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HLN (TV network)

HLN
HLN 2014 logo.svg
Launched January 1, 1982 (1982-01-01),
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.hlntv.com
Availability
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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