HTVN operated from 2000 through 2003 and at one time could be viewed over-the-air on nearly 70 television stations, on approximately 300 cable systems, and on the Internet.
The new network expanded rapidly, and by March 2000, appeared on 25 television stations, including those in top-10 Hispanic markets Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix, San Antonio and Brownsville, Texas.
to broadcast network programming on the Internet,[1] and with Mexinema and Excalibur Media Group[2] to give HTVN the rights to over 500 Mexican-made, Spanish-language movies.
By the end of the year, HTVN had added full-service KJLA in the Los Angeles market and had partnered with Mexican broadcasting giant MVS Television, providing the network access to MVS' state-of-the-art production facilities and talent base, allowing HTVN to produce programming in the United States, which was scarce at that time.
[4] In 2009, a new (and unrelated) effort toward a nationwide over-the-air Spanish-language network launched, Estrella TV.