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| Country | Spain |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Spain Andorra |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mediaset España Comunicación |
| Sister channels | Telecinco Cuatro FactoríaDeFicción LaSiete Boing Divinity Energy |
| History | |
| Launched | January 21, 2013 |
| Closed | May 5, 2014 |
| Replaced by | La Tienda en Casa |
| Links | |
| Website | www.telecinco.es/nueve |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Channel: 67 |
Nueve was aprivateSpanish television channel owned byMediaset España Comunicación. Their programming is aimed at more conventional women.[1] Nueve officially began broadcasting its programming on January 21, 2013 (20 days after starting the test broadcasts).[2] The channel uses the song "Sweet About Me" byGabriella Cilmi for its jingle and theme.
With the expansion of the number of channels in 2010, before the merger ofTelecinco andCuatro, Telecinco was considering launching a free channel dedicated to women.[3] The channel would have been launched on September 1, 2010, as "LaNueve" (The Nine) corresponding to itslogical channel number ondigital terrestrial television. Its programming would have included: current affairs, entertainment, fiction series and informative spaces for women.[4]
A month after the announcement, Telecinco rescinded the project and replaced it with a children's channel:Boing.[5][6]
On December 10, 2012,Mediaset España Comunicación decided to start taking the necessary steps back towards the recovery of the "project LaNueve", throwing a new channel (La Tienda en Casa) to act as a relay station occupying the appropriate signal—Nueve.[7] The chosen name was Nueve, a channel specially aimed at a more conventional female audience. This gamble made byMediaset would compete directly with the younger and urban focusingNova channel.[8] One of the more notable things about the "Nueve's" beginnings is that the channel started its official broadcasts on January 21, 2013, just 20 days after its test broadcasts, speaking to its immediate popularity.[2] However, from the outset, the launching was announced for two days later.[9]
The channel ceased broadcasting on 5 May 2014, as a consequence of a sentence by theSupreme Court that annulled the concessions for nine channels broadcasting inDTT, because their permissions for frequencies were granted without the required public consensus and assignments system according to the Audiovisual Law.[10][11][12]
Nueve's programming was especially aimed at a more conventional female audience,[1] with a daily schedule consisting ofminiseries,telenovelas,TV-series,news programs,talent shows and a live 12-hour broadcasting of theBig Brother Spain house.[2][13]
