CNN+ was a Spanish 24-hour television news channel. Launched in 1999 as a joint venture by
SogecablePRISA Televisión, S.A.U is the leading pay TV company in Spain, created in 1989 and controlled by PRISA. It was the first company to introduce interactive systems and specially Digital Television in Spain...
and by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of
Time WarnerTime Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
that owns
CNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
; it went off the air at the end of .
The management announced that CNN+ would be closed in 31 December 2010.
The slogan of CNN Plus was
Está pasando, lo estás viendo (It's happening, you're watching it). By 2008, there were other 24-hour television channels —
Intereconomía TVIntereconomía TV is a Spanish television network centered around political and economical news. However, in 2010, Intereconomía TV has renewed its content and is now a national television channel; because of this, in 2010 Intereconomía Corporation has created Intereconomía Business, a channel...
and TVE 24h — and CNN plus was no longer the audience leader in this type of general information.
In 18 December 2009, the channels of
SogecablePRISA Televisión, S.A.U is the leading pay TV company in Spain, created in 1989 and controlled by PRISA. It was the first company to introduce interactive systems and specially Digital Television in Spain...
, a
PRISAPromotora de Informaciones, S.A is a Spanish media conglomerate. The PRISA group was founded in 1972 by Jesús de Polanco.-Newspapers:* El País, daily newspaper* Diario AS sports newspaper* Cinco Días economic newspaper-Magazines:...
business, merged into the
MediasetMediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
group, who already controlled Spain's
TelecincoTelecinco is a Spanish commercial television channel operated by Mediaset España. Launched in 1990 as Tele 5, it was the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel...
channel.
The station went off the air at 11:59 p.m. (Spanish time) on , and was replaced with 24-hour coverage of the reality show
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, the Spanish version of
Big Brother owned by
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.
Management team (2008)
- News Department Director: Juan Pedro Valentín
- News Department Assistant Director: Javier Ruiz
- CNN+ News Director: Antonio San José
- CNN+ News Assistant Director: Victoria Lafora
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