CNN+ (Spanish TV network)
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Country | Spain |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Tres Cantos |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Picture format | 576i (4:3 SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Turner Broadcasting System Europe Parent: Time Warner Mediaset España Comunicación |
Sister channels | CNN en Español |
History | |
Launched | January 27, 1999 |
Closed | December 28, 2010 |
Replaced by | Gran Hermano coverage |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital | Mux 67 |
CNN+ (CNN Plus) was formerly a Spanish 24-hour television news channel. Launched in 1999 as a joint venture by Sogecable and Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner that owns CNN, it went off the air at the end of 28 December 2010. The management announced that CNN+ would be closed on December 31, 2010 because of low ratings and financial losses.[1]
The slogan of CNN Plus was Está pasando, lo estás viendo (It's happening, you're watching it).[2] By 2008, there were other 24-hour television channels — Intereconomía TV and TVE 24h — and CNN plus was no longer the audience leader in this type of general information. Also, CNN+'s ratings were low, peaking at 0.6%.[3]
On December 18, 2009, the channels of Sogecable, a PRISA business, merged into the Mediaset group, which already controlled Spain's Telecinco channel.
The station went off the air at 11:59 p.m. (Spanish time) on 28 December 2010, and was replaced with 24-hour coverage of the reality show Gran Hermano,[4] the Spanish version of Big Brother owned by Mediaset, and thereafter by Divinity.[5]
Management team (2008)[]
- News Department Director: Juan Pedro Valentín
- News Department Assistant Director: Javier Ruiz
- CNN+ News Director: Antonio San José
- CNN+ News Assistant Director: Victoria Lafora
References[]
- ^ "CNN+ deja de emitir a partir del próximo 31 de diciembre" (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 2010-12-10. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ "CNN+ cumple 5 años de canal "creíble" y serio". El Periódico Extremadura.
- ^ AGENCIAS, RTVE es/ (December 28, 2010). "CNN+ echa el cierre tras casi 12 años en antena". RTVE.es.
- ^ Press, Europa (December 29, 2010). "CNN+ se apaga para siempre... y da paso a Gran Hermano". europapress.es.
- ^ https://www.elperiodico.com/es/yotele/20181228/cnn-plus-recuerdo-cierre-canal-8-aniversario-7223117
External links[]
- CNN
- PRISA TV
- Defunct television channels in Spain
- Television channels and stations established in 1999
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2010
- Spanish-language television stations
- 24-hour television news channels in Spain
- Turner Broadcasting System Spain
- European television station stubs
- Spanish television stubs