large cities as Guadalajara, Monterrey and Puebla. The SPR operates 26 transmitters to the IPN's 13, and all of them (with the exception of Mexico City) carry Canal Once as one of their subchannels. In 2013, Once TV México returned to its original name of Canal Once as part of a branding refresh. In 2015, the IPN launched Once Niños, a subchannel of Canal Once featuring children's programming, which is available on all Canal Once transmitters operated by the IPN as well as on all Mexican cable systems. On December 31, 2015, Canal Once completed its digital television transition. In July 2016, Olympusat added the channel to its OTT platform, VEMOX. On January 23, 2019, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador nominated senator José Antonio Álvarez Lima to serve as the new director of Canal Once. marking his return to public media after 28 years away. Álvarez was installed in that position in March. He announced his resignation in late October 2020, in order to fill the Senate vacancy in his seat that resulted from the death of alternate senator Joel Molina Ramírez. If Álvarez Lima had opted to remain at Canal Once, the vacancy would have triggered a special election for the seat. He was replaced by 25-year-old Carlos Brito Lavalle, the youngest director in the station's history, who had previously helped coordinate the Aprende en Casa program and held other posts. In 2021, Canal Once was authorized a further 24 new transmitters, many to be co-sited with existing or new SPR installations. Logos Once Niñas y Niños Logos Programs Canal Once produces a wide variety of cultural and educational programming. It also produces and airs Once Noticias national newscasts. Canal Once has also been one of the national broadcasters that has carried the Olympic Games under contract from América Móvil, including the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. During Holy Week, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Canal Once, Canal Catorce, and Capital 21 co-produced for the first time television coverage of the Passion Play of Iztapalapa. Awards Canal Once has won many national and international prizes, including the following: Promax World Gold Awards 2004 New York, U.S.: Golden Prize T 08 for Program Promotion: "Violencia Doméstica" Golden Prize T 10 for Special Event Program Promotion: "Violencia Doméstica" Silver Prize T 08 for Program Promotion: "Diálogos en confianza" (Talk show) Silver Prize T 27 for Non-Promotional