MundoMax is effectively no longer on the air. At midnight yesterday, the network’s affiliates in Miami and Los Angeles switched to other programming.
MundoMax did not do a sign-off and, apparently, never notified its viewers about the network’s shutdown and that shows would not continue airing on its final local affiliates.
In Miami, WGEN channel 8 started airing Azteca América programming, following the announcement of an affiliate deal signed on Monday.
But the Meruelo Media-owned KWHY-22 had kept quiet about its plans. At midnight, after broadcasting the station ID, channel 22 aired an old Mexican movie in standard definition. The station ran several such old movies throughout the day on Thursday.
An inside source says the station is “in transition,” and is “reevaluating the marketplace and planning a relaunch.”
MundoMax might be off the air, but it still has other issues to deal with in its final winding down process as it terminates the remaining staff and deals with legal issues.
Chicago affiliate KM LPTV filed a lawsuit on November 29, accusing MundoMax of fraud and breach of contract and is seeking a jury trial to resolve the issue.
You can read an analysis about what led to MundoMax’s demise on Forbes.
It looks like Channel 22 in LA is going back to how it used to before MundoFox launched. They keep running ads done by Palmira Pérez all day on how in 2017 there’s going to be new programming and how it will once again be a Spanish independent station. They revealed there would be a newscast at 7 and 10pm. Early in the morning they have also been airing re-runs of a show that used to air in the early 2000s called “Cuanto Cuesta el Show”?
No notification of the Mundo Max to viewers was done about ending of the programming unfortunately the new channel Azteca Tv is horrible, cheap. Is sad that Spanish tv continue to be bad quality. We are an international community that wants quality, smart tv for a culture audience seeking decent entertainment.