CNN+ (TV network)

For the defunct streaming service in the United States, see CNN+.

CNN+ (CNN Plus) was a Spanish 24-hour television news channel. Launched in 1999 as a joint venture by Sogecable (a subsidiary of Prisa) and Turner Broadcasting System (a unit of Time Warner which owned 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]

CNN+

Country	Spain
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Tres Cantos
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Picture format	576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Time Warner Sogecable
Sister channels	CNN en Español
History
Launched	January 27, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-01-27)
Closed	December 28, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-12-28)
Replaced by	On DTT: Gran Hermano 24 horas (28 December 2010–1 March 2011) Divinity (1 March 2011–present)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Mux 67

The slogan 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+ 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 Gestevisión Telecinco, which already controlled Spain's Telecinco channel.

The channel went off the air at 11:59 p.m. (Spanish time) on 28 December 2010. On digital terrestrial television (DTT), it was replaced with Gran Hermano 24 horas, a television channel dedicated to the 24-hour coverage of the reality show Gran Hermano,^[4] the Spanish version of Big Brother franchise (see also Gran Hermano (Spanish season 12)), and since 1 March 2011 by Divinity.^[5]

References

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

External links

• CNN+ at LyngSat Address