After acquiring the television station XHRAE from Raúl Aréchiga Espinoza on July 18, 2006, GEA relaunched XHRAE-TV under the name CadenaTres (lit.

The network's coverage expanded from Mexico City to the entire Mexican republic through various cable television systems and its three broadcast affiliates in Baja California, Chihuahua and Sonora.

The nightly newscast had various anchors throughout its run, being the most important Pedro Ferriz de Con, Pablo Hiriart, and toward the end of the channel's life, Francisco Zea.

After Grupo Imagen acquired Querétaro FC, Liga MX soccer also became part of its sports programming, although it never managed to carry as many games as Televisa or TV Azteca.

Thanks to several associations with Latin American networks such as Venevision, Televen, Telemundo and RCN (Colombia), CadenaTres aired several telenovelas and drama series.

It featured two new shows that were very similar to the format of Mikorte: El Incorrecto (hosted by Eduardo Videgaray and José Ramón San Cristóbal, originally aired on E!

A short-lived venture with production company Adicta Films in 2012 led to the creation of two original sitcoms: El Albergue and La Clínica.

Initially it featured anime shows such as Speed Racer, Mazinger Z, Gekko Kamen/Capitán Centella, and Heidi and the Japanese drama series Comet-san (known as Señorita Cometa in Mexico).

The featured shows were: Gamer#Tag and CTRLGAMER (videogames), Japantastic (Asian pop culture), TechCity (gadgets), LOL TV (social networks) and top diez (music).

After the network shutdown, these shows are still being produced and are available on-demand and were picked by former CadenaTres affiliate, Canal 44 of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.