CNN+ (TV network)

CNN+ (CNN Plus) was 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]

For the defunct streaming network, see CNN+.
CNN+
CountrySpain
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersTres Cantos
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerTurner Broadcasting System Europe
Parent: Time Warner
Mediaset España Comunicación
Sister channelsCNN en Español
History
LaunchedJanuary 27, 1999 (1999-01-27)
ClosedDecember 28, 2010 (2010-12-28)
Replaced byGran Hermano coverage
Availability
Terrestrial
DigitalMux 67

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]

References
  1. "CNN + dejará de emitir a partir del próximo 31 de diciembre" (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  2. "CNN+ cumple 5 años de canal "creíble" y serio". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 2004-02-01. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  3. "CNN+ echa el cierre tras casi 12 años en antena". RTVE (in Spanish). 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  4. "CNN+ se apaga para siempre... y da paso a Gran Hermano". Europa Press (in Spanish). 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  5. "Trabajadores de CNN+ recuerdan el cierre del canal en su octavo aniversario". elperiodico.com (in Spanish). 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
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