ME X - TV ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁K C OR - TV ▁( now ▁K W EX - DT ) ▁in ▁San ▁Antonio , ▁Texas ▁as ▁its ▁char ter ▁stations ). ▁It ▁has ▁ris en ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁fifth ▁highest - r ated ▁television ▁network ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁( be hind ▁N BC , ▁CBS , ▁ABC ▁and ▁Fox ) ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁dominant ▁Spanish ▁language ▁network ▁in ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁with ▁its ▁ratings ▁having ▁ris en ▁to ▁levels ▁where ▁it ▁has ▁be aten ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁English ▁language ▁compet itors ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁Although ▁Un iv ision ▁originally ▁featured ▁programming ▁content ▁from ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁distrib utors , ▁the ▁network ▁now ▁re lies ▁mainly ▁on ▁programs ▁s our ced ▁from ▁Mexico ' s ▁dominant ▁broad c aster , ▁Tele vis a ▁( which ▁has ▁maintained ▁partial ▁ownership ▁of ▁Un iv ision ' s ▁corpor ate ▁parent ▁on ▁and ▁off ▁throughout ▁its ▁history ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁dom est ically ▁produced ▁programming . ▁ ▁Its ▁major ▁competition ▁is ▁Te lem undo , ▁a ▁sister ▁network ▁of ▁N BC ▁( which ▁acquired ▁Te lem undo ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ) ▁that ▁was ▁also ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁through ▁a ▁cons ort ium ▁of ▁three ▁Spanish - language ▁stations , ▁W N J U / New ▁York ▁City , ▁W B BS - TV / Ch icago ▁and ▁K SC I / Los ▁Angeles .