Superstation

==Mexico==
Much as is the case in Canada, almost all of the commercial and non-commercial television stations in Mexico are available on satellite to be carried on cable and other direct-to-home (DTH) television providers within the country. However, no station had equal transmission nationwide: certain laws, such as the electoral law, forbid television stations from broadcasting advertisements (particularly, political campaign ads) originating from other states or regions within the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Propaganda en Materia Electoral. Criterios Relevantes|url=http://www.te.gob.mx/ccje/archivos/propaganda_electoral.pdf|author=Dra. Karolina Monika Gilas|website=Federal Telecommunications Institute|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref> The country's telecommunications agency, the [[Federal Telecommunications Institute]] (IFT), also mandates that direct-broadcast satellite providers carry the signals of stations that are part of television networks that cover 50% of the Mexican territory, albeit with regional lockouts for advertisements.<ref>{{cite web|title=Retransmisiones de Señales Radiodifundidas|url=http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/retransmisiones-de-senales-radiodifundidas|website=Federal Telecommunications Institute|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=March 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311010728/http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/retransmisiones-de-senales-radiodifundidas|url-status=dead}}</ref>