CNN | |
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Launched | June 1, 1980 |
Owned by |
Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) |
Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (480i letterboxed for SDTV feed) |
Slogan |
Go There This is CNN |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | United States Canada Worldwide (via CNN International) online (via CNNGo) radio (news reports on the half-hour) |
Headquarters |
CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia |
Sister channel(s) |
CNN International CNN Philippines CNN Indonesia CNN-News18 CNN Airport Network CNN Türk CNN en Español CNNgo HLN CNN Chile TNT Turner Classic Movies Cartoon Network Boomerang TruTV TBS |
Website | cnn |
Availability
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Satellite | |
DirecTV (U.S.) | 202 1202 (VOD) |
Dish Network | 200 9436 |
Bell TV (Canada) | 1578 500 (SD) |
Shaw Direct (Canada) | 140/500 (SD) 257/331 (HD) |
Claro (Dominican Republic) | 156 |
Cable | |
Verizon FiOS (U.S.) | 600 100 (SD) |
Available on most other U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
Satellite radio | |
Sirius (U.S.) | 115 |
XM (U.S.) | 115 |
Sirius XM (U.S.) | 115 |
IPTV | |
AT&T U-verse (U.S.) | 1202 202 (SD) |
Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | 500 1500 (SD) |
Google Fiber (U.S.) | 101 |
VMedia (Canada) | 33 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
CNN.com/live |
Watch live (U.S. cable subscribers only; requires login from participating television providers to access stream) |
Apple TV | CNNgo Application |
Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
TuneIn | CNN |
The Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. It was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel; however, by April 2016, a CNN executive officially described the channel as "no longer a TV news network" and instead as "a 24-hour global multiplatform network." Upon its launch, CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage, and was the first all-news television channel in the United States.
While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from the Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta is only used for weekend programming. CNN is sometimes referred to as CNN/U.S. (or CNN Domestic) to distinguish the American channel from its international sister network, CNN International. As of August 2010, CNN is available in over 100 million U.S. households. Broadcast coverage of the U.S. channel extends to over 890,000 American hotel rooms, as well as carriage on cable and satellite providers throughout Canada. Globally, CNN programming airs through CNN International, which can be seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories.
As of February 2015, CNN is available to about 96,289,000 cable, satellite, and telco television households (82.7% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.
The Cable News Network was launched at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 1980. After an introduction by Ted Turner, the husband and wife team of David Walker and Lois Hart anchored the channel's first newscast.Burt Reinhardt, the executive vice president of CNN at its launch, hired most of the channel's first 200 employees, including the network's first news anchor, Bernard Shaw.