The roots of Nueve go back to the foundation of
Televisión Independiente de México, the first serious contender to
Telesistema Mexicano. In 1973, the two companies merged to form Televisión Vía Satélite, better known as Televisa (now known as
TelevisaUnivision Mexico). In 1993, when
Carlos Salinas de Gortari was president of Mexico, Televisa, through its subsidiary Radio Televisora de México Norte, S.A. de C.V., obtained the concession for 62 new stations, at the same time
Televisión Azteca did the same. However, it was denounced at the time that the concessions weren't awarded in a transparent manner, without prior public bidding. Although, at the beginning, this 62-station network would be used to increase Canal 9's coverage, most of the stations were used to increase the coverage of Canal 5, and others, for El Canal de Las Estrellas. After years of broadcasting primarily cultural programs, channel 9 in Mexico City returned to commercial programming in the mid-1990s, under the name Galavisión. This Galavisión was unrelated to
the American cable channel of the same name, also owned by TelevisaUnivision. On 15 April 2013, Galavisión changed its name to Gala TV. Gala TV programs were traditionally carried out at a number of Televisa-affiliated local stations. In 2017, Televisa ended a significant number of these partnerships and began multiplexing Gala TV on various Canal 5 transmitters in larger markets. On 9 July 2018, the network relaunched as Nueve, with a new programming lineup. The branding reflects the fact that its Mexico City station
XEQ-TDT and most of its retransmitters broadcast on virtual channel 9. ==Programming==