CNN en Español
Country | United States Puerto Rico Chile Argentina Mexico |
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Headquarters | CNN Center Atlanta, Georgia |
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Language(s) | Spanish |
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Owner | CNN (WarnerMedia News & Sports) |
CNN en Español (stylized as CN͠N) is a Pan-American Spanish-language news channel, owned by WarnerMedia. It was launched on pay television, on 17 March 1997.
Availability
CNN en Español is available throughout Hispanic America (except Cuba), and the United States.[1] In Canada, a number of the network's shows are simulcast on Univision Canada.[2] In Venezuela, the channel is available via live-streaming on YouTube and its official website since 2017.
On 15 February 2017, Venezuela's National Commission of Telecommunications 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 30 April 2019 during an uprising attempt.
Programming
Live coverage
CNN en Español provides live coverage of some news events, and since 2016, has carried the Spanish-language audio (though the video remains the regular English presentation) for Major League Baseball postseason games carried by sister network TBS only in the United States.[4] CNN en Español features newscasts throughout the day.
Mexico programming
In March 1999, CNN en Español launched an independent feed for Mexico. This exclusive signal of CNN en Español airs Noticias Mexico, a primetime newscast dedicated to covering important local, domestic and international events of special significance to Mexican viewers. CNN en Español’s Mexico feed also features InfoCinta CNN, an electronic ticker located at the bottom of the screen containing news headlines, sports, financial and weather information.[5]
Personalities
Senior Vice President
- Cynthia Darr Hudson - VP
Anchors
- Carmen Aristegui
- Guillermo Arduino
- Samuel Burke
- Gabriela Frías
- Carlos Montero
- Alejandra Gutierrez Oraa
- Elizabeth Perez
- Camilo Egana
- Mariela Encarnación
- Fernando Del Rincon
- Ismael Cala
Columnists
- Ana Navarro
- Andrés Oppenheimer
- Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri
- Alan Smolinisky
- Austen Ivereigh
- Carlos Alberto Montaner
- Geovanny Vicente
- Maria Cardona
- Pedro Bordaberry
- Roberto Izurieta
- Sylvia Garcia
See also
References
- ^ "CNN". Sirius XM. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Introducing over 100 new channels made for any occasion" (PDF). Sirius XM. May 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Almasy, Steve (February 15, 2017). "CNN en Español kicked off air in Venezuela". CNN. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Ken Fang on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "CNN en Español". Retrieved March 4, 2019.