CNN+ (CNN Plus) was a Spanish 24-hour television news channel. Launched in 1999 as a joint venture by

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and

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, a unit of

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that owns

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...

, it went off the air at the end of 28 December 2010. The management announced that CNN+ would be closed on December 31, 2010 because of low ratings and financial losses. 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 —

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and TVE 24h — and CNN plus was no longer the audience leader in this type of general information. Also, CNN+'s ratings were low, peaking at 0.6%. On December 18, 2009, the channels of

, a PRISA business, merged into the Mediaset group, which already controlled Spain's

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channel. The station went off the air at 11:59 p.m. (Spanish time) on 28 December 2010, and was replaced with 24-hour coverage of the reality show '' Gran Hermano'', the Spanish version of ''Big Brother'' owned by Mediaset, and thereafter 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

References

External links

CNN+ at LyngSat Address
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