CNN en Espanol

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CNN en Espanol
Country United States
Puerto Rico
Chile
Argentina
Mexico
Colombia
Broadcast area United States
Latin America (except Cuba )
Headquarters CNN Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Programming
Language(s) Spanish
Picture format HDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 480i / 576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery Americas
Parent CNN Worldwide
Sister channels CNN
CNN-News18
CNN International
CNN Chile
CNN Brazil
CNN Turk
CNN Portugal
History
Launched March 17, 1997 ; 27 years ago  ( 1997-03-17 )
Links
Website cnnespanol.cnn.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Antina
(Argentina)
Channel 30
Tigo Star
(Paraguay)
Channel 70
Streaming media
DirecTV Channel 419
(United States)
Channel 704
(Latin America)
Hulu + Live TV Internet Protocol television
YouTube TV Internet Protocol Television

Cable News Network en Espanol (known as CNN en Espanol , stylized as CN?N ) 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 [ edit ]

CNN en Espanol before 1997 [ edit ]

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 Mexico , 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 Espanol Radio was launched.

Launch (1997) [ edit ]

Logo of CNN en Espanol used from 1997 to 2010.

On March 17, 1997, CNN en Espanol 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 [ edit ]

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

2022 [ edit ]

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

Availability [ edit ]

CNN en Espanol 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 Espanol 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 Espanol 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 [ edit ]

Live coverage [ edit ]

CNN en Espanol 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 Espanol features newscasts throughout the day. [7] In 2022, the coverage moved to MLB Network , with added graphical translation.

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

Personalities [ edit ]

Senior Vice President [ edit ]

Anchors [ edit ]

Columnists [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  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 Espanol 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 Espanol Taken Off Air" . Deadline . Penske Media Corporation.
  5. ^ Lemos, Gerardo; Hu, Caitlin (September 22, 2022). "Nicaragua takes CNN en Espanol signal off the air" . CNN .
  6. ^ "Ken Fang on Twitter" . Twitter . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
  7. ^ "CNN en Espanol" . November 7, 2015 . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .

External links [ edit ]