Spanish TV news channel
Television channel
Canal 24 Horas
(
Spanish pronunciation:
[bejnti?kwat?o
?o?as]
,
Channel 24 Hours
) is a Spanish
free-to-air
television channel owned and operated by
Television Espanola
(TVE), the television division of state-owned
public broadcaster
Radiotelevision Espanola
(RTVE). It is the corporation's all-news television channel, and is known for its
24-hour rolling news service
and its live coverage of
breaking news
.
It was launched on 15 September 1997 as the first 24-hour rolling television news service in Spain. It was the only one until 27 January 1999, when
CNN+
started broadcasting. When CNN+ ceased transmissions on 28 December 2010, Canal 24 Horas became the only nationwide rolling television news service.
Its rolling news service is produced by TVE's news services at its Torrespana facilities, at the foot of the
communications tower
. News items are produced, with the footage taken by their own cameramen, by the central
newsroom
in Torrespana, by the newsrooms of TVE territorial centers across Spain, by TVE foreign
correspondents
around the world or by on-the-scene special reporters. They also produce the
flagship
Telediario
news bulletins and factual programmes, such as
Informe Semanal
, for
La 1
,
La 2
and
TVE Internacional
that are also broadcast on Canal 24 Horas. The channel simulcasts of
Telediario
news bulletins provides
sign language interpretation
.
Distribution
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It was initially available on the Via Digital digital satellite package on the
Hispasat
satellite at 30° West, and was encrypted, and thus mainly aimed to Spain, although it could also be seen simulcasted by
TVE Internacional
at certain times of the day. However, it eventually started simulcasting on the
Eutelsat
Hot Bird and
SES
Astra
satellite system in the clear, moving later to free-to-air digital transmissions on the same satellite at a later date.
Currently, the channel is available on the
Astra 1KR
and
Hispasat
1D satellites at
19.2°E
and 30°W respectively as part of the Digital + package for Spain only, on the
Eutelsat
Hot Bird
satellite at 13°E for the whole of Europe, and the
Hispasat
1C satellite at 30°W for the Americas until March 2006. Afterward, it will only be possible to receive TVE through Spanish packages offered by Dish Network and DirectTV in the Americas.
Since November 2005, it has also been available on
digital terrestrial television
in Spain.
La 1
simulcasts the channel between 04:00 or 05:00 (local time) and 06:30. During the public holidays or the summer break, it simulcasts until 10:05.
In Europe, it is available free-to-air on
Eutelsat
Hot Bird
13° East. Due to economic reasons, it moved its satellite distribution for Europe to
Astra 19.2°E
alongside
TVE Internacional
and the RTVE radios (
RNE Radio Nacional
,
RNE Radio Clasica
,
RNE Radio 3
,
RNE Radio 4
,
RNE Radio 5
and
Radio Exterior de Espana
) between January 2014 and January 2020. As of January 1, 2020, it is also available terrestrially in
Puerto Rico
over the second subchannel of television station
WORA-TV
.
Presenters
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Diario 24h
(weekdays 10 am – 3 pm),
La tarde en 24h
(weekdays 5 – 8 pm), weekday and weekend news bulletins
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- Angeles Bravo
- Lluis Guilera
- Beatriz Perez-Aranda
- Marta Solano
- Olga Lambea
- Desiree Ndjambo-Leon
- Ana Belen Roy
- Miriam Moreno
Nightly news bulletins of the weekdays (12:05 am – 2:30 am and then repeat until 6:00 am)
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Nightly news bulletins of the weekend (9 pm – 2 am and then repeat until 7 am)
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La noche en 24h
(from monday until thursday, 10 pm – 12:05 am)
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Weather
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- Silvia Laplana
- Nuria Sero
- Ana de Roque
- Irene Santa
- Marc Santandreu
Branding
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September 1997 ? December 2005
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December 2005 ? December 2008
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December 2008?present
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References
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External links
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Terrestrial
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Movistar Basic
Entertainment Channels
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Movies
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Entertainment
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Sports
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Documentaries and
entertainment
(80?99)
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Children
(110?119)
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Music
(120?125)
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News and
international
(127?149)
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Regional
(150-166)
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Sports aux
(176?195; 440-443)
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