HLN (TV channel)
| HLN | |
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| Launched | January 1, 1982, 35 years ago |
| Owned by | Cable News Network, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Time Warner) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV sets) 576i (SDTV, letterboxed 16:9) (beIN only) |
| Slogan | News and Views |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | United States, Canada, Latin America, The Caribbean, Asia, Middle East, North Africa, Australia (some hotels only) |
| Headquarters |
CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Formerly called | CNN2 (1982–1983) Headline News (1983–1997) CNN Headline News (1997–2007) HLN: Headline News (2007–2008) |
| Sister channel(s) |
CNN CNN-IBN CNN Airport Network CNN Arabic CNN en Español CNN International CNN Chile CNN Türk CNN Indonesia n-tv TNT Turner Classic Movies Cartoon Network Boomerang TruTV TBS CNNj CNN Philippines The CW HBO Cinemax WPCH-TV |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Audio available via some radio stations | Consult your local station for availability |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 204 (HD/SD) |
| Dish Network | Channel 202 |
| Shaw Direct (Canada) | Channel 502 |
| Cignal Digital TV | Channel TBA |
| beIN (Middle East and North Africa) | Channel 146 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Verizon FiOS | Channel 101/1542 (Currently SD Only) |
| In-House (Washington, D.C.) | Channel 23 |
| Available on most other U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 712 |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 110 (Digital) |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 18 |
| Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 110 (Digital) |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 69 |
| Wave Broadband | Channel 37 |
| (Macau) | Channel 809 |
| Satellite radio | |
| Sirius | Channel 117 |
| XM | Channel 117 |
| IPTV | |
| Now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 317 |
| Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | Channel 1508(HD) Channel 508 (SD) |
| AT&T U-verse | Channel 1203 (HD) Channel 203 (SD) |
| mio TV (Singapore) | Channel 169 (SD) |
| Zazeen (Canada) | Channel 45 (HD) Channel 50 (SD) |
| VMedia (Canada) | Channel 80 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| go.cnn.com | Watch live (US cable subscribers only) |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
HLN (formerly Headline News) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. The channel is a spin-off of the U.S. Cable News Network.
The channel was originally structured to feature a tightly formatted, 30-minute newscast that was rebroadcast each half-hour, 24 hours a day, with freshly updated information that briefly covered various areas of interest (such as national news, sports, entertainment, weather and business). Since 2005, however, its format has increasingly shifted to long-form tabloid-, opinion-, crime-, and entertainment news-related programming. In 2014, the network further re-focused with an emphasis on social media.
As of July 2015, HLN is available to approximately 97 million American households (83.4% of households with at least one television set) in the United States making it the most distributed American cable network. Since the mid-2000s, HLN has been available internationally on cable and satellite in parts of Asia, the Caribbean, South America, Middle East, North Africa and in Canada.
The channel originally launched as CNN2 on January 1, 1982. In January of the following year, it was renamed Headline News. From around that point until 1992, the channel was often abbreviated as "HN" (the channel would later incorporate a die-cut "HN" block design within the original variant of its third logo when it was introduced in 1989, before it was fully supplanted by the wordmark that accompanied it in 1992, which was later italicized).
Originally, the channel's programming was formatted around the idea that a viewer could tune in at any time of day or night (instead of having to wait for the merely once- or twice-daily national news segments in local newscasts, or morning or evening network news programs), and receive up-to-date information on the top national and international stories in just 30 minutes. This "Headline News Wheel" format featured: general news during the top (:00) and bottom (:30) of the hour; "Dollars and Sense" business and personal finance reports at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour; sports scores and headlines (branded as "Headline Sports") at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour; and lifestyle reports at 25 and 55 minutes past the hour. The :25/:55 lifestyle segment was designed to allow local cable systems the option of pre-empting it with a local headline "capsule" from an associated regional cable news channel or a local television station. Another regular feature, the "Hollywood Minute", was often fitted-in after the "Headline Sports" segment. In the channel's early years, a two-minute recap of the hour's top stories, the "CNN Headlines," would run after the sports segment.
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