from 2007 to 2020 it was owned by the mexican media conglomerate albavisión through its argentine subsidiary telearte s.a. in december 2019, telearte reached a strategic agreement with grupo octubre's news channel, informacion periodística, which began broadcasting in october 2020, owned by trade unionist víctor santa maría. in november 2020, grupo octubre bought 90% of el nueve, with carlos lorefice lynch being a minority shareholder with the remaining 10%.