7NN
{{Short description|Spanish Television channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = 7NN
| logo = 7NN_TV.svg
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt = A stylized 7 with lines running through it, with a superscripted "NN"
| image =
| launch_date = 12 October 2021
| closed_date = 31 March 2023
| picture_format = 1080i (16:9 HDTV)
| network =
| owner = Producciones Audiovisuales Hispania
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| area = Spain
| affiliates =
| headquarters = Madrid
| former_names =
| replaced =
| replaced_by =
| sister_channels =
| timeshift_service =
| website = https://7nn.tv/
}}
7NN was a Spanish free-to-air television channel owned by Producciones Audiovisuales Hispania S.A. which was launched on 12 October 2021. The channel broadcast for free in the Madrid area and through pay television in the rest of Spain, in addition being streamed online.{{cite web |title=7NN comienza sus emisiones el próximo 12 de octubre en TDT y en plataformas digitales |url=https://www.europapress.es/sociedad/noticia-7nn-comienza-emisiones-proximo-12-octubre-tdt-plataformas-digitales-20211008134701.html |website=Europa Press |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=8 October 2021}} It was considered a channel with a conservative editorial stance and ideologically close to Vox, a far-right political party.{{cite web |last1=Carreño |first1=Ángel |title=Los cambios en la derecha que repliegan a Vox hacia su núcleo duro mediático |url=https://www.elindependiente.com/espana/2023/02/05/los-cambios-en-la-derecha-que-repliegan-a-vox-hacia-su-nucleo-duro-mediatico/ |website=El Independiente |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=5 February 2023}}
History
In September 2021, the company announced its intention to start a new Spanish-language news and information channel to be aimed at a conservative audience and directed by Marcial Cuquerella. At first, the project was named La Alternativa;{{cite web |last1=Silvestre |first1=Javier |title=La Alternativa, la nueva televisión de Marcial Cuquerella, se estrena en octubre |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/television/20210914/7719157/la-alternativa-nueva-television-marcial-cuquerellas.amp.html |website=La Vanguardia |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=14 September 2021}} its founders sought to establish a channel similar in style to Fox News and extend its influence to Spain, Latin America and the United States.{{cite web |title=7NN: una gran inversión tecnológica para ser la Fox News española |url=https://www.panoramaaudiovisual.com/2022/10/27/7nn-inversion-tecnologica-ser-fox-news-espanola/ |website=Panorama Audiovisual |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=27 October 2022}}
The channel began broadcasting on October 12, 2021, National Holiday of Spain, as a test under its final name 7NN. In its beginnings, the channel broadcast on digital terrestrial television in Madrid, Zaragoza and the Region of Murcia.{{cite web |title=7NN inicia sus emisiones el 12 de octubre en TDT y Vodafone |url=https://www.mundoplus.tv/tv-digital/7nn-inicia-sus-emisiones-el-12-de-octubre-en-tdt-y-vodafone/ |website=mundoplus.tv |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=9 October 2021}}
At the beginning of 2023, the channel entered into a financial crisis due to poor revenues; Cuquerella left 7NN in February,{{Cite news|url=https://okdiario.com/espana/terremoto-7nn-marcial-cuquerella-dimite-fichaje-quintela-bendecido-quinto-10392846|work=Okdiario|title=Terremoto en 7NN: Marcial Cuquerella dimite tras el fichaje de Quintela bendecido por De Quinto|trans-title=Earthquake at 7NN: Marcial Cuquerella resigns after the signing of Quintela approved by De Quinto|date=3 February 2023|access-date=22 March 2023}} and the channel laid off staff and ceased being broadcast outside the Madrid area in March.{{cite web |last1=Pelayo |first1=Andrés |title=La cadena 7NN abandona la TDT en casi toda España tras despedir a la mitad de su plantilla |url=https://theobjective.com/television/2023-03-13/7nn-tdt-espana-despedir-plantilla/ |website=The Objective |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=13 March 2023}}
On March 28, 2023, 7NN announced the end of its broadcasts because the channel was unable to generate the necessary income to cover operating expenses.{{cite web |title=La tele ultra 7NN, con Toni Cantó como estrella, cierra año y medio después de su estreno |url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/tele-ultra-7nn-impulso-marcos-quinto-toni-canto-estrella-cierra-ano-medio-despues-estreno_1_10073403.html |website=Vertele |access-date=28 March 2023 |language=es |date=28 March 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Martín |first1=Alba |title=Cierra 7NN: los "excesivos gastos" han hecho "inviable" la televisión de la ultraderecha |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/medios/cierra-7nn-excesivos-gastos-han-hecho-inviable-television-ultraderecha.html |website=huffingtonpost.es |publisher=HuffPost |access-date=28 March 2023 |language=es |date=28 March 2023}} Finally, the 7NN signal was turned off at midnight on March 31.
Programming
7NN's programming mainly consists of news and talk shows, as well as some cultural and entertainment content.{{cite web |title=7NN reformula su programación y abre las puertas al info-entretenimiento |url=https://www.elconfidencialdigital.com/articulo/medios/7nn-reformula-programacion-dando-entrada-infoentretenimiento/20220127164031339784.html |website=Confidencial Digital |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=28 January 2022}} The channel's objective at the beginning was to provide informative programming with a conservative ideology to compete with LaSexta or Canal 24 Horas, considered progressive media by part of the Spanish political spectrum.{{cite web |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Oscar |title=7NN pretende competir contra La Sexta con un modelo de televisión "al estilo americano" |url=https://www.elconfidencialdigital.com/articulo/medios/7nn-va-competir-sexta-estilo-television-americano/20211018165124289789.html |website=El Confidencial Digital |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=19 October 2021}}
Ideology
Some media outlets consider 7NN to be close to Vox, a far-right political party, as well as organizations such as El Yunque and the Francisco Franco National Foundation.{{cite web |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Alicia |title=7NN: una televisión con sello franquista y financiación misteriosa se suma a la carrera mediática de la derecha |url=https://www.infolibre.es/politica/7nn-television-sello-franquista-financiacion-misteriosa-suma-carrera-mediatica-derecha_1_1211559.html |website=Infolibre |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=10 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=La Fundación Francisco Franco, Vox y El Yunque detrás del nuevo canal 7nn |url=https://www.pandemiadigital.net/medios-de-comunicacion/fundacion-francisco-franco-vox-el-yunque-7nn/ |website=Pandemia Digital |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=19 September 2021}} However, the directors of the channel have stated that they seek to maintain a neutral ideology while telling the truth of the facts.{{cite web |last1=Robles |first1=Juan |title=Marcial Cuquerella: "En 7nn.tv sólo hay periodistas comprometidos con la verdad con rigor y profesionalidad" |url=https://www.actuall.com/medios/marcial-cuquerella-en-7nn-tv-solo-hay-periodistas-comprometidos-con-la-verdad-con-rigor-y-profesionalidad/ |website=Actuall |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=14 December 2021}}
The channel's editorial leanings have already led it to clashes with some political parties such as PSOE, Unidas Podemos, Catalan and Basque separatists and other left-wing or green parties that came to request the prohibition of 7NN journalists in the Congress of Deputies.{{cite web |title=El PSOE y sus socios piden vetar en el Congreso a los medios que "rompen el clima de cordialidad" |url=https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2021/12/01/61a77300e4d4d851278b45b7.html |website=El Mundo |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=es |date=1 December 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://7nn.tv/}} {{in lang|es}}
{{Television in Spain}}
Category:Conservatism in Spain
Category:Defunct television channels in Spain
Category:Television stations in Spain
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2021
Category:Spanish-language television stations
Category:2021 establishments in Spain
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2023