión, whose aim was to increase its geographical reach and subscriber base in contrast to its competitor. Both companies had 16 channels that year, but the company's programming total at the time was 120 daily hours worth of content, against Cablevisión's 163. It later expanded to 10 other markets across Mexico.
In 1991, to satisfy viewer demands and requirements, the number of channels provided increased from 8 to 12, and in 1992, from 12 to 16. By 1993 it had 20 channels on offer. By 1995, thanks to digital compression (starting March 1993), as well as the two Solidaridad satellites, Multivisión delivered 18 television channels to cable companies outside of Mexico City, as well as handling coverage of the channels for cable companies in Central and South America. In the period between 1989 and 1995, the number of subscribers in the Valley of Mexico area grew substantially: from 8,900 in December 1989 to 407,000 subscribers in December 1995. Multivisión produced by 1997 Tele Uno (now AXN), Multideporte, Multicinema, Zaz, USA Network, Antena 3 Internacional, MAS (now MVS TV) and a service channel providing schedule information to its subscribers.
In 2002, MVS Multivision changed its name to MASTV. MVS and Echostar Corporation operate the DTH system Dish Mexico.
From Wikipedia’s article on MASTV, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4