TV Azteca Press Release

TV Azteca Press Release

MEXICO CITY, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TV Azteca, S.A. de C.V. (BMV: TVAZTCA; NYSE: TZA; Latibex: XTZA), one of the two largest producers of Spanish language television programming in the world, announced today that Special and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings have been called for May 30, 2005 to consider the amendment of the Ninth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Twenty First, and Twenty Sixth Sections and related provisions of the By-laws of the Company in order to harmonize them with the requirements of the Mexican Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores) and the General Rules to Regulate Issuers and other Participants of the Securities Market (Disposiciones de Caracter General Aplicables a las Emisoras de Valores y a Otros Participantes del Mercado de Valores) published on March 19, 2003 by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores).

The By-laws of the Company are publicly available at the websites of the Company (http://www.tvazteca.com.mx/), the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V.) (http://www.bmv.com.mx/), and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/).

Company Profile

TV Azteca is one of the two largest producers of Spanish language television programming in the world, operating two national television networks in Mexico, Azteca 13 and Azteca 7, through more than 300 owned and operated stations across the country. TV Azteca affiliates include Azteca America Network, a new broadcast television network focused on the rapidly growing US Hispanic market, and Todito.com, an Internet portal for North American Spanish speakers.

Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Risks that may affect TV Azteca are identified in its Form 20-F and other filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source: TV Azteca, S.A. de C.V.

CONTACT: Investor Relations - Bruno Rangel, +5255-1720-9167,
jrangelk@tvazteca.com.mx, or Media Relations - Daniel McCosh,
+5255-1720-0059, dmccosh@tvazteca.com.mx, both for TV Azteca, S.A. de C.V.

Web site: http://www.tvazteca.com.mx/
http://www.bmv.com.mx/
http://www.sec.gov/

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