Noticias ECO also known as ECO News, was a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 news channel, which broadcasted from 1 September 1988 to 1 May 2001. It was the first 24-hour news channel in Spanish and was owned by Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

. It closed due to low profits.

Its signal covered the Americas

Americas

The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

, Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and Northern Africa via satellite, with correspondents in 32 countries. Some of the other Televisa networks, such as Galavisión

Galavisión (Mexico)

Galavisión is a Mexican television network owned by Televisa. Originating at XEQ-TV in Mexico City, the network is distributed throughout Mexico through affiliates. "Galavisión" should not be confused with Univision's cable TV network of the same name in the United States.-History:Galavisión was...

 and Canal de las Estrellas

Canal de las Estrellas

Canal de las Estrellas is one of the cornerstone networks of Televisa, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TV in Mexico City. Many of the programs of Canal de las Estrellas are seen in the United States on Univision, Telefutura, and Galavisión...

, included ECO newscasts.

In 2010, Canal de la Ciudad

FOROtv

FOROtv is a broadcast television network owned by Televisa, with part-time Televisa Regional affiliate stations all over Mexico. Some of the programs of FOROtv can be seen in the United States on Galavisión. FOROtv is available on various Mexican cable television companies and SKY Mexico satellite...

, which had been airing programs targeted toward Mexico City, was relaunched as FOROtv

FOROtv

FOROtv is a broadcast television network owned by Televisa, with part-time Televisa Regional affiliate stations all over Mexico. Some of the programs of FOROtv can be seen in the United States on Galavisión. FOROtv is available on various Mexican cable television companies and SKY Mexico satellite...

with a full slate of news and opinion programs. This marks the first time since ECO's closure that Televisa has operated a mainly-news channel.