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CNN en Español
CountryUnited States
Puerto Rico
Chile
Argentina
Mexico
Colombia
Broadcast areaUnited States
Latin America (except Cuba)
HeadquartersCNN Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery
ParentCNN Worldwide
Sister channelsCNN
CNN-News18
CNN International
HLN
CNN Chile
CNN Brazil
CNN Türk
CNN Portugal
History
LaunchedMarch 17, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-17)
Links
Websitecnnespanol.cnn.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Antina
(Argentina)		Channel 30
Tigo Star
(Paraguay)		Channel 70
Streaming media
DirecTVChannel 419
(United States)
Channel 704
(Latin America)
Hulu + Live TVInternet Protocol television
YouTube TVInternet Protocol Television

Cable News Network en Español (known as CNN en Español, stylized as CN͠N) is a Pan-American Spanish-language news channel, owned by CNN Worldwide, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery. It was launched on pay television, on March 17, 1997.

History

CNN en Español before 1997

In 1988, CNN began producing news in Spanish with Noticiero CNN, aimed at Spanish-speaking audiences in the United States and Latin America.

In 1992, CNN International started the Noticiero CNN Internacional, the first in Spanish on that channel. Other programs in Spanish were Las Noticias and Noticias México, all of them presented by the Colombian Patricia Janiot and the Uruguayan Jorge Gestoso, and with the direction of Rolando Santos. The following year, CNN en Español Radio was launched.

Launch (1997)

On March 17, 1997, CNN en Español began broadcasting 24 hours a day. In addition, the chain's production centers begin to operate in Buenos Aires and Havana. The correspondent in the Cuban capital was the first office of a U.S. organization on the island.

2010 change

In 2010, CNN en Español debuted a new logo, with a new programming lineup.

2022

On February 14, 2022, CNN en Español started broadcasts in 16:9.

Availability

CNN en Español is available throughout Hispanic America, and the United States.[1] In Canada, a number of the network's shows are simulcast on Univision Canada.[2] In Venezuela and Nicaragua, the channel is available via live-streaming on YouTube and its official website since 2017 and 2022 respectively.

On February 15, 2017, Venezuela's National Commission of Telecommunications (Conatel) blocked CNN en Español from any national TV provider, saying a report from the network regarding passport fraud was "a threat to the peace and democratic stability" of the nation.[3] Conatel additionally blocked sister network CNN International and BBC World News on April 30, 2019 during an uprising attempt.

On September 22, 2022, CNN en Español was taken off the air from all cable providers in Nicaragua by order of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Post Office (TELCOR).[4][5]

Programming

Live coverage

CNN en Español provides live coverage of some news and sporting events held by Turner channels via Warner Bros. Discovery Sports), and from 2016 until 2021, carried the Spanish-language audio for Major League Baseball postseason games carried by sister network TBS only in the United States and Latin America (there were no changes to the English-language visual presentation).[6] CNN en Español features newscasts throughout the day.[7] In 2022, the coverage moved to MLB Network, with added graphical translation.

CNN en Español newsroom/studio in Atlanta, GA.
Chilean TV 2005 presidential debate on CNN en Español (Santiago, Chile).
CNN En Español Radio Offices in Atlanta.

Personalities

Senior Vice President

Anchors

Columnists

See also

References

  1. ^ "CNN". Sirius XM. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Introducing over 100 new channels made for any occasion" (PDF). Sirius XM. May 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Almasy, Steve (February 15, 2017). "CNN en Español kicked off air in Venezuela". CNN. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. ^ Hipes, Patrick; Cordero, Rosy (September 22, 2022). "CNN Denounces Nicaragua's Government After CNN En Español Taken Off Air". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation.
  5. ^ Lemos, Gerardo; Hu, Caitlin (September 22, 2022). "Nicaragua takes CNN en Español signal off the air". CNN.
  6. ^ "Ken Fang on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "CNN en Español". November 7, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
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