Canal 24 Horas (, ''Channel 24 Hours'') is a Spanish

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television channel owned and operated by

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(TVE), the television division of state-owned

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Radiotelevisión Española (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

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. 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 Torrespaña facilities, at the foot of the

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. News items are produced, with the footage taken by their own cameramen, by the central

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in Torrespaña, by the newsrooms of TVE territorial centers across Spain, by TVE foreign

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s around the world or by on-the-scene special reporters. They also produce the

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Telediario ''Telediario'' (''Tele-journal'') is the flagship television newscast produced by Televisión Española (TVE), the television division of Spanish state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the longest running prog ...

'' news bulletins and factual programmes, such as ''

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'', for La 1, La 2 and

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that are also broadcast on Canal 24 Horas. The channel simulcasts of ''Telediario'' news bulletins provides sign language interpretation.

Distribution

It was initially available on the Vía Digital digital satellite package on the

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satellite at 30° West, and was encrypted, and thus mainly aimed to Spain, although it could also be seen simulcasted by

at certain times of the day. However, it eventually started simulcasting on the

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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

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and

1D satellites at 19.2°E and 30°W respectively as part of the Digital + package for Spain only, on the

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satellite at 13°E for the whole of Europe, and the

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

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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

13° East. Due to economic reasons, it moved its satellite distribution for Europe to

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alongside

and the RTVE radios ( RNE Radio Nacional, RNE Radio Clásica, RNE Radio 3, RNE Ràdio 4, RNE Radio 5 and

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) between January 2014 and January 2020. As of January 1, 2020, it is also available terrestrially in

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over the second subchannel of television station WORA-TV.

Presenters

''La mañana en 24h'' (weekdays 10am3pm)

* Ángeles Bravo * Alex Barreiro * Jerónimo Fernández-Pachón * Olga Lambea * Silvia Laplana (weather)

''La tarde en Canal 24h'' (weekdays 58:35pm)

* Emilio De Andrés * Ana Belén Roy * Isabel Zubiaurre (weather)

''La noche en Canal 24h'' (weekdays 10:30pm12:05am)

* Víctor Arribas * Lara Siscar * Pepe Hervás (culture) * Ana de Roqu (weather)

Weekday Overnight (12am and then repeat until 6:30am)

* Paula Sainz-Pardo * Ana de Roque (weather)

Weekend Morning (88:30am and 9am2:30pm)

* Beatriz Pérez-Aranda * Mercedes Martel

Weekend Afternoon (58:30pm)

* Marta Ventura

Weekend Overnight (11pm2am and then repeat until 6:30am)

* Martin Barreiro * Jesus Amor (weather)

Branding

External links

RTVE website
{{Spanish television stations 24-hour television news channels in Spain RTVE channels Television channels and stations established in 1997 Spanish-language television stations