Mega TV was launched on March 1, 2006. Its original slate of programming includes productions aimed to young
Hispanic viewers. In early 2007, the station cut 55 employees to save production costs. A vast majority of locally produced programs such as
Desvelados,
Xpediente,
El Noticero,
El Vacilon,
Entre Fichas, and
Mega Especiales,
Puerta Astral ("
Star Port") and
Agenda del Inmigrante were supposedly placed on hiatus. The channel is scheduled for a summer run with changes in hosts and renamed
Codigo Astral ("
Star Code"). SBS has entered into agreements with other television stations to air Mega TV programming, including:
WBWP-LD in
West Palm Beach, Florida; WHDO-CD in
Orlando, Florida; WFHD-LD in
Tampa, Florida; WHDC-LD in
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina;
KODF-LD in
Dallas, Texas;
WOCK-CD in
Chicago, Illinois;
KLPS-LP in
Palm Springs, California;
KMCC in
Laughlin, Nevada;
WMEI in
Arecibo, Puerto Rico; and
KSDI-LD in
Fresno, California. WHDO, WFHD, WHDC, KLPS, and KSDI show Mega TV on
digital subchannels. As of May 27, 2013, WOCK-CD in Chicago no longer carries Mega TV. In February 2023, SBS said it would sell Mega TV to
Voz Media, a conservative Spanish-language news media firm based in the
Dallas area, but the deal fell through by that September. ==Programming==