XEQ is a Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 TV station, based in Mexico, Distrito Federal. XEQ is the flagship television station of the Galavisión

Galavisión (Mexico)

Galavisión is a Mexican television network owned by Televisa. Originating at XEQ-TV in Mexico City, the network is distributed throughout Mexico through affiliates. "Galavisión" should not be confused with Univision's cable TV network of the same name in the United States.-History:Galavisión was...

 network (unrelated to Univision's cable TV network of the same name in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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History

XEQ was founded in 1968, as XHTIM-TV Channel 8 operated by Televisión Independiente de Mexico (TIM). TIM later merged with Telesistema Mexicano becoming Televisión Vía Satélite better known as Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

. In 1985, XHTIM-TV Channel 8 has moved to XEQ-TV Channel 9 for give technical space to a new television station, XHIMT-TV

XHIMT-TV

XHIMT is the callsign for the over the air Azteca 7 network flagship station in Mexico City . XHIMT provides some HD programming to cable and satellite viewers.-History:...

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