▁It ▁was ▁considered ▁an ▁also - ran ▁to ▁Un iv ision ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁when ▁parent ▁company ▁N BC Univers al ▁began ▁heavily ▁invest ing ▁in ▁its ▁news ▁and ▁entertain ment ▁programming . ▁Un like ▁Un iv ision , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Te lem undo ' s ▁programming ▁is ▁produced ▁specifically ▁for ▁the ▁network . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁carrying ▁the ▁traditional ▁programming ▁format ▁for ▁Spanish ▁language ▁broad c aster s ▁( which ▁typically ▁incorpor ates ▁t elen ov el as , ▁variety ▁series , ▁news , ▁sports ▁and ▁films ▁imported ▁from ▁Latin ▁American ▁countries ), ▁also ▁includes ▁dub bed ▁versions ▁of ▁American ▁feature ▁film ▁releases . ▁ ▁Other ▁popular ▁Spanish - language ▁broadcast ▁networks ▁are ▁Un iv ision - owned ▁Un i M ás , ▁which ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁and ▁is ▁aim ed ▁at ▁a ▁younger ▁His pan ic ▁dem ographic ; ▁Az te ca , ▁the ▁American ▁version ▁of ▁Mexico ' s ▁Az te ca ▁networks , ▁which ▁deb uted ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 1 ; ▁Tele X itos ▁aim ed ▁at ▁His pan ic ▁and ▁Lat ino ▁Americans , ▁the ▁network ▁air s ▁a ▁mix ▁of ▁dram atic ▁television ▁series ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁and ▁mov ies , ▁with ▁all ▁programming ▁consisting ▁of ▁shows ▁dub bed ▁into ▁Spanish ; ▁and ▁independent ▁networks ▁Est rel la ▁TV ▁( which ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁programming ▁format ▁on